# American Idol 1/22 auditions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583 "2008-01-22T22:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/1 "2008-01-22T22:50:02Z")
More screeching, screaming, squalling, shrieking train wrecks are promised. I hope they don’t disappoint my expectations. ---
**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 22, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/2 "2008-01-22T23:29:38Z")
You know I’ll be around for them. ---
**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 22, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/3 "2008-01-22T23:34:13Z")
Thanks for starting this **viva**. I was going to but with trepidation. It seems every time I start an Idol thread it gets ugly. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/4 "2008-01-23T01:03:37Z")
Pauler looks hungover. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/5 "2008-01-23T01:04:46Z")
That’s a boy? Avian? ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/6 "2008-01-23T01:06:15Z")
Single dad is one of my favorites so far. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/7 "2008-01-23T01:09:35Z")
He does that nasal thing that I hate but many, many guy singers do. The only thing I hate more than that nasal thing is the goat thing. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/8 "2008-01-23T01:10:01Z")
Evian (water?) was too cute…except for the 4 yo bling. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/9 "2008-01-23T01:12:45Z")
I will let Aussie guy do funny things with his hands to me anytime. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/10 "2008-01-23T01:12:52Z")
Did they hear people complain about not seeing enough of the good ones? That’s 3 good and no bad. Of course I spoke far too soon. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/11 "2008-01-23T01:16:03Z")
“Against All Odds” should be banned on Idol. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/12 "2008-01-23T01:17:45Z")
If Mariah took some lessons and sang like herself, she wouldn’t be half bad. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/13 "2008-01-23T01:24:51Z")
Mariah girl’s “Oh, god, I’m going to be on the rejects!” was hysterical! 😃 The nurse insisting “I know I can sing, in spite of all you saying I can’t, it must be the three different songs I tried that didn’t work, because I know I can sing, really, I’ll be back, despite all the evidence, I can sing.” OTOH, the sombrero with the mime could sing, go figure. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/14 "2008-01-23T01:30:15Z")
I wanted the sister to be good only because the other sister wants to meet Obama. Or Obimar, like Simon says. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/15 "2008-01-23T01:31:37Z")
Yeah, dude with the mime may have made it if he didn’t have the gimmick. Sister was good, but the sister on Simon’s lap was giving me the creeps. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/16 "2008-01-23T01:33:13Z")
Have they had audition shows for all seasons, including season one? It seems like a lot of episodes are devoted to these early rounds. ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/17 "2008-01-23T01:41:45Z")
Has anyone ever written their own song for the audition and made it? ---
**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 23, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/18 "2008-01-23T01:45:27Z")
[QUOTE=Rachael Rage] Have they had audition shows for all seasons, including season one? It seems like a lot of episodes are devoted to these early rounds. [/QUOTE] I don’t remember how many cities they went to in the first couple of years but I always remember a half an hour devoted to each city they went to. I could be wrong because I’m old and forgetful. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/19 "2008-01-23T01:46:37Z")
These whopper freakout commercials are the dumbest campaign BK has ever done. :rolleyes: I don’t remember anyone ever making it with an original song, and that Hagrid looking fellow’s nails frightened me. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583/20 "2008-01-23T01:46:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Has anyone ever written their own song for the audition and made it? Not that I’ve ever seen. What was up with him randomly running away? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-22-auditions/434583.md?page=2)