‘American Idol’ rewind: Jack Black’s ‘Kiss From a Rose’

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We were just checking out pop critic Ann Powers’ review of Tuesday’s ‘American Idol’ show and were happily reminded of Jack Black‘s performance of ‘Kiss From a Rose’ on the 2007 installment of ‘Idol Gives Back.’ So, right up above, there you have it. (But note that Black names the wrong Caped Crusader movie: The Seal song wasn’t used in the Michael Keaton / Tim Burton ‘Batman Returns,’ but in the Val Kilmer / Joel Schumacher ‘Batman Forever.’)

Simon Cowell weighed in back then with, ‘You were better than Sanjaya,’ and Seal dug the performance as well -- we’ll leave it up to you to decide how Black ranked against the song stylings of current contestant Lee DeWyze, who performed the tune Tuesday night without a shred of irony (probably because he’s not Jack Black).

-- Christie D’Zurilla