# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/41 "2009-02-26T02:06:02Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Has anyone, ever, done well on Idol singing Alone (or Heart at all)? Carrie Underwood. ---
**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, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/42 "2009-02-26T02:08:02Z")
Megan; Total karaoke, sorry to say… then it got worse… ---
**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, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/43 "2009-02-26T02:08:57Z")
Megan. Trailer trash mom with the filth on her arm. Doesn’t suck. Not a rangey song. Hit a bad note there at the end. Simon will love her. ---
**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, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/44 "2009-02-26T02:09:51Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Megan. Trailer trash mom with the filth on her arm. It’s not nice to call her kid “filth”! (Agreed, the tattoos are just too much.) And her performance was just kind of okay. She was moving quite awkwardly. Like she refused to lift her feet, ever, but the mic slowly slid further and further away from her. ---
**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, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/45 "2009-02-26T02:12:27Z")
This has been a pretty lackluster group. Does the blind guy sing tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/46 "2009-02-26T02:13:27Z")
Was Megan doing ‘the Elaine dance’? ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/47 "2009-02-26T02:14:15Z")
I quite liked Megan during the audition shows, but I think that it was a bad song choice. Mostly because she kept wanting to slip into a bad Corrine Bailey Rae imitation. I’m quite disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/48 "2009-02-26T02:17:11Z")
Heck yeah! Tonic! ---
**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, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/49 "2009-02-26T02:17:14Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Carrie Underwood. Found it on YouTube. Thanks! ---
**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, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/50 "2009-02-26T02:18:47Z")
Matt; love the song choice, and, while not the strongest performance I’ve seen, it’s still pretty damn 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 26, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/51 "2009-02-26T02:19:43Z")
Matt the welder More karaoke. He’s in key. Sounds fine, but not blowing me away. Crappy song choice. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/52 "2009-02-26T02:20:23Z")
Wow, I haven’t heard this song in forever. Very 90’s. ---
**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 26, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/53 "2009-02-26T02:20:27Z")
I liked welder better than the judges are. ---
**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, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/54 "2009-02-26T02:20:30Z")
Dude. I liked Matt. Don’t know why my opinion is the polar opposite of the judges…maybe I just like the song. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/55 "2009-02-26T02:20:59Z")
I really like that song to listen to in the car or at the computer, but for this type of audience it wasn’t what they are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/56 "2009-02-26T02:24:08Z")
Hey, I’m really liking this performance! It’s different. I missed her name - Jessie maybe? The single mom. ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/57 "2009-02-26T02:24:25Z")
Jesse; average performance, but don’t think it’s enough to get her through ---
**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 26, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/58 "2009-02-26T02:25:20Z")
I can’t stand “Bette Davis Eyes,” so Jesse is starting off in a hole with me, and not digging herself out. ---
**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, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/59 "2009-02-26T02:25:32Z")
I really liked Jesse. But again, I love the song. ---
**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, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406/60 "2009-02-26T02:26:52Z")
Hah. Good juxtaposition with **Drain Bead** ’s post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-25-26/487406.md?page=4)