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American Idol Goes for Brooke

Brooke White is slated to perform (along with guest-mentor Adam Lambert) on Wednesday's American Idol results show in a duet with Miley Cyrus's ex Justin Gaston. The season seven fifth-place finisher is part of the web series If I Can Dream with Gaston and recent Idol castoff Alex Lambert, and she'll inevitably chirp something along the lines of her gentle "You're So Vain"/"Let it Be" triumphs. My response? I could skip this second-rate Didi Benami. Sorry, but where's the urgency? The hurt? The fiiii-yahhhhhh-herrrrrrr? If you ask me, we need a results-night comeback from a true Idol gem. I'm talking about the best contestant in the show's history -- and resident funny valentine -- Melinda Doolittle. [EW]