# American Idol - 3/15 & 3/16 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603 "2005-03-15T07:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/21 "2005-03-15T18:21:10Z")
Where are you getting Rachael? Wouldn’t Ruby be more appropo? Thankfully, they will not have a swimsuit competition… ---
**Author:** ![Sinusoidal\_Saurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Sinusoidal\_Saurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinusoidal_Saurus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/22 "2005-03-15T18:30:54Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > Where are you getting Rachael? Wouldn’t Ruby be more appropo? Thankfully, they will not have a swimsuit competition… Oooh! Oooh! I know this, because I had to have it explained to me recently at a restaurant. A Rachel is a sandwich - the same thing as a reuben, only made with turkey instead of with corned beef. I’d never heard of it a few weeks ago, and it did take me a minute to get \*\*Cricetus’s \*\* joke. As far as AI goes, I’m pulling for Bo and Nadia. If dragongirl’s spoiler is true, ConstantSleaze has picked a song that is so cheesy it makes me cringe even when the original artist sings it. Maybe it will be the song that gets him voted off! SS ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/23 "2005-03-15T19:53:52Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > And though she’s my favorite female in the competition, I really must say that [Nadia](http://www.realitytvworld.com/images/dbpeople/366.jpg) (sorry, but this is the only picture I can find not on the official site, where linking’s impossible) bears much more than a passing resemblance to [Tim Curry as Frank N Furter](http://images.art.com/images/products/large/10102000/10102269.jpg) from Rocky Horror Picture Show. And I thought I was the only person who thought this! Uncanny, isn’t it? She even has similar dance moves. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/24 "2005-03-15T20:00:58Z")
> [@The Composer](#): > > And I thought I was the only person who thought this! Uncanny, isn’t it? She even has similar dance moves. You’re in a class of at least three. I mentioned the resemblance at the tail end of the 3/7 Idol thread, and **Good Egg** [agreed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5932519&postcount=243). ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/25 "2005-03-15T20:43:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > No, they should sing these songs because I said so. See my sig for my authority on this matter. > > Constantine–Neil Diamond’s Holly Holy. Because he knows deep down, he really wants to be Neil Diamond. > Anthony Fedorov-- An Old Fashion Love Song, 3 Dog Night-- He could really boyband this song up. With Mario gone, he’s boybandoms only hope. > > Bo Bice-- Rolling Stones’ Jumpin Jack Flash. My only fear is that the studio band will play it like a talk show band. We can all hope the studio drummer will hit the drum hard enough. > > Carrie Underwood-- She must do Patsy Cline. I think she’d kick ass with I Fall to Pieces. > > Jessica Sierra-- Supreme’s Can’t Hurry Love. Because it’s a popular song and she probably knows how to sing it. Really, who is she again? The boobs girl, right. > > Lyndsey Cardinall-- Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye. With that throaty, husky voice she could really deliver on this one. > > Mikalah Gordon (is that how you really spell it?)-- Dowtown by Petula Clark. Because Petula is one of the people she’s trying to be. > > Nadia Turner-- You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate. This may be very early '70s but I’d love to hear what she could do with this song. > > Nikko Smith-- Sly and the Family Stone’s Everyday People. It’s a good song within his range. > > Scott Savol–Sam Cooke’s Cupid. He sings like an angel-- he could sing about a winged creature. And the subject matter will just break the hearts of his many fans. Me, I just like hearing him sing. > > Vonzell Solomon-- Sam & Dave’s When Something is Wrong With My Baby. She could sing the shit out of this song. > > Anwar Robinson-- Smokey & The Mircle’s Oh, Baby.---- _Sigh_ Great list, **Biggirl**! Especially for Carrie, Mikkalah, Vonsell and Scott. But I’ve got to change some stuff: Bo - Paint it Black Anwar - In My Life Nadia - Dancin’ in the Streets Nikko - Pretty Woman (mercy!) Anthony - How Can I Be Sure Lindsay - The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game Boob Girl - Somebody to Love I still say Constantine should sing “Having My Baby,” seeing as how I’d really, _really_ like to see him gone. I started a who should sing what thread last week and it sank like a tungsten brick. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/26 "2005-03-15T21:08:31Z")
Nah, Connie needs to cover Dizzy by Tommy Roe. Or Sugar Sugar by the Archies. Endless possibilities. If I may, there is a thread in cafe where I am still asking your opinions on bestlooking of the final 12. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/27 "2005-03-15T21:41:49Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Constantine couldn’t even pull off a credible Jim Morrison, and I’m no fan of Jim Morrison’s singing. I’m not a big Morrison fan either, but I just had a vision of Bo absolutely rocking the living hell out of _Break On Through_. Daaamn…I’d pay good money to see that. > [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Anyway, I don’t think they have to pay for rights, just royalties. Any band/artist can cover another artist’s songs whether they have permission or not, as long as they pay royalties. Hmmm…I seem to remember Seacrest talking with one of the performers when they finished singing a few weeks ago. Something about “…and you only had today to learn this song, because we just found out this morning that we couldn’t get the rights for you to sing your original choice”. Am I remembering this correctly? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/28 "2005-03-15T23:48:45Z")
Ok, I gots me some rambling type questions. Yes “60s” is too huge to properly be a theme or category, but I think if they have a MoTown night coming up later in the season, they’ll discourage/forbid most MoTown songs now, right? Same as Carrie might maybe oughta save Patsy for the inevitable country night, I’m pretty sure in-season repeats are frowned upon, although it seems we’re fated to hear a number of the same songs year after year. So even if they call it “60s” it won’t necessarily mean anything from the decade. Disco night was exactly that, not just 70s night. Remember Josh Gracin’s particularly uninspired rendition of “Celebrate” by Kool & the Gang? He obviously didn’t like that song choice, somewhere along the line I got the impression themed nights had specific song lists for the contestants to choose from, otherwise surely Josh would have sung a different tune. On that note, I’ve always wondered who gets first dibs on any one song, is it perhaps a weekly floating seniority first based on the previous week’s top vote-getting? Anyone see Mario on Regis this morning? He was trying to cutely side-step the direct questions and came off rather poorly, some mangled metaphor about being in a relationship but then just falling out of love, while simultaneously protesting that the entire AI experience was positive. He claimed he didn’t know his mother was going to get scooped by reporters, and had been just oh so busy he hadn’t had an opportunity to clue her with a five minute phone call before alerting the media to his dropping out. Very dorky, why do appearances and not cook up better answers for the inevitable questions? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/29 "2005-03-16T00:32:20Z")
Lets get it started! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/30 "2005-03-16T00:44:39Z")
Well, they have a bigger band. Hope its better.Okay, they just made Bo and Constantine do the twist. My eyes! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/31 "2005-03-16T00:44:51Z")
Isn’t The Twist from the '50s. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/32 "2005-03-16T00:45:54Z")
Jessica Sierra-You Better Shop Around. Not bad, it shows her voice and its not bad either. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/33 "2005-03-16T00:53:07Z")
Anwar Robinson-A House Is Not A Home. This is weird, their lips don’t look matched up with their voices, but its live. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/34 "2005-03-16T00:55:39Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Isn’t The Twist from the '50s. No—early '60s. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/35 "2005-03-16T00:55:44Z")
Mikhala Gordon-Son of a Preacher Man. What the hell happened to her face? She looks 35 and who did that make up??? ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/36 "2005-03-16T00:58:57Z")
Constantine-You’ve Made Me So Very Happy. Its a good song, but the original was much better. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/37 "2005-03-16T01:00:59Z")
My ears must be on backwards. I thought that was Anwar’s worse performance and Mikalah’s best. Also Constantine’s best. This show is not going like I want it to. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/38 "2005-03-16T01:04:12Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > Anwar Robinson-A House Is Not A Home. > This is weird, their lips don’t look matched up with their voices, but its live. 😕 I heard a few stories that said it was taped yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/39 "2005-03-16T01:06:05Z")
Lindsey Cardinale-Knock on Wood.Meh. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603/40 "2005-03-16T01:06:13Z")
I predict that Lindsey will be on a plane very soon. That sucked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-15-3-16/294603.md?page=3)