President Obama Asked to Sing on American Idol

Following his very public and surprisingly melodic Al Green rendition, President Obama has been invited to perform on American Idol by executive producer Nigel Lythgoe.

Obama took everyone by surprise last month when he crooned a line from Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ at a fundraiser event (those who dwell beneath rocks can watch it below). The crowd lapped it up, and now Lythgoe wants to pull off the Idol celebrity booking of the decade and get Obama and Al Green to perform a duet.

Using the handle @dizzyfeet, Lythgoe tweeted an invite to the Commander-in-Chief on Tuesday:

“@BarackObama we loved your vocal performance so much we’d love to invite you on to #AmericanIdol this Season for a duet with Al Green.”

One politician who won’t be getting an Idol offer is GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney sung – if that’s the correct word – a verse from ‘America the Beautiful’ at a recent rally, and his vocals were pancake-flat. Lythgoe was decidedly unimpressed:

“If it were an election based on vocal talent @barackobama would beat Romney hands down. Mitt was very flat singing America the Beautiful.”

Admittedly an Obama appearance on Idol is a supremely unlikely occurrence, but it’s a fun idea, no?