Pick Four:
1. "American Ride" by Toby Keith ('09)
Previous words: "Just don't get busted..."
Heather: "...singing Christmas carols"
2. "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" by George Strait ('11)
PW: "...with open arms"
Erik: NOTHING
Raihanna: "You can run to...me"
3. "Keep Your Head Up" by Andy Grammer ('11)
PW: "But you gotta keep your head up, oh"
Mallory: "And you can let your hair down, eh"
4. "Let Me Down Easy" by Billy Currington ('10)
PW: "Will you promise me that..."
Danielle: "...you're, you're gonna treat it right?"
Randy Alan: "...you're gonna treat it right?"
Bios:
Heather (Gulfport, MI; originally from Chicago): Technical writer
Raihanna (Fremont, CA): Loves to be on the road (& she recently went to Sweden)
Mallory Crandell: A geological engineer who once tried to bake a cellphone dry after spilling water on it, only to do so in an oven on the lowest broil setting, causing the phone to melt; she's already sounding hoarse
Randy Alan: Has sung to Sugarland songs while shirtless in the bathroom & his sister blackmailed him on video
Random Shuffle:
Heather: "Relentless" by Jason Aldean ('07)
Guess: "Your love keeps reaching on out to me" (the words in red were reversed)
Raihanna: "All Right Now" by Free ('70)
PW: "Now don't you wait or hesitate"
Guess: "Let's move before they raise the parking rate"
Mallory: "Fast Cars and Freedom" by Rascal Flatts ('05)
PW: "I know you think you do, but baby, you don't need it"
Guess: "Wish that you could see what I see when it's gone"
Randy Alan: "All I Want To Do" by SUGARLAND ('08)
PW: "Hang a sign on the door, please do not disturb"
Guess: "Let's just lay here and be lazy, baby drive me crazy"
Singing W/ the Enemy:
Heather & Raihanna: "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton ('80)
Correct Lyrics:
H: 2 (10)
R: NONE
Mallory & Randy Alan: "Hillbilly Deluxe" by Brooks & Dunn ('05)
CL:
M: 3 (20)
R.A.: 2 (15)
Karaoke Challenge:
RAIHANNA: "Out Last Night" by Kenny Chesney ('09)- 8 (21)
HEATHER: "Workin' for the Weekend" by Loverboy ('81)- SWEEP (40)
RANDY ALAN: "Welcome to the Future" by Brad Paisley ('09)- SWEEP (45)
MALLORY: "If You're Going Through Hell Before the Devil Even Knows" by Rodney Atkins ('06)- 13 (46)
Chorus Showdown:
R1 (both '09 songs w/ seven lines required):
Mallory: "Kiss a Girl" by Keith Urban
R.A.: "Undo It" by Carrie Underwood
FIRST-EVER DOUBLE CLEAR!
R2:
Mallory: "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals ('88)(four lines)- CLEAR
R.A.: "I Wanna Know What Love Is" by Foreigner ('84)(five lines)- LOSS ON THIRD LINE
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN #7:
1. "Southern Voice" by Tim McGraw ('09)- 42. "Don't Rock the Jukebox" by Alan Jackson ('91)- 3
3. "Ours" by Taylor Swift ('08)- 2
4. "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" by Travis Tritt ('91)- 1
5. "God Gave Me You" by Blake Shelton ('11)- EXACTA!!!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of severe weather in my area, I WON'T be doing the "Wheel" recap myself tonight. Click this link to see what happened tonight.
TPiRecap
(Also tonight: As a result of a Final J! Triple Stumper, Claudia Gray won the game w/ only $8K; John Baker finished w/ $13,300 for his two days.)
Episode ratings:
10: "The Singing Bee"
6: "Jeopardy!" & "Wheel of Fortune"
3: "The Price is Right"