Country night is next up for our Idol contestants and the lovely and talented Martina McBride will be on hand to help them out.  What I really hope is that that they pick actual country songs, not the adult contemporary country songs.

Keith Urban, Shania and Faith Hill all have songs that have been big on the pop/adult contemporary charts.  These are great songs, but their not truly country.  They don’t have that twang and most listeners won’t even recognize the pop versions as country songs.

What I’d like to see is the contestants pick songs from Travis Tritt, Sugarland, Montgomery Gentry, Big & Rich, Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson or Tim McGraw.  Granted some older Shania and Faith are very country and those would work too.

I’m just worried contestants will take the easy way out and not pick a song that’s that much different than what they are comfortable with.