# American Idol - 2/12 & 2/13 - Welcome to Hollywood! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331 "2008-02-12T20:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/21 "2008-02-13T01:41:45Z")
That’s twice now I’ve seen Grace Kelly on an Idol show. Liked them both. Has Carly been eating a Blue Razzberry Blow Pop? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/22 "2008-02-13T01:42:12Z")
Okay, I loved Josiah’s version of Grace Kelly more than I liked his audition. And Danny is just…amazingly good. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/23 "2008-02-13T01:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=LilyoftheValley] Has Carly been eating a Blue Razzberry Blow Pop? [/QUOTE] It totally skeeves me out when the contestants don’t brush their teeth and tongues before performing. Usually they’ve obviously been drinking Coke. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/24 "2008-02-13T01:44:15Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Tonya] Ok, there’s no way all these kids knew all of these songs, right? So did they have a (albeit long) list to choose from? Leo Sayer, w00t! [/QUOTE] They do have a song list, and IIRC, it’s pretty long and varied. I read an interview with the Castro-looking dude from last season that said it had something like 100 songs on it. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/25 "2008-02-13T01:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=LilyoftheValley] That’s twice now I’ve seen Grace Kelly on an Idol show. Liked them both. [/QUOTE] That was the first time I’ve heard it on Idol. Who did it before ‘Van Down By the River’? That was ballsy of him to do that song and I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/26 "2008-02-13T01:50:04Z")
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] That was the first time I’ve heard it on Idol. Who did it before ‘Van Down By the River’? [/QUOTE] Sorry, it was on the Swedish version of Idol (which is, ambiguously, called only Idol). ---
**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 13, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/27 "2008-02-13T01:56:25Z")
So, did they get rid of the big room? You know when they tell huge rooms of contestants that they need to go home? ---
**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 13, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/28 "2008-02-13T01:58:25Z")
I can’t decide if them changing the competition every season during Hollywood week is sorta better, since the contestants all start from the same page with no preconceived ideas. OTOH, change is bad, waaah. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/29 "2008-02-13T01:58:29Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] So, did they get rid of the big room? You know when they tell huge rooms of contestants that they need to go home? [/QUOTE] I think that comes a bit later in the process. S^G ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/30 "2008-02-13T02:00:34Z")
Blond single momma has no idea what the song “Summertime” is about. I can’t stand the black single daddy either. Can either of them even spell _affectation_?:dubious: ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/31 "2008-02-13T02:03:51Z")
Ooh, I know, I’ll just a vocal coach that has been thru this exact process and failed, that’ll work! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/32 "2008-02-13T02:04:36Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Tonya] Ooh, I know, I’ll just a vocal coach that has been thru this exact process and failed, that’ll work! [/QUOTE] She must have eaten the french toast. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/33 "2008-02-13T02:17:11Z")
Wait…no groups? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/34 "2008-02-13T02:17:28Z")
Awwwww…no group sings? I love group sings. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/35 "2008-02-13T02:22:01Z")
After last year with Chris Sligh and Blake Lewis, I was looking forward to the group sing. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/36 "2008-02-13T02:26:08Z")
16 year old Bryan Adams? What the heck was so special about that? Seriously? I must get my hearing checked. ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/37 "2008-02-13T02:30:05Z")
Hmm, maybe we should call him Jokerboy, that cheery 16 yo who kareoked his way through that Bryan Adams song. The group sing being gone sucketh. I like Syesha, finally someone uses the background singers! ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/38 "2008-02-13T02:33:59Z")
Don’t they want to know if someone can sing harmony? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/39 "2008-02-13T02:34:00Z")
Wow, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was pretty incredible, although he didn’t really try for the highest notes. ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331/40 "2008-02-13T02:35:14Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Don’t they want to know if someone can sing harmony? [/QUOTE] And can compromise, be a team member, blend?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-12-2-13-welcome-to-hollywood/437331.md?page=3)