# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![phess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@phess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phess)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/121 "2009-01-15T01:51:21Z")
Sometimes bar singers are actually good! ---
**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 15, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/122 "2009-01-15T01:51:36Z")
I dug the welder too. He seemed sincere, and the kind of person Idol was made for. ---
**Author:** ![phess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@phess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phess)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/123 "2009-01-15T01:54:18Z")
Gotta get behind anyone who doesn’t butcher a Janis song! ---
**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 15, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/124 "2009-01-15T01:56:04Z")
Nobody should ever sing Janis on Idol. Even if they have a good voice, like that girl clearly did, it’s just not Janis. ---
**Author:** ![Between\_the\_Bars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Between\_the\_Bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Between_the_Bars)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/125 "2009-01-15T01:58:21Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Nobody should ever sing Janis on Idol. Even if they have a good voice, like that girl clearly did, it’s just not Janis. I totally agree. Although she was charming, all I could think was, “vanilla girl version of Janis, this blows!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/126 "2009-01-15T02:08:20Z")
Wikipedia lists the dates of the city auditions, but not Hollywood Week. Does anyone know when Hollywood week was? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/127 "2009-01-15T02:10:25Z")
I like that the big sister (I’ve already forgotten which is India and which is Asia) didn’t pout or look upset when Simon told her no, but just immediately started pointing at and lobbying for the little sister. When the little sister made it, the big sister was just as happy as if she’d made it herself. Not a second of self-pity or jealousy. Just support. What a great sister. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/128 "2009-01-15T02:12:55Z")
Sad story guy was pretty good! ---
**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 15, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/129 "2009-01-15T02:13:14Z")
Heard It Through the Grapevine was good and he looks like Robert Downey Jr, who I am in love with ever since Iron Man. But I always hate weepy back stories. ---
**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 15, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/130 "2009-01-15T02:14:35Z")
Cynical me thinks that big sister went to make little sister look better. Dead wife guy had a great voice, but damn, that story broke my heart. ---
**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 15, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/131 "2009-01-15T02:17:03Z")
There are a lot of ‘voice don’t match image’ people. Maybe it was always that way but since we didn’t get to see all of this, we didn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/132 "2009-01-15T02:18:49Z")
I am on the Anoop train, yo. ---
**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 15, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/133 "2009-01-15T02:19:26Z")
Yeah, I dug the folklore guy too. I’d love to read that thesis–it sounds fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/134 "2009-01-15T02:22:00Z")
It was kind of cheap the way Simon tried to belittle his thesis as having “studied barbecue.” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/135 "2009-01-15T02:22:51Z")
It’ll be interesting to see if Folklore Guy has any versatility. ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/136 "2009-01-15T02:23:33Z")
Never mind the thesis, that guy is gorgeous! … Oh, and he can sing, too. ---
**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 15, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/137 "2009-01-15T02:24:18Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It was kind of cheap the way Simon tried to belittle his thesis as having “studied barbecue.” Simon does do the quote-the-bio-out-of-context thing a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/138 "2009-01-15T02:26:13Z")
The cheerleaders were just trying to get on TV. Mission accomplished, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/139 "2009-01-15T02:28:10Z")
Contestants who bring props, including human props, should be summarily banned. I am tired of this crap. ---
**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 15, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109/140 "2009-01-15T02:33:34Z")
Band director guy is smokin’ hot. He had some minor pitch issues, but that’s a tough song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-13-09/481109.md?page=8)