# American Idol 2/17-18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288 "2009-02-17T16:50:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/61 "2009-02-18T02:18:20Z")
Michael “Roughneck” Sarver He’s doing that “I don’t wanna be” song." Well, I’ll be the first to use this word. Karaoke. The producers seem to want to pimp this guy to be the blue collar/redneck guy, though. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/62 "2009-02-18T02:18:39Z")
One of my early faves, Oil Rig, is bombing. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/63 "2009-02-18T02:19:23Z")
Can we please retire “I Don’t Wanna Be?” It’s never been a good song, and it only gets worse when somebody tries to “make it his own,” because it really has NO room to do anything other than follow the original, highly structured and rhythmic, melody. On performance alone, Ruffneck is done. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/64 "2009-02-18T02:19:59Z")
What a string of shit performances. This guy Michael really blows. I missed most of the audition shows so I take it as a given these people are the best of what they saw, but, jeez, it seems like half of these people have no business being on the stage. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/65 "2009-02-18T02:21:43Z")
I don’t get what’s so likable about this Sarver guy. Just because he works on an oil rig doesn’t mean he’s interesting. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/66 "2009-02-18T02:24:08Z")
Anne Marie Just good, but compared to the last few people she seems outstanding. I wish people wouldn’t do Aretha, though. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/67 "2009-02-18T02:24:13Z")
Anne Marie is mediocre on any other night. But with tonight’s competition, she’s a shining star. Bonus: If she gets cut, she can always just put on that dress and go out into L.A. to turn tricks. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/68 "2009-02-18T02:28:32Z")
Anne Marie seems more mature than everyone else. ---
**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 18, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/69 "2009-02-18T02:28:17Z")
> [@RachelChristine](#): > > Hey! I’ve been to Malone. It’s also the hometown of Almanzo Wilder. I actually talked my husband into driving from WV to Montreal via Malone & Burke about 8 years ago for that reason. And it was during the Franklin County Fair. \ Isn’t Malone cool? They’ve got a Pizza Hut! Squeeeee! ---
**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 18, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/70 "2009-02-18T02:33:46Z")
“I just sat on the really hard part!” :eek: I enjoyed that way more than her performance. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/71 "2009-02-18T02:35:27Z")
Stephen Fowler I like this guy’s voice but…Michael Jackson? This is disappointing. He’s one of the people I thought would be good. Sorry to say it, but that sucked. ---
**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 18, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/72 "2009-02-18T02:36:37Z")
It was almost like he was nerved out, he’s got something going on but that wasn’t doing anything to show us what he’s got. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/73 "2009-02-18T02:37:40Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > “I just sat on the really hard part!” :eek: > I enjoyed that way more than her performance. 😃 “I mean, I sat on the wood!” … ---
**Author:** ![vintageloveletter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@vintageloveletter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vintageloveletter)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/74 "2009-02-18T02:40:37Z")
Can’t wait for Tatiana. This is gonna be 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:** [February 18, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/75 "2009-02-18T02:45:43Z")
Tatiania is acting strangely normal in this video interview…no wait, there it is. There’s the crazy. I can’t say she sounds bad. Crap. This actually sounds really good. One of the most infuriating things about this girl is that she actually can sing. I think that might have actually been the best performance of the night. Please don’t throw shoes. I know she’s a crazy bitch, but I can’t say she’s an untalented crazy bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/76 "2009-02-18T02:45:47Z")
I hate to admit it, but she actually started singing the song pretty well, and _showing restraint_. Still waiting for the end. Here it is… …some horrible pitch just before the last note. But she didn’t belt it. She held back. Somebody upped her dosage before tonight’s show. How wonderful! The judges are all encouraging her to go insane! It’s “unnerving” that she’s holding it together tonight. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/77 "2009-02-18T02:47:01Z")
> [@Nutty\_Bunny](#): > > Stevie’s performance was cringeworthy. > > But really, why are Ted Danson and **NPH** there?? NPH is a big fan of American Idol. [Clip of him talking about A.I. on Regis and Kelly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsLwpSZ0IfI) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/78 "2009-02-18T02:50:04Z")
The judges hate it that she sang well. they’re really not giving her performance as much credit as it deserved. They wanted her for the trainwreck, and she didn’t give it to them tonight. Does it sound like her Spanish accent is stronger tonight than it has been in past episodes? ---
**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 18, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/79 "2009-02-18T02:50:56Z")
Huh, since I’ve missed nearly all of the audition shows, all I knew about Tatiana was what y’all have been saying. Expected much more crazy, so it’s a little disappointing. I don’t necessarily understand the judges comments, but she did better than most of the others tonight at least. ---
**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 18, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288/80 "2009-02-18T02:51:55Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Does it sound like her Spanish accent is stronger tonight than it has been in past episodes? I noticed that, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-17-18/486288.md?page=5)