For contestants, this is both good and bad.

On one hand, theres no risk that a singer will be dragged down by a middling arrangement.

On the other…no excuses!

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So how did they do?

Heres a rundown of all the tracks, which you canhear and purchase right now on iTunes.

And because they have aMission: Impossiblekind of task here, theyll be graded on a curve.

And because its the Temptations on backup vocals, Iraheta gets to actually sing with the marquee names!

At 1:04 you might hear him spitting on the microphone.

Hes putting in a lot more effort than James Taylor did.

The second verse soars!

Its closer, alas, to the latter.D

What do you think of these new Motown tracks?

Did theIdolhopefuls do them justice?

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