Today In ‘Idol’: ‘Idol Gives Back’ Destined To Be The One Episode Of Season 9 With Non-Pitchy Vocals

:: Tuesday’s performance show will highlight the songbook of Lennon/McCartney (aka it’s another Beatles theme night), and Rihanna will perform “Te Amo” on Wednesday’s results show. But what we really want is for Rihanna to mentor the contestants on Beatles songs. [EW]

:: The artists confirmed so far for Idol Gives Back include: Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood, Black Eyed Peas, Annie Lennox and Jeff Beck. Can these acts just perform on Idol every week so the contestants don’t have to? [MJs Big Blog]

:: Anoop Desai talks about dealing with post-Idol life, and gives details about his new record. [OK!]

:: Relive Season 2 all over again—Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard will tour together this summer. We’re hoping 3rd place finisher Kimberley Locke opens for them. [Idol Chatter]

:: Alex Lamberg vlogs about moving into the If I Can Dream House. The next Idol-related house guest after David Cook and Kris Allen will be Didi Benami, and then the next week will be Ricky Minor and the band, the dancing hologram from Idol‘s opening credits, and a Coca-Cola cup. [Idol Tracker]

:: Listen to a song recorded by Didi Benami before her days on Idol, the country-pop ballad “Sweet Rain.” She manages to get through the whole thing without shedding one tear! [Rickey.org]