# American Idol 2/26-2/28 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279 "2008-02-26T20:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 28, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/141 "2008-02-28T02:25:28Z")
Oh man! What the hell is going on with the girls? Well, last week they were sick and perhaps they are all still having problems. On the upside-- I like Asia version better than that Sullivan fellow. Oh wait, Celine sang this too? Of course she did. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/142 "2008-02-28T02:27:11Z")
What the hell is going on? How can they all be so awful? Why is Asiah dressed like a slutty secretary? How can she not be booted for totally, completely, utterly missing a note? What the hell are the judges hearing? I don’t know–apparently I am completely tone deaf because I don’t understand how all three of them aren’t ripping her a new one. Simon nailed it though–she’s not that good a singer. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/143 "2008-02-28T02:29:35Z")
Thank you Simon. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/144 "2008-02-28T02:30:35Z")
[QUOTE=KSO] What the hell is going on? How can they all be so awful? Why is Asiah dressed like a slutty secretary? How can she not be booted for totally, completely, utterly missing a note? What the hell are the judges hearing? I don’t know–apparently I am completely tone deaf because I don’t understand how all three of them aren’t ripping her a new one. Simon nailed it though–she’s not that good a singer. [/QUOTE] Well that’d make two of us who were tone deaf then. I thought that was appallingly awful. She was **all over** the place. And dammit, I like that song, too. I’ve never heard Celine Dion sing it, but I liked the Eric Carmen version, and also the one from Bridget Jones Diary, whoever that was. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/145 "2008-02-28T02:39:19Z")
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] Carrie Underwood knocked it out of the park when she sang “Alone”. Carly was nowhere near \*that \* good, but she was good. [/QUOTE] Agree totally with both of those assertions. Once again this week, there’s no point in grading the women because they all suck, with the possible exception of Carly Smithson, to whom I’ll give a generous B. (Simon must be screwing Brook, or wishes he were.) ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/146 "2008-02-28T02:41:07Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] The girls suck this year. Augh. [/QUOTE] Amen! Well, I actually was impressed by Brooke, but that’s only because my expectations were set so low. Not a stunning endorsement by any means. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/147 "2008-02-28T02:43:44Z")
Oops. Forgot to mention this. Back on the guys for a sec, Tucker Carlson’s gossip reporter says that Robbie Carrico’s long hair is fake. He wears a wig. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/148 "2008-02-28T02:49:05Z")
Amanda Overmyer is getting votes. How can that be? ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/149 "2008-02-28T03:08:08Z")
Dial idol has Jason Yeager doing well. How is that possible? He was the worst last night, hands down. I hate Amanda, but he was worse than she was tonight. Not by much, but worse. Tonight, Brooke was my favorite. ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/150 "2008-02-28T03:15:57Z")
Biker Chick and the girl at the end (Asia’h ?) are goners. Love Carly. Love Rami, but less this time, bad song. Like Alaina and Kady. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/151 "2008-02-28T04:02:35Z")
[QUOTE=Brynda] Dial idol has Jason Yeager doing well. How is that possible? [/QUOTE] Could it be the VFTW people? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/152 "2008-02-28T04:54:04Z")
[QUOTE=Brynda] Dial idol has Jason Yeager doing well. How is that possible? He was the worst last night, hands down. I hate Amanda, but he was worse than she was tonight. Not by much, but worse. [/QUOTE] I’ll disagree there. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a performance that was as bad as the one Overmyer put up tonight. She missed the notes & really sounded absolutely terrible. It was so bad that I couldn’t bring myself to look at the television screen. **Diogenes** nailed it when he said she was in over her head. Everyone was wondering which guy would be this year’s Sanjaya, but it was Amanda all along. I will agree with you on Brooke, though. ---
**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 28, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/153 "2008-02-28T05:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=Brynda] Dial idol has Jason Yeager doing well. How is that possible? He was the worst last night, hands down. [/QUOTE] Maybe \*he _is this year’s Sanjaya._ **[shudder]** \*but less interesting ---
**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 28, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/154 "2008-02-28T05:46:22Z")
That was a whole lotta mediocre. I kept saying to my husband that these girls keep making the mistake of singing songs they like, not songs they can knock out of the park. Idiots. Okay, that’s not kind; maybe it’s just because they’re so young - they don’t know no better. (I too am listening to Heart now. Why didn’t someone sing Dog and Butterfly? What an awesome singer’s song.) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/155 "2008-02-28T06:15:05Z")
Isuck at names but the girl who sang “Me and Mrs. Jones”, what was she thinking. That choice totally takes you out of the song. And then changes the word, so now itstarts to sound gimmicky and distracting. And the point of the original is that it is “Mrs. Jones” i.e she’s married. Chaning it to “Mr. Jones turns it into bleh.” ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/156 "2008-02-28T06:16:40Z")
Kady Malloy sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/157 "2008-02-28T07:07:19Z")
I taped this while I was at work and am now watching it. Kady just finished and wowee was that awful. But then again, this has been little more than a whole lotta awful tonight. Please tell me it gets better? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/158 "2008-02-28T07:19:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kolak of Twilo] Please tell me it gets better? [/QUOTE] Well, that’s something that didn’t happen. The only one I came _close_ to enjoying was Brooke. I could listen to Carly, Rami and maybe Asia’h again without cringing; the rest can just go away now. I’m beginning to suspect that once we get the 12 finalists down its likely the girls will all go quickly and we will be left with 6 boys for the final 6 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/159 "2008-02-28T14:17:10Z")
I think they should send four girls home tonight and keep all the guys. I guess if I had to pick a best performance of the night, it would be Carly, even though I didn’t think she was great. It definitely wasn’t as good as David A., David H., or Chikezie from the night before. Brooke had the second-best performance and probably Ramiele third. Everybody else was crap. The worst were Amanda and Kady. By far. And count me among those shocked that Simon has never heard “Magic Man.” It’s a fantastic song, and my favorite Heart song. ---
**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 28, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279/160 "2008-02-28T15:25:23Z")
Wow, Amanda is really married to that hairstyle/color! Here’s her [mugshot](http://www.tmz.com/2008/02/28/idol-nurse-busted-for-dui/) from October 2006 for DUI. I guess she was ahead of the trend. DUIs are so 2007. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279.md?page=9)