u/HillbelleDeluxe

Id love to know more about how the song selection process works. Who gets to pick which song?
Or are they given a song and told to sing it?

In terms of Hollywood week/Hawaii I can't remember so many contestants previously doing an original song. I don't see the point of it? What's to gain? Singing an amazing song that everyone knows well is so much more powerful than one no-one has heard before. It makes no sense.

You have to be strategic in terms of your song choice and I think Simon was the only person in the history of the show who was really aware of this.