Yes and there have been times when Randy would suggest other artists and contestants will say, those artists weren’t approved. I’m not going down this road, its been done already. I remember Taylor Hicks being stuck with Country Roads and it was NOT his choice.
I have to disagree with you there. If they were only limited to certain choices the show would have been over a long time ago because that would have been rigging. Someone would have found a lawyer went after AI and they would have talked by now.