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BACHARACH ON TAP FOR TONIGHT’S ‘IDOL’ FINALE: Warwick, Jarreau to perform; final 12 to preview summer tour.
*Before a winner is crowned tonight on “American Idol,” audiences will have to tough it out through two hours of performances from the top 12 finalists plus numbers from last year’s winner Carrie Underwood and 2003's runner-up Clay Aiken.
Tonight’s season finale features songs by Burt Bacharach and will include a special appearance by Dionne Warwick, who will perform “That's What Friends Are For,” her 1980s hit record with Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight.
Paris Bennett will sing a duet with tonight’s other special guest, vocalist Al Jarreau, and the female finalists are tapped to perform a medley of girl-power themed songs including, “I'm Every Woman,” Aretha Franklin's “Natural Woman” and Shania Twain's “I Feel Like a Woman,” reports TMZ.com.
Other Bacharach performances, according to the Web site, will include Bucky Covington's rendition of “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” and Kevin Covais singing “What's New Pussycat.”
