You know, there was a time when one of the biggest insults an "American Idol" contestant could receive was to be compared to a wedding singer. But this week, Season 9 finalists Casey James, Michael Lynche, and Andrew Garcia were proud to moonlight at the Detroit-area wedding of lucky couple Michelle Ricketts and Bobby Belke.
According to an Andrew interview with Fox Detroit, the three Idols were in Michigan this week rehearsing for the Idols Live Tour (which kicked off Thursday, July 1, at Detroit's Palace Of Auburn Hills), and were dining at the Royal Park Hotel when wedding guests approached them and invited them to the Ricketts/Belke reception taking place in the hotel's ballroom. One thing led to another, and before long, the Idols were actually jamming on Motown oldies with the wedding band (luckily, Casey didn't play the buzzkill song "Jealous Guy"). And judging by the delighted expressions on wedding guests' faces in the reception photos, not a single spectator in the crowd seemed to think these surprise performers were "pitchy," dawg.
Michael reportedly seemed especially at home onstage, having sung in wedding bands professionally before his big "American Idol" break. "I just know that scene so well. It was surreal," he told Fox.
"Michelle's a big 'Idol' fan," maid of honor Katie Avesian told Fox. "She and Bobby were up onstage dancing with [the Idols]. I think they might have even hit up the dessert bar. Sweet--literally. No wonder Big Mike told Fox that he loves to crash weddings.
So congratulations to the newlyweds, and here's hoping the audiences on the Idols Live Tour are as appreciative and excitable as those wedding guests. I guess the only question left to ask here is...are the Idols also available for birthday parties, quinceañeras, and bar mitzvahs?
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