# American Idol 1/24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390 "2006-01-24T14:09:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/81 "2006-01-25T02:04:49Z")
Sigh … I miss Sweet Young Zachary from last week. _Call me when you’re 18, Zachary!_ ---
**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, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/82 "2006-01-25T02:05:55Z")
I think she’s the best we’ve heard tonight. ---
**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, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/83 "2006-01-25T02:06:45Z")
I bet **rockle** doesn’t like Squeaky. I love her! ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/84 "2006-01-25T02:06:45Z")
Okay, it’s confirmed: Paris is my American Idol. 1: Sweet and down-to earth. 2: Choosing a song counter to stereotype. 3: Wonderfully pretty, unpretentious voice. 4: Smile to melt granite. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/85 "2006-01-25T02:07:02Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > She got in… Ann Nesby’s relative… Good thing she got in. She’s GREAT! Holy cow. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/86 "2006-01-25T02:07:04Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I think she’s the best we’ve heard tonight. I agree. I have goosebumps. ---
**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, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/87 "2006-01-25T02:07:04Z")
I thought she was going to sound like Fantasia but her singing voice is nothing like her speaking voice. ---
**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, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/88 "2006-01-25T02:08:56Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Good thing she got in. She’s GREAT! Holy cow. I renounce my psychic abilities! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/89 "2006-01-25T02:09:15Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I bet **rockle** doesn’t like Squeaky. I love her! Who’s Squeaky - Paris? She’s _awesome!_ She had me at “I want to touch the earth …” Love me the Dixie Chicks! She’s my new favorite. She’s like the anti-Lisa Tucker from last week (of whom I am already sick to death). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/90 "2006-01-25T02:09:26Z")
She sings good! ---
**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, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/91 "2006-01-25T02:09:21Z")
What’s her name? Paris? I think she’s a sure bet for the top 12. Holy crap, what technique for a 17 year old. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/92 "2006-01-25T02:11:33Z")
I came here to start a thread on this girl. I was reading a book while my wife was watching, and I had to look up at the first note. By the time she was done, I had tears in my eyes. What Goddess did she steal that voice from? ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/93 "2006-01-25T02:13:38Z")
To prarphrase Simon: The first Paris I’ve ever heard who had talent. (And a crapload of it! I think I’m in love.) ---
**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, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/94 "2006-01-25T02:15:08Z")
If he’s the winner of the talent shows I’d hate to hear the losers. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/95 "2006-01-25T02:19:15Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I renounce my psychic abilities! Don’t do that … by the time we get to the semis, I _could_ change my mind. But I don’t think so. Girl is _good._ ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/96 "2006-01-25T02:19:22Z")
What an obnoxiously clever marketing ploy. ---
**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, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/97 "2006-01-25T02:21:03Z")
So that’s what Simon was so happy about in the promos. We should have known that only a joke at Paula and Randy’s expense could get him that overjoyed. ---
**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, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/98 "2006-01-25T02:22:19Z")
> [@Lama Pacos](#): > > What an obnoxiously clever marketing ploy. For Simon’s book, sure. I don’t know about Paula’s CD. That was mean AND funny. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/99 "2006-01-25T02:23:38Z")
> [@Lama Pacos](#): > > To prarphrase Simon: The first Paris I’ve ever heard who had talent. > > (And a crapload of it! I think I’m in love.) Yeah, it’s too bad that she has the same name has a famous skank ho. ---
**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, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-24/341390/100 "2006-01-25T02:24:20Z")
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