# American Idol - 21, 22, 23 Feb **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532 "2006-02-21T21:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/81 "2006-02-22T02:28:05Z")
Why are they all singing songs that start off all weak and breathy and shitty? I don’t remember Melissa at all. Why is she singing a song that doesn’t have words, just screeching? Yuck. If Paula is right and this is her “shining moment,” then her life sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/82 "2006-02-22T02:28:58Z")
Why are they saying nice things to her? Stop being nice! She sucked! ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/83 "2006-02-22T02:29:36Z")
Me too, **Diogenes**. I like Brenna because if you’re going to be an opportunistic famewhore, like most of these people, might as well be brazen about it. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/84 "2006-02-22T02:30:20Z")
She was better than Heather, at least. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/85 "2006-02-22T02:31:52Z")
> [@KSO](#): > > Mandisa and Paris are in a league of their own I would agree with you if there league is slightly less degree of suck but still mediocre. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/86 "2006-02-22T02:32:09Z")
Aaah, Lisa sings so pretty… and looks older than her age… ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/87 "2006-02-22T02:32:57Z")
Wow. Listening to Lisa’s nice clear, voice is a like a huge breath of fresh air after all this crappy breathy shit. She’s great. Best so far. ---
**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 22, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/88 "2006-02-22T02:33:06Z")
Now that was good. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/89 "2006-02-22T02:33:39Z")
Lisa is great, but I thought she tried to do a bit too much with the song. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/90 "2006-02-22T02:34:08Z")
Paula is fucking hysterical. I just laughed out loud. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/91 "2006-02-22T02:34:28Z")
I thought the first half of Lisa’s song was much better than the second half. Still, I think she’s up there with Mandisa and Paris. ---
**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 22, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/92 "2006-02-22T02:38:23Z")
Is it just me or was Lisa off-key most of the song? I was surprised nobody mentioned it. Otherwise, I did think she was one of the best. The voice & performance were great, just that key thing threw me. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/93 "2006-02-22T02:38:59Z")
OK, Lisa Tucker is _clearly_ a ringer. Also, I would like to state for the record, once and for all, that the wardrobe mistress for tonight’s show needs to be taken outside and shot without trial. Everyone except Lisa has worn something tragically unflattering and/or sinfully ugly. _Farking gaucho pants._ Somebody needs to be _punished_ for that hot mess. ---
**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 22, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/94 "2006-02-22T02:42:58Z")
Kinniky looks like the editor of Essence Magazine. Great stage name. Not bad. Not bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/95 "2006-02-22T02:43:02Z")
Oh! Oleta Adams! I _looooooooooooov_e this song. I don’t remember this Kinnik person, but I like her (and her outfit, incidentally). She’s quite pretty. She’s the one girl tonight whose straight hair is “doing” it for me. Liking her a really lot. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/96 "2006-02-22T02:43:33Z")
Kinnik (I think?) is _good_, but all these heavy, constricted (I don’t quite know how to explain this) voices make me feel weary, which is why Lisa sounded so damn good. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/97 "2006-02-22T02:44:11Z")
I like her voice, but I don’t think she has a chance. She did struggle in the middle. ---
**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 22, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/98 "2006-02-22T02:44:24Z")
I thought Kinnink was pretty damn good. I don’t know what Randy and Simon were listening to. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/99 "2006-02-22T02:44:38Z")
Btw, did Paula just get off the LoTR set? I thought they already cast Elrond like five years ago. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532/100 "2006-02-22T02:46:20Z")
I thought Kinnik was pretty good and capable of doing better, if that makes any sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-21-22-23-feb/345532.md?page=6)