# American Idol - 11,12 March \[open spoilers posibble, open at your own risk\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969 "2008-03-11T15:16:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/101 "2008-03-12T01:10:40Z")
I think Brooke’s wholesome earnestness is going to kill me, I wanted to hate her but she’s not going along with the plan. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/102 "2008-03-12T01:12:39Z")
I thought Brooke could have done better. Maybe if she didn’t play the piano she could have concentrated more on sticking to the melody. [QUOTE=Queen Tonya] I think Brooke’s wholesome earnestness is going to kill me, I wanted to hate her but she’s not going along with the plan. [/QUOTE] I like her because even though she has the wholesome image, she seems a little crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/103 "2008-03-12T01:14:03Z")
I don’t think it was a _great_ performance, but it was a very pretty and very sincere performance. I quite liked it. I think Brooke will be around for a while yet. She should really shine during country week (if there is one). ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/104 "2008-03-12T01:14:36Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] She was so BORING. Why are the judges all fawning over her? [/QUOTE] Because she’s blonde and virginal (allegedly) and bland and insipid and safe. In other words, Simon thinks she’s very commercial (and that she’d be easy to control). The Brooke Whites of the world are everything that corrodes popular culture. They are anti-creation. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/105 "2008-03-12T01:14:58Z")
Wow, I totally disagre with pretty much everyone on Brooke. I thought she was brilliant. I liked that she didn’t tart it up and sang it simply and, [pauler]_with heart_[/pauler]. I loved it. :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/106 "2008-03-12T01:16:07Z")
Liked Brooke. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/107 "2008-03-12T01:16:47Z")
It’s “way beyond compare,” not “far beyond compare!” Don’t change the damn words, Hernandez! ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/108 "2008-03-12T01:17:11Z")
I never thought I would hear a lamer version of this song than Tiffany’s. I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/109 "2008-03-12T01:17:14Z")
Hate David H. Of course he sang “I Saw Her Standing There”. He saw her standing there with a dollar for his G-string. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/110 "2008-03-12T01:17:52Z")
I Saw Her Standing There…I’m gonna reveal my age here when I say that David’s version was about on the same cheesy level as Tiffany’s version. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/111 "2008-03-12T01:17:58Z")
I always sing this “How could I dance with her mother, when I saw her standing there.” And she wouldn’t dance with her brother in the second verse. I’m not digging David H. Which is bad because I really like him. Only one leaves from now on right? He may be safe in that case. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/112 "2008-03-12T01:17:59Z")
Early prediction: David H (“I Saw Her Standing There”) goes home this week. I missed the first three, but this has to be the worst so far. Right? What a disappointment, and I was rooting for him, too! :mad: ETA: The SO just chimed in: “He (David H.) hasn’t found his identity. [shot of Amanda]…where this one has _too much_ identity.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/113 "2008-03-12T01:18:01Z")
One word for David Hernandez - Karaoke. Not even very good karaoke. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/114 "2008-03-12T01:18:14Z")
Every time I see this dude perform now, I can’t help thinking of him giving nude lap dances at that gay club he supposedly worked at. This is ok. Technically fine but ultimately forgettable. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/115 "2008-03-12T01:18:21Z")
David Hernandez is horrid. This is so cheesy. I think I’ve figured out what I really dislike about most of these contestants–they don’t really know a damn thing about music. All they can do is sing. That’s why I really liked Blake last season–he worked on his own arrangements and was an actual music geek. David, on the other hand, seems to think it was endearing that he needed a course on “The Beatles 101.” Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/116 "2008-03-12T01:18:29Z")
Oooh, not good. Did not work at all. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/117 "2008-03-12T01:19:55Z")
Another meh. He just didn’t bring enough energy to it. It’s a great song, but he didn’t bring anything to it. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/118 "2008-03-12T01:20:09Z")
If he had said “I used to be a gay stripper” I would have voted for him all night. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/119 "2008-03-12T01:20:15Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Every time I see this dude perform now, I can’t help thinking of him giving nude lap dances at that gay club he supposedly worked at. [/QUOTE] So, um, how long does it take to get that out of your mind? ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969/120 "2008-03-12T01:23:10Z")
It sounds like David H was shooting for Rockabilly, but it ended up sounding like bad Country. It’s a shame too because that song could have been awesome if he’d done it right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-11-12-march-open-spoilers-posibble-open-at-your-own-risk/440969.md?page=7)