On June the singing competition American Idol debuted Each week hopefuls performed their own versions of popular songs and the viewing audience voted on who advanced to the next round of the competition As one of the panel judges on the show Randy Jackson rsquo s signature feedback was this zinger ldquo You made that song your own dawg rdquo He lavished that praise when a singer took a familiar tune learned it inside out and then performed it in a new way that gave it unique personal spin To ldquo make it their own rdquo was to own it [... more]