# American Idol 2/3 Hollywood round #1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279 "2009-02-03T17:36:19Z")\ **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 3, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/1 "2009-02-03T17:36:19Z")
Yes, it’s Hollywood Hell Week, round one, on American Idol tonight. I imagine there will be 2 or 3 nights of this, but this thread will suffice for them as well. ---
**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/2 "2009-02-03T18:41:08Z")
I am counting down the minutes! I’m looking forward to this year for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Buford\_was\_no\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buford_was_no_angel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/3 "2009-02-03T19:36:14Z")
Two words: Norman Gentle. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/4 "2009-02-03T21:17:25Z")
> [@Buford\_was\_no\_angel](#): > > Two words: Norman Gentle. I was awfully glad he made it, but I don’t think he should unpack his suitcase too fast. I’m looking forward to seeing Anoop Dawg again. ---
**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 3, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/5 "2009-02-03T21:18:43Z")
> [@Buford\_was\_no\_angel](#): > > Two words: Norman Gentle. Did you see him in the preview last week? It looks like he might have cleaned himself up a bit. ---
**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 4, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/6 "2009-02-04T01:22:23Z")
I didn’t really care for the voice of the first girl (Lil?) that they raved over tonight. Too shouty. ---
**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, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/7 "2009-02-04T01:28:47Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did you see him in the preview last week? It looks like he might have cleaned himself up a bit. Nevermind. 🙂 ---
**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 4, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/8 "2009-02-04T01:33:07Z")
Anoop is really good. Rose (hippie girl) admits in confessional that she doesn’t have that great of a voice. She does sound kind of like a one-trick pony, like so many AI contestants who sing with a strong affectation. ---
**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 4, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/9 "2009-02-04T01:34:15Z")
Ok, I’ve missed a few weeks, so I don’t have any of my usual sentimentality attached to this round. Normally I’m already rooting for people, but not this time. The pierced tattooed crying kid with the anchor song, umm why did he pass, exactly? I couldn’t even tell if that shiny Norman could sing at all or not, is he going to be one of those ones that scrabble into the top 20 to become a fan favorite that Simon hates on each week? ---
**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, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/10 "2009-02-04T01:35:03Z")
The Puerto Rican (Jorge?) was incredible, as was the guy from Ohio who sang the Stevie Wonder song. Rose sounded a lot like Joni Mitchell and I’m glad they kept 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 4, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/11 "2009-02-04T01:40:38Z")
Deadwife isn’t that great. ---
**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, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/12 "2009-02-04T01:45:02Z")
Norman’s my horse so far, because he’s funny and Because Simon hates him so much. I hope he makes it through to the voting where Simon won’t have any more control. He would make a great VFTW and it would drive Simon crazy to see him stay week after week. ---
**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, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/13 "2009-02-04T01:49:54Z")
Paula and Kara are still totally jealous of Bikini Girl. ---
**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 4, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/14 "2009-02-04T01:51:43Z")
So Katrina the bikini girl has a voice like a 9 year old? Ick. ---
**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, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/15 "2009-02-04T01:55:21Z")
I didn’t hear that. She sounded normal to me. I don’t understand the hate she gets from Kara and Paula. They hate her just for being hot. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/16 "2009-02-04T03:04:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I didn’t hear that. She sounded normal to me. I don’t understand the hate she gets from Kara and Paula. They hate her just for being hot. Except, she’s not really that hot. Decent bodies are a dime a dozen, especially in Hollywood. Her face is average, nothing more. I thought the strawberry blonde, heavy girl with glasses was much prettier (the caregiver girl who didn’t make it). Kara far prettier than bikini girl so I don’t get the jealousy thing. I think they’re more irritated that if she hadn’t worn a bikini, she wouldn’t have even made it to Hollywood yet Simon chooses to remind them all the time that it’s a _singing_ competition. It’s hard to respect his (or Randy’s) opinion now about the correct choice when they are so easily swayed. ---
**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, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/17 "2009-02-04T03:10:18Z")
Her singing is fine, though. It’s not outstanding, but she can carry a tune. I’ve seen a lot worse go through. I’ve seen worse make it to the voting rounds. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/18 "2009-02-04T03:24:48Z")
Fine, but worthy of making yourself look like a fool by putting someone through with a tinny, thin voice just to piss off your fellow judges? There are a lot of people who went home who could sing much better. You could tell by the lilt in his voice and the smirk on his face that he was doing it to be a shit. It just seems like a silly game to play for someone pretends to take this show so seriously. Really, I was just responding to the jealousy thing because both Paula and Kara are better looking than that girl IMHO. ---
**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 4, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/19 "2009-02-04T03:26:29Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Kara far prettier than bikini girl so I don’t get the jealousy thing. . This post is an excellent example of the differences between men and women. Men know that they have no idea what a woman is looking for in a man’s physical appearance. Women don’t know any better about other women, but they think they do. If the females of the world would wise up and stop fighting us on this, a lot of disastrous blind dates could be avoided. ---
**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, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279/20 "2009-02-04T03:45:10Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > both Paula and Kara are better looking than that girl IMHO. I disagree completely. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-3-hollywood-round-1/484279.md?page=2)