I was shocked at the end of the show though.  They closed with the classic worship song “Shout to the Lord.” I did a double take at first.  When they announced the song I was like… “did they just say, Shout to the Lord?” Sure enough.  Right off the bat the first thing I noticed is they replaced the opening line of “My Jesus, my savior…” with “My shepheard, my savior.”  I guess they were worried about offending some people or something like that. Even though they changed that line, there is definitely no denying the song is about God and I’m more than sure that everyone listening picked up on that.

I guess overall I think its cool that they did the song. (not that they needed my opinion =)   But, I guess I am just curious as to the “why” behind the song choice. Crazy that a worship song like that gets prime-time air play on such a popular show.  Were some of the producers of the show tonight believers?  Is it a ploy to sell a ton of iTunes songs of the most popular worship song ever to all of the christians watching? Anyway, It just struck me as very funny and it got the wheels in my head spinning.  Maybe next year they will do “The Time Has Come” by United. =)

I promise this wont turn into an American Idol blog =)

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