# American Idol 1/23 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122 "2007-01-23T18:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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 25, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/101 "2007-01-25T02:26:50Z")
He sounds exactly like a girl! Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/102 "2007-01-25T02:27:13Z")
(I missed the first 50 minutes–who was on that flunked out of So You Think You Can Dance?) Also, what is it with all these people who sing through their noses??? ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/103 "2007-01-25T02:27:46Z")
Here goes Simon with the drag queen jokes again. ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/104 "2007-01-25T02:29:21Z")
I knew Simon’s Midols would run out sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/105 "2007-01-25T02:32:14Z")
Ah, yes, one of Sinatra’s lesser-known classics, _New Yor, New Yor_. > [@gigi](#): > > I assume that there is a cadre of producers reviewing the entrants to see who is good enough or terribly bad enough to see the Three. Indeed. A co-worker of mine auditioned in New York (East Rutherford, NJ, to be exact, but if the Giants and Jets consider it New Yor…I mean New York, then _AI_ can, too). She did not sing in front of the judges but in front of other people. I believe it is the producers who decide who sings in front of the judges- some good people, some bad people for humor’s sake. ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/106 "2007-01-25T02:33:07Z")
I thought she was really good and interesting. She’s different. Simon needs to stifle his impulse to put her in a box and just let her be versatile. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/107 "2007-01-25T02:33:17Z")
Is it wrong that I like opera-girl? If she can calm the hell down, she might have something. I believe her when she says she can sing anything. ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/108 "2007-01-25T02:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I thought she was really good and interesting. She’s different. Simon needs to stifle his impulse to put her in a box and just let her be versatile. [/QUOTE] I agree. I think she was unique but in a _good_ way. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/109 "2007-01-25T02:38:36Z")
"Umm… Is that the wrong Lionel Richie song?" Laugh of the night. ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/110 "2007-01-25T02:47:01Z")
I don’t remember this guy at all. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/111 "2007-01-25T02:50:27Z")
Which guy? I wish you guys would say who you are talking about when you make comments \>:( ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/112 "2007-01-25T02:57:30Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Which guy? I wish you guys would say who you are talking about when you make comments \>☹ [/QUOTE] The guy who was singing! You know-- him. Yeah, were all slacking in the make-up-a-silly-yet-descriptive-name department. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/113 "2007-01-25T02:57:58Z")
That lady was absolutely ON something. (final audition) ---
**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 25, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/114 "2007-01-25T02:59:54Z")
Carol Bayer-Sager is the Joans! Why didn’t any of you tell me? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/115 "2007-01-25T03:01:56Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Carol Bayer-Sager is the Joans! Why didn’t any of you tell me? [/QUOTE] Because we couldn’t remember her name. She was just the weird Joan Collins looking woman. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/116 "2007-01-25T03:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] The guy who was singing! You know-- him. [/QUOTE] You know- the one who’s always standing and walking. ---
**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 25, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/117 "2007-01-25T03:05:36Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Which guy? I wish you guys would say who you are talking about when you make comments \>☹ [/QUOTE] I was talking about the guy who supposedly quit last year. I have no memory of him whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/118 "2007-01-25T03:10:59Z")
Ah. Me neither. Though that is probably because I didn’t watch last year. Or any year. This is my first year! (I have previously just watched the funnier auditions online). ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/119 "2007-01-25T03:11:00Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] Check for late-night showings. (I will not rub in that some of us live in dual-market areas 😃 ) [/QUOTE] But ya did, Blanche, ya did! 🙂 Sounds like it’ll be worth setting the DVR for. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122/120 "2007-01-25T03:15:50Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] You know- the one who’s always standing and walking. [/QUOTE] Rory Calhoun? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-23/389122.md?page=7)