# American Idol 2/25-26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406 "2009-02-25T19:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/1 "2009-02-25T19:26:17Z")
More singers compete and a few more finalists will be picked this week. But…tonight’s ep. runs into the LOST time slot, so I will miss the last half hour unless I get off my lazy arse and tape it. Or maybe I’ll just rely on you folks to fill in my blanks. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/2 "2009-02-25T21:04:49Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Or maybe I’ll just rely on you folks to fill in my blanks. That’s pretty much what I do for results show. There’s so much filler that I can just pop into one of these threads and find out what I want in thirty seconds. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/3 "2009-02-26T01:06:31Z")
Jasmine Pitch problems. Timing problems. Not going well. Very Karaoke. Bye, Jasmine. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/4 "2009-02-26T01:09:22Z")
Shame about Jasmine… I love the song, but she butchered it… S^G ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/5 "2009-02-26T01:17:37Z")
Matt’s performance did not rule the world. It did not rule a karaoke bar. Ouch. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/6 "2009-02-26T01:17:52Z")
Matt; not good enough… S^G ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/7 "2009-02-26T01:17:52Z")
Matt Giraud Doing Coldplay. terrible arrangement. Can’t hear the music. Sounds like a guy singing in the shower. He’s got a weird quaver to his voice that doesn’t work either. This really blows. Bye, Matt. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/8 "2009-02-26T01:18:17Z")
Good lord. That dueling piano guy was AWFUL! That was just embarassing. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/9 "2009-02-26T01:18:26Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > Matt’s performance did not rule the world. It did not rule a karaoke bar. Ouch. It did not rule his shower. Horrible, horrible, horrible. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/10 "2009-02-26T01:20:00Z")
His performance of _Georgia on my Mind_ during Hollywood week was better. Not great, but much more acceptable. Seacrest, Chris Martin is not “amazing.” ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/11 "2009-02-26T01:24:32Z")
\ Did the rest of you get the commercial for a Dunkin Donuts “sandwich” made with meat, egg, cheese (I think) – and put between two waffles? That food is so disgusting it almost makes Matt’s singing look tolerable. \ ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/12 "2009-02-26T01:27:55Z")
Jeanine; about on par with the other two ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/13 "2009-02-26T01:27:58Z")
Jeanine…awww…not so good. Is this an intentional style of singing, to be half a beat behind the music? It makes me tense. She does have long legs, though, doesn’t she? ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/14 "2009-02-26T01:28:16Z")
Jeanine Vailes Whoa, legs! Lost my train of thought for a second. Ok, she started ok, kind of lost the key in the chorus. Bye, Jeanine. ---
**Author:** ![accidentalyuppie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@accidentalyuppie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/accidentalyuppie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/15 "2009-02-26T01:32:15Z")
Everyone is horrible so far, sucking,sucking sucking. I wonder if there’s something wrong with the monitor system------it’s easy to screw up when you can’t hear yourself properly ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/16 "2009-02-26T01:32:37Z")
With Nick/Normund (looks like he’s actually going to sing as Nick tonight), at least we’re likely to be entertained. Which is more than can be said for the first three, who were all uniformly horrible and uninteresting. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/17 "2009-02-26T01:32:49Z")
So… Nick or Norman? Who do you think is performing tonight? ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/18 "2009-02-26T01:37:18Z")
Loks like it’s Norman tonight… lol still… best of the night so far, by far. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/19 "2009-02-26T01:39:17Z")
This is amazing. Seriously, to get on Idol and have a chance to play it straight, but be willing to toss it away for comedic effect. Really it is pretty daring, because if he wasn’t actually funny it would be terribly cringeworthy. ---
**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 26, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/20 "2009-02-26T01:40:18Z")
Normund it is. With white tails. There is no fourth wall with this guy. His absolute absurdity is exactly what this show needs. When he’s caressing the American Idol logo, singing “You’re gonna love me,” it’s pure entertainment. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406.md?page=2)