# American Idol-- 1/31. My birthday edition! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369 "2006-01-31T17:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/41 "2006-02-01T01:58:18Z")
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I like him a lot. Go, Graystoke! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/42 "2006-02-01T02:00:18Z")
Wait … where was this person who was supposed to be the Best. Audition. Ever? Did I miss it or something? Or were they being “ironic” and I missed 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:** [February 1, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/43 "2006-02-01T02:01:52Z")
We still have tomorrow in Vegas, right? 'Cuz I missed the greatest ever too. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/44 "2006-02-01T02:02:34Z")
An hour? Buh? ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/45 "2006-02-01T02:05:02Z")
[the grey haired guy](http://www.taylorhicks.com/) So who was the one from Las Vegas that Simon thought was the cream of the competition? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/46 "2006-02-01T02:06:12Z")
> [@Lama Pacos](#): > > An hour? Buh? Yeah. This president has a lot to answer for. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/47 "2006-02-01T02:09:46Z")
Goddamn it! If we have to miss a whole extra hour of good old all-American screeching, why, the terrorists have already won! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/48 "2006-02-01T02:16:08Z")
I’m late, but it can’t be too late to serenade our Birthday Diva can it? Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthdaaaaaaaaaaaaay dearest **Biggirl** Happy Birthday to you!! 😃 The middle-eastern spitcurl was cute, I wasn’t getting her voice as anything resembling good, but she’s, y’know, petite and exotic and cute, which is sometimes all it takes. Handcuff girl doing Redneck Woman? Honestly, I couldn’t even tell for most of the song what she was doing, is it just one of those monotone type songs? It was like she didn’t move more than one note up or down for 42 measures, what was that? Could Randy be any more shocked, _shocked_ at a black girl singing country? Awww, Pepe the gondolier coulda been a contendah. Did that guy say **75** pets? F’real?! The Cranberry Twins woulda got a pass from me, I’m just so happy to hear anyone even acknowledge harmony exists, I adore them for trying. Bless their cute li’l hearts. I’m very very happy that our Salt-n-pepa guy is going thru! He’s running a real risk of being very good at one specific non-pop thing and could wind up being as flexible as John Stevens, but I like his voice and his hair and those dreamy dreamy eyes…swoon. Do you think they at least give these poor kids a kareoke follow-the-bouncing-ball screen for the montages? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/49 "2006-02-01T02:27:23Z")
Thank you, thank you, thank you **Walter Windchill**!! [Swooneriffic!](http://www.taylorhicks.com/Taylor.promo%20shot.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/50 "2006-02-01T02:31:23Z")
Wow, I really liked Grey’s voice. Totally surprised. Now, at risk of being accused of “you think they all look alike” – did anyone else think that Miss Handcuff’s face looked like BabyV? Something about her features… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/51 "2006-02-01T02:58:35Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > Handcuff girl doing Redneck Woman? Honestly, I couldn’t even tell for most of the song what she was doing, is it just one of those monotone type songs? It was like she didn’t move more than one note up or down for 42 measures, what was that? Could Randy be any more shocked, _shocked_ at a black girl singing country? I think it was more the “redneck” part than the country part that caused him some concern. From what I understand, Cowboy Troy and the “gendre” of music called “hick-hop” is still something of a novelty. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/52 "2006-02-01T05:18:20Z")
Aside from the Alabama gray-haired guy at the end and the cute belly dancing girl at the beginning, I didn’t see a whole lot of talent in this segment. Vegas was a bust, for the most part. I hope the next few auditions are better. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/53 "2006-02-01T05:44:21Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > [Swooneriffic!](http://www.taylorhicks.com/Taylor.promo%20shot.jpg) He kindof looks like George Clooney in that picture. He’s got 3 original songs available for download [here](http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/bands/TaylorHicks.html). He’s _really_ good! Otherwise tonight’s show totally brought the boring suck. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/54 "2006-02-01T09:12:52Z")
Very appropriate that this show aired last night. If you’re gonna waste an evening broadcast crap, you might as well waste the whole evening — State of the Union and all. Worst. Idol. Ever. And how did Mecca make it through? Who can say whether she is capable of carrying the ACTUAL tune? Horrible. I reckon the talent pool was so bad that they started grading on a curve. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/55 "2006-02-01T14:40:01Z")
I loved Simon’s reactions to everything (particularly to Aretha), and that Paula had some cutting comments herself (“There were some sweet parts, like when she got quiet”). I guess those were both for Aretha, so maybe she rubbed them wrong not just with her singing but her attitude. I felt bad for Flagboy even though he added a new hideousness to “God Bless the USA”. “If they change their minds they can call me”. Aww. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/56 "2006-02-01T14:57:27Z")
How could Vegas suck so much? What did Ryan burble at the end? Only 11 people got through to Hollywood, or something? That American flag shirt was hideous, but the guy wasn’t that bad for something like Open Mic Night Idol. I think I can safely say we’ve seen worse. Poor Pepe. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/57 "2006-02-01T15:27:13Z")
Apart from the George Clooney look-alike at the end, last night’s show really blew. He was the only one I actually enjoyed listening to. I did enjoy seeing the psychic from last year, too, I guess. Listening to her coach her sister was hilarious. She also made me have my own psychic moment. I hadn’t thought about this girl in a year, yet at the start of the show when the judges were walking into the venue, I saw a girl who reminded me of her shaking hands with the judges. Then, a few minutes later, there she was. I guess it probably was her shaking their hands, but why not let me think that I had a psychic moment? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/58 "2006-02-01T15:54:54Z")
That _was_ her, **yellowval**. I turned to Papa T. and said, “That godawful psychic from last year just greeted them coming in the door!” He was playing his computer game and missed it, but he had no regrets. That really was an awful bunch. Why did they let Spitcurl Girl through? Just that ghastly curl and the star pasted by her left eye would have been enough for me to eliminate her without hearing her sing a single note. And I hope American Flag guy doesn’t realize they were mocking him. Because delusional as he was, he was still sweet and far, far too innocent to be chewed up and spit out by the Evil Empire. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/59 "2006-02-01T16:01:13Z")
So I wasn’t the only one who noticed! At the time, I think I must have been blocking out that it could really have been her. My mind told me, “She looks a lot like that psychic from last year.” As far as repeat contestants go: Wouldn’t you love if just once, someone who really sucked went away for a couple of years, took voice lessons, came back and kicked ass? I think that would be really fun. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369/60 "2006-02-01T16:41:21Z")
“I have predictions about season five but I’m just going to keep them to myself.” :rolleyes: Hint: telling others is pretty much the point of being a “psychic”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-31-my-birthday-edition/342369.md?page=4)