# American Idol, 1/13/09 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109 "2009-01-13T16:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/61 "2009-01-14T14:11:32Z")
I don’t have too much to add regarding the contestants. I thought all who were picked have potential but I didn’t see anyone standouts. I agree that bikini girl was an abomination, not because of here voice, which is okay, but for acting like an asshole. I thought Kara challenging her was funny; she’s way prettier (her face, anyway; haven’t seen her bod)and she can sing rings around the bimbo. And it’s CAREa, Simon. NOT CARa. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/62 "2009-01-14T14:16:48Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Did Ryan just try to give the blind guy a high-five??? I noticed that too. I almost choked on my queso dip. I liked how Seacrest just let his hand hang there, and then you can almost see the realization creep into his face, and he reaches down to slap the guy’s hand as he tells him that he’s giving him a high five. $5 says Joe McHale on “The Soup” leads with that this week. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/63 "2009-01-14T14:27:26Z")
Shout out do Drain Bead-- the guys in my office are not scouring the internet for naked pictures of Bikini Bitch. I predict we will be seeing these sometime during Hollywood Week. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/64 "2009-01-14T14:37:27Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Dun dun duuuuuuuuuuun! I swear you kills me. Cracks me up. I think the bikini girl was just a little joke. She had a perky ass, but I don’t think that is what swayed the judges. I think they were kind of joking, (Simon and Randy) and have no intention of keeping her. But I love bikini girl because she brought out my favorite moment in the show…the new judge getting into a sing off with her. Ha! The way she went to moving that neck and popping those fingers and trying to really show bikini girl how it’s done. Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/65 "2009-01-14T15:02:09Z")
Blind Guy has a great story, impressive piano talent, and – let’s face it – a weak, flat voice. He’s going to be like the formerly-homeless kid from a year or two ago, kept on to yank at our heartstrings until his vocal limitations become impossible to ignore. Nerd Guy has the makings of a decent voice, but the fact that he’s never before sung outside his own closet meant that his singing was nervous and quavery. He’s going to have to develop some stage confidence or else he’ll be gone quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/66 "2009-01-14T15:27:28Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I swear you kills me. Cracks me up. > > I think the bikini girl was just a little joke. She had a perky ass, but I don’t think that is what swayed the judges. I think they were kind of joking, (Simon and Randy) and have no intention of keeping her. > > But I love bikini girl because she brought out my favorite moment in the show…the new judge getting into a sing off with her. Ha! The way she went to moving that neck and popping those fingers and trying to really show bikini girl how it’s done. Hilarious! You know this means that next year every other gal will be auditioning in a bikini. Maybe that was the point… ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/67 "2009-01-14T15:39:35Z")
I forgot one - the shy Liv Tyler lookalike in the sorta-cow-print shirt. I think that’s the one Simon asked if she’s competitive and she looked like she wanted to say “heck, no!” but recovered herself. I’m just going to go out on a limb here and predict she makes the top 12. Also I liked the blonde with the weird voice and heavy eyeliner, though I forgot about her before last night’s post, so I’m not sure that’s a good thing. I do agree with **Tom** that blind guy’s voice is probably too weak to get him very far, but I’d love to know what the stylists would do with him. There’s a cute guy under that Napoleon Dynamite thing he has going on. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/68 "2009-01-14T15:46:23Z")
Bikini girl was not hot, at least not TV hot. Hell I doubt I would turn my head if I saw her on the beach. And anybody who thinks they are SO hot that wearing a bikini to an audtion will get them notice deserves the plethora of moles and skin lesions bound to appear in a few more years from all that sun tanning! > [@](#): > > the shy Liv Tyler lookalike in the sorta-cow-print shirt Yeah, she was my favorite. Had a good voice and just seemed geniune. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/69 "2009-01-14T16:12:27Z")
Ha, with that reaction from Seacrest to the kiss I can’t WAIT to watch The Soup on Friday. Mchale is going to get a lot of milage out of that. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/70 "2009-01-14T16:19:07Z")
I thought Seacrest’s high five was a test to see if the guy was really blind. I was glad to see he passed. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/71 "2009-01-14T16:25:16Z")
I hated Bikini Girl but loved that the producers played Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” over the bit where she and Ryan kissed by the pool…since the song is about two girls kissing. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/72 "2009-01-14T16:28:47Z")
That high five thing was the most painful thing I’ve ever seen on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/73 "2009-01-14T16:36:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > the guys in my office are not scouring the internet for naked pictures of Bikini Bitch. (I asume that “not” was suppoed to be “now”) So, what’re they using for search terms? +“american idol” +bikini +“epileptic fits” +“sorely needs her teeth kicked in” +naked ? ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/74 "2009-01-14T17:01:06Z")
I was actually surprised that Bikini Girl had as decent a voice as she did. Although I think her ass did more to get her to Hollywood than her voice, if for no other reason than to drive Paula another step closer to insanity. (BTW, I think that is why the new judge is there, to take over for Paula once she OD’s/loses contact with reality/snaps.) Pepto-Girl totally pegged my crazy/stalker meter. I was worried that the notebook she brought had like pictures/news clippings/hair of the new judge. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/75 "2009-01-14T17:06:32Z")
Liv Tyler! That’s who my brain was trying to come up with. The closest I could get with cow-print girl was Alanis Morrissette. Vote For The Worst has some good pictures of bikini girl from her MySpace before it was taken down. ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/76 "2009-01-14T17:44:19Z")
> [@Rachael\_Rage](#): > > I forgot one - the shy Liv Tyler lookalike in the sorta-cow-print shirt. I think that’s the one Simon asked if she’s competitive and she looked like she wanted to say “heck, no!” but recovered herself. I’m just going to go out on a limb here and predict she makes the top 12. > [@Dob](#): > > Yeah, she was my favorite. Had a good voice and just seemed geniune. Is it Stevie you’re talking about? She was my favorite too, not that my opinion matters since I only watch the auditions. Interesting voice, pretty face, nice personality. As for pink cowboy hat girl, was that the one with the 100 original songs in a binder with a picture of herself on the cover? I shudder to think of reading the lyrics to 100 songs written by a self-involved 16-year-old girl. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/77 "2009-01-14T17:52:51Z")
Oh, and did anyone else find it kind of odd or even distasteful that they played up the “Kara’s number one fan” angle, in light of the recent tragedy surrounding Paula’s “number one fan”? It seems to me the last thing they’d want to do is revive that story in peoples’ minds and yet that was the first thing I thought of when they used it as a teaser before the commercial break. And then they gave her the hook and mocked her afterward. Dunno; just strikes me as a bad decision on someone’s part. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/78 "2009-01-14T17:58:28Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I swear you kills me. Cracks me up. > > I think the bikini girl was just a little joke. She had a perky ass, but I don’t think that is what swayed the judges. I think they were kind of joking, (Simon and Randy) and have no intention of keeping her. > > But I love bikini girl because she brought out my favorite moment in the show…the new judge getting into a sing off with her. Ha! The way she went to moving that neck and popping those fingers and trying to really show bikini girl how it’s done. Hilarious! Yeah, but wasn’t it a little cringe-inducing? Whenever the new judge started with her “lesson” aimed at bikini girl, it made me uncomfortable and I wondered why she was taking it so personally. The judge just came off like a catty bitch. It was very odd. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/79 "2009-01-14T17:59:08Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Oh, and did anyone else find it kind of odd or even distasteful that they played up the “Kara’s number one fan” angle, in light of the recent tragedy surrounding Paula’s “number one fan”? It seems to me the last thing they’d want to do is revive that story in peoples’ minds and yet that was the first thing I thought of when they used it as a teaser before the commercial break. And then they gave her the hook and mocked her afterward. Dunno; just strikes me as a bad decision on someone’s part. Yes! It was truly weird and a creepy, misguided editing decision. The bikini girl made me uncomfortable. She had a virtually fat-free body and a so-so voice. But see, millions of 12-year-old girls watching every season and counting down the years 'til you can audition? See what will get you the _most_ air time? It’s not being original in dress or talent or having an amazing voice. What better motivator to spend their next four years on dieting rather than choir practice? And the ‘Hey, this guy is blind! But he is also moderately good looking and somewhat talented rather than a suicidal hobbit!’ promos didn’t do much for me, either. He was okay but didn’t floor me, and looked like he had a supportive family. Yawn. Actually, that was the show overall. The crazy fan, lame attempt to start a ‘cat fight’ and the blind guy. Boring. Low voice dude was sort of funny, though. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/80 "2009-01-14T18:01:37Z")
And, the most surprising part of the catfight, was that Pauler came out looking reasonable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109.md?page=5)