# American Idol 1/26 to 1/27 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555 "2010-01-26T20:13:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/41 "2010-01-27T05:55:53Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > , plus they look clean cut and are willing to sing insipid material. Thats kindof what the judges are looking for, actually. ---
**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 27, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/42 "2010-01-27T06:23:53Z")
I know. That’s what I mean. They’re ready made for the show. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/43 "2010-01-27T06:24:44Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > “I Touch Myself” guy was my favorite audition so far, maybe ever. I can’t believe they showed that. I found him horribly annoying - throwing your sexuality in everyone’s face and turning every word into sexual innuendo was so gauche. I think Mary Power (? - rocker chick with the eight-year-old daughter) was pretty good - I think we’ll be seeing her again. Simon was right, she’s a walking cliché at this point, but I think she’ll clean up just fine. I hope Foster Boy does well - his voice was pretty good, even if his hair was ridiculous. I didn’t agree with Simon’s criticism of him, that he was bland, boy-band material - that sounds like the perfect recipe for AI. I liked Katie Perry, too - she didn’t seem to like Kara much, though. “You can’t put them through just because they’ve had a hard life.” No shit. Kara is such a useless piece of crap on this show - do you figure they keep her on because her over-sensitive, insecure personality breeds drama? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/44 "2010-01-27T07:28:26Z")
“This isn’t a Lifetime movie, Kara.” I am now in love with Katie Perry. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/45 "2010-01-27T14:41:37Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It would be cool if NPH showed up as his Harold and Kumar version of himself. I call your “Harold and Kumar version” and raise you an “on mushrooms”… ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/46 "2010-01-27T14:47:38Z")
Appropriate, given your user name. ---
**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 27, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/47 "2010-01-27T14:52:11Z")
Does [Andrew Garcia](http://www.americanidol.com/videos/season_9/golden_ticket_interviews/andrew_garcia/) (neck tattoo) remind anyone anyone else of Gokey a rather frightening amount? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/48 "2010-01-27T15:01:04Z")
Not me. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/49 "2010-01-27T16:03:02Z")
Well, NOW he does. Thanks a lot, dude. :mad: Is anyone else catching a big, fat liar vibe from [Chris Golightly](http://www.americanidol.com/videos/season_9/golden_ticket_interviews/chris_golightly/)(the foster home guy)? Also, way to brag about driving a car dangerously while eating and talking on the cellphone. Jerk. And get a haircut. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/50 "2010-01-27T17:20:03Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Is anybody else but me bothered by that stupid neck snapping thing that Kara does? She’s so obnoxious. She reminds of the 6th grade girls I used to teach. Are you talking about how she closes her eyes and bobs her head back and forth when she likes a performer? I did a perfect impression of her last night! I could barely tolerate her last season, and now I can’t stand her. ---
**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 27, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/51 "2010-01-27T17:22:38Z")
That’s it, yeah. What an irritating affect. ---
**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 27, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/52 "2010-01-27T17:23:41Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Chris Golightly I’m never going to be able to hear his name without thinking someone is giving me instructions on how to grease bakeware. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/53 "2010-01-27T17:27:38Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I found him horribly annoying - throwing your sexuality in everyone’s face and turning every word into sexual innuendo was so gauche. If you consider a teenage Mick Jagger wannabe as having “sexuality”, maybe. I just thought he was a bad joke. So they sent 20 people through, but showed us 3 good singers and a dozen train wrecks. I grow weary of the freak show aspect, but no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. Fortunately, Katy Perry was easy on the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/54 "2010-01-27T17:30:48Z")
I wonder if that’s his real name or he’s just a big Audrey Hepburn fan. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/55 "2010-01-27T19:41:38Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > If you consider a teenage Mick Jagger wannabe as having “sexuality”, maybe. I just thought he was a bad joke. > \ I don’t think we’re talking about the same idiot - the one I’m talking about was the one who gave his number to Ryan after his performance. I think the one you’re talking about is a water technician who sat on the floor and flailed his legs around. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/56 "2010-01-27T19:49:41Z")
Simon gets the best line out of the way right away. Guy singing Meatloaf: “Remember everything that I told you…” ::forgets words:: Simon: “Ironic.” ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/57 "2010-01-27T20:13:14Z")
That guy was a piece of work. ---
**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 27, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/58 "2010-01-27T20:27:57Z")
He was the shiniest person I’ve ever seen outside of a freshly polished Tin Man. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/59 "2010-01-27T20:42:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I don’t think we’re talking about the same idiot - the one I’m talking about was the one who gave his number to Ryan after his performance. I think the one you’re talking about is a water technician who sat on the floor and flailed his legs around. So many idiots…hard to keep them straight. ---
**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 27, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555/60 "2010-01-27T20:46:46Z")
Anyone else catch \*\*Daniel Franco \*\* from “Project Runway” in one of the clip packages? He’s the guy who was on PR in both seasons one and two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-26-to-1-27/526555.md?page=4)