Word on Internet Street this week: The theme for the next "American Idol" episode is songs from the movies, with Quentin Tarantino as a guest mentor.

Essentially what this means is another wide-open week in terms of song choices. Two weeks ago, contestants were allowed to choose virtually any song, as long as it was a popular download.

I see this as a make-or-break moment for Lil Rounds more than anyone else.

There's no question she has a great, powerful voice. But Rounds has stumbled recently, choosing songs the judges agreed didn't fit her style or were "too big" for her. Now is the time for Rounds to prove she didn't peak too early in the competition.

After performing "What's Love Got to Do with it?" this past Tuesday on the songs-from-the-year-you-were-born episode, the judges -- while panning her performance as a "second or third rate" Tina Turner -- said Rounds seems to have lost her identity as an artist. I'd have to disagree.

Her delivery may not have been stellar with the Turner classic, Celine Dion's "I Surrender" and "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vandellas, but that doesn't constitute an identity crisis.

Excluding Michael Jackson week, which restricted her to one artist, and the Grand Ole Opry and Motown weeks, which each limited her to one genre, the songs Rounds has chosen have mostly been consistent in terms of her R&B style:

Her Hollywood week performances were Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" (a song made immortal by Whitney Houston), the Temptations' "Get Ready" and Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You." Rounds went with Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" in the Top 36 show, but chose the Dion song during Top 9 week.

As I write this, I wonder: Yes, Rounds has made some questionable song choices recently, but is there another side to this? Are the categories since the Top 13 show playing a role in her apparent decline?

Whether they are or not, however, one thing is certain: The wrong song choice will land her in the bottom three again, or worse -- eliminated.

As I alluded to before, the pool of songs from which she could choose is more like an ocean. Here are a few that I think would suit her style:

• "Don't Let Go (Love)" by En Vogue ("Set it Off" soundtrack, 1996) -- This song is by a group of four women, but I think with background singers' help on the chorus, she could more than pull this off

• "For You I Will" by Monica ("Space Jam" soundtrack, 1996) -- What I like about this song for Rounds is the tempo. It's slow enough for an R&B singer like her to just put her foot in it. Beyond that, the verses would let her show off her lower register, while she'd be able to belt out the chorus.

• "Remember Me This Way" by Jordan Hill ("Casper" soundtrack, 1995) -- I really want Rounds to be able to let loose on this song. She would have to be conservative at the top of the song, but she would get to let the song soar before bringing it back to earth.

• "The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston (from "Coming to America", 1988) -- I don't know if this one will count, since the only version of this song in the movie was by Eddie Murphy as Randy Watson, with his band, Sexual Chocolate. This was of course more comedic than serious. But if it does count, I like it. It seems alot of people are predicting Rounds will sing something from the "Bodyguard" soundtrack. But if she were to pick Whitney, why not this one?

Anyone else out there have a song they think Rounds should sing?