Before Ryan breaks another singer’s heart, he gives the latest Idol Gives Back plug — remember, that’s next Wednesday. He also introduces a film clip of Elliott Yamin and Kara DioGuardi’s trip to Angola, where Idol Gives Back funds are building a malaria-proof school dormi
tory and buying hundreds of thousands of mosquito nets.
Ryan then runs down next week’s entertainment lineup: Black Eyed Peas, Jeff Beck and Joss Stone, Mary J. Blige, Annie Lennox, Carrie Underwood and Sir Elton John.
Tonight, though, we get former finalist Brooke White and If I Can Dream star Justin Gaston singing, you guessed it, If I Can Dream — a highlight from Elvis Presley’s 1968 Christmas special for NBC (often referred to as his “Comeback Special”). And their duet shows why Brooke got on the blockbuster TV show and Justin got a web series. Not making me want to go to Hulu, I tell you what.
