# American Idol 2/2-3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423 "2010-02-02T19:09:41Z")\ **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 4, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/61 "2010-02-04T02:40:07Z")
“Hey Jude” girl is good, and doesn’t seem like a bitch. There’s Avril with that STUPID cat hoodie again. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/62 "2010-02-04T02:47:50Z")
What kind of a tool sings “The Climb?” It is now impossible for me to have any respect for this kid. I hate that song. My daughter loves it. I had to buy her that shitty CD so I can listen to that shitty, amateurish song playing in her room all day. Fuck that song and anyone who sings it. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/63 "2010-02-04T02:48:10Z")
“I would be really into recycling and helping kids in Africa.” That kind of stuff don’t write itself. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/64 "2010-02-04T02:48:40Z")
It’s really not a good idea to take heroin right before the audition. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/65 "2010-02-04T02:49:10Z")
Kids in Africa would shove that kid in a locker. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/66 "2010-02-04T02:49:46Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I actually really like Hey Jude girl. Hopefully she can ditch the histrionics, because she has a good voice and a nice look. I don’t pay attention during sob stories, they’re so contrived it makes my teeth itch. That’s when I go to the bathroom or break up the cats or whatever, so I missed Jude’s story. But her tears seemed so authentic and not phonied up. What song was pasty Farmer’s Tan girl singing? I think I almost recognized it but couldn’t quite grasp it. It was like she was _almost_ singing. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/67 "2010-02-04T02:50:54Z")
Oh Christ, the Lord gave her mom a vision. :rolleyes: Sounds like the Lord has a jerky sense of humor. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/68 "2010-02-04T02:53:03Z")
“God’s really an asshole when He’s drunk.” ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/69 "2010-02-04T02:57:34Z")
Poor girl is not very good, for being saved for last. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/70 "2010-02-04T02:58:49Z")
What a dull and pointless episode. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/71 "2010-02-04T02:59:04Z")
I hate that affected, hoarse country singing style. She’ll probably win. ---
**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 4, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/72 "2010-02-04T03:03:07Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > What a dull and pointless episode. It was filler. They had an odd number of audition episodes and didn’t want to start the Hollywood rounds on a wednesday. There’s absolutely nobody I find compelling at this point, and the backstories are becoming self-parody. Maybe sombody will emerge that’s remotely interesting, but I’m not hopeful. I don’t think Elvis or the Beatles is hiding in this bunch. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/73 "2010-02-04T03:18:54Z")
What a month-long nightmare the audition episodes have been. My motivation for watching the audition episodes in the first place is the chance of seeing a glimpse of the eventual winner (or say top five) in their very life-changing moment. But it seems like every year they focus less and less on the best and all the ones who get major face-time get cut in Hollywood. I’m betting that the top 24 will emerge mostly from the blink-and-you’ll-miss-them millisecond audition montages (think Kris Allen) or have been as yet completely absent from the screen (think Jason Castro). This entire bunch of sob-stories and schtick will have been an utter waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/74 "2010-02-04T03:20:57Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It was filler. They had an odd number of audition episodes and didn’t want to start the Hollywood rounds on a wednesday. > > There’s absolutely nobody I find compelling at this point, and the backstories are becoming self-parody. Maybe sombody will emerge that’s remotely interesting, but I’m not hopeful. I don’t think Elvis or the Beatles is hiding in this bunch. I meant to thank you for calling out Kara and that eyes closed head shake shit that she does a few threads ago. I have now found it to be one of the most annoying things on TV. Thanks again! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/75 "2010-02-04T03:25:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I notice tonight’s episode is called “The Road to Hollywood”. > > Is it a re-cap night or does it feature new auditions? So I was at least somewhat on the right track? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/76 "2010-02-04T03:36:30Z")
By the way, a ton of these people are on the spoiler list of final 24. This is the ep. where they show us the auditions of people who actually made 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 4, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/77 "2010-02-04T03:44:17Z")
This year we saw A LOT more good people with a notable reduction of freaks. There are a few contestants I’m going to keep my eye out for. Aer-o-plane Girl, Neck Tattoo, Rogain Mom, Track Suit, Muscle Man. . … And, sadly, no one for me to hate. Maybe The Crier will turn into the Sensitive Piano Playing Blond from a few seasons back. Or maybe Pedo from The Island of Orange will add something to her annoying color to spur me on. Once the field gets narrowed down a bit I’m gonna have to study **Cat Whisperer** ’s posts. You’re real good with the names. I’m gonna print them and use them as Monarch Notes. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/78 "2010-02-04T03:44:49Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > That girl and me are the only two people in the world that like Posh. > > Maybe David Beckham. > > I feel like I usually have fairly mainstream tastes in women but being attracted to Posh is a pretty lonely road. > > 😃 Indeed it is. She has forcefully displaced Sarah Jessica Parker as the person I can’t figure out why others find her attractive. The montage when they showed her stick limbs moving… ick! ---
**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:** [February 4, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/79 "2010-02-04T06:00:09Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > \ > Once the field gets narrowed down a bit I’m gonna have to study **Cat Whisperer** ’s posts. You’re real good with the names. I’m gonna print them and use them as Monarch Notes. Thank you, thank you. I have my laptop going while I watch - I could pretend I remember all those names, but no. Sigh. I haven’t seen anyone that knocked my socks off like David Cook. I remember seeing his interview - I don’t remember anyone else’s interview, from any year. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423/80 "2010-02-04T06:58:26Z")
This one was the suck. I’m sorry I missed the one on Tu. night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-2-3/527423.md?page=5)