# American Idol 3/16-18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667 "2010-03-16T16:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/161 "2010-03-18T02:01:10Z")
Buh-bye, Lacey I’m totally okay with that. And if we could’ve voted off that bizarro-world dancing tv thing, that would’ve been great too. 😃 ---
**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 18, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/162 "2010-03-18T02:01:32Z")
Well, yes, but that’s a wicked low bar there **notfrommensa**. Why were we subjected to that odd thing? Is that…group represented by Simon or something? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/163 "2010-03-18T02:02:31Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > Meh, if I was on the panel, I wouldn’t waste a save on that performance. Tough crowd. I kinda feel like I did when they sent Alexis Grace\* home last year: way too early for her to go home. There’s like 4-5 I would have sent home first, though given my theory that the ladies go earlier, I’m not surprised to see a girl go home. - Though Alexis really screwed the pooch by doing a Dolly Parton song. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/164 "2010-03-18T02:03:02Z")
Did they save her? I assume not, but changed the channel. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/165 "2010-03-18T02:04:44Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Buh-bye, Lacey > > I’m totally okay with that. And if we could’ve voted off that bizarro-world dancing tv thing, that would’ve been great too. 😃 I heard Ke$ha interviewed on NPR and she came across as pretty bright. Looked like she’s trying for a piece of the Lady Gaga audience. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/166 "2010-03-18T02:05:50Z")
Agree with the results. Judges correct also. ---
**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 18, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/167 "2010-03-18T02:15:16Z")
No objection to the elimination, but after tonight, for some reason, I’m starting to think maybe she wasn’t as bitchy as she came off sometimes. In retrospect, I think she was scared a lot, and that made her seem more aloof and full of herself than she really was. There’s also something kind of hot about her, I’m ashamed to admit. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the haircut. Anywell, she took the boot pretty well. Better than Lily did, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/168 "2010-03-18T02:17:03Z")
My thoughts on the vote: Lacey wouldn’t have my choice this week, but she had to go sometime. I liked her quirky voice. ---
**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 18, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/169 "2010-03-18T02:20:29Z")
I’ve never heard of Kesha before. Does she really spell her name with a dollar sign? How immediately off-putting. So was the auto-tuner. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/170 "2010-03-18T02:50:51Z")
God, aren’t you all a bunch of old farts! 🙂 Ke$ha is the only entertaining thing that’s been on idol for _weeks_. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/171 "2010-03-18T03:01:32Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’ve never heard of Kesha before. Does she really spell her name with a dollar sign? How immediately off-putting. So was the auto-tuner. [Here’s a link](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122610692) to the NPR story. Yes, dollar sign. [Here’s a link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke$ha) to Ke$ha’s Wiki article. Was underwhelmed by Orianthi, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/172 "2010-03-18T03:26:32Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > You would be in the minority. When it comes to music, the majority is always right. ---
**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 18, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/173 "2010-03-18T04:23:15Z")
Not necessarily, but I am. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/174 "2010-03-18T04:45:26Z")
Who was the blonde girl who played the guitar? Her singing and her song sucked; her guitar playing was okay, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/175 "2010-03-18T05:07:17Z")
Here’s David Cook’s fine performance on the youtube [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/854TFU3aYCA/hqdefault.jpg "David Cook - 17 March 2010") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=854TFU3aYCA) I thought he & his fine band did a superb job, esp considering it was apparently a last minute sort of addition. They’re selling on itunes too. smart ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/176 "2010-03-18T07:28:00Z")
thank you. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/177 "2010-03-18T08:06:01Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Here’s David Cook’s fine performance on the youtube > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=854TFU3aYCA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=854TFU3aYCA) > > I thought he & his fine band did a superb job, esp considering it was apparently a last minute sort of addition. They’re selling on itunes too. smart Now see, I thought THAT was “Meh.” I liked Cook when he was on the show, but that performance did nothing for me. Nothing about it was exciting, special, or fun, and the weird-ass guitar part that sounded like an 80’s electronic handheld game was teh suck. Having said that, I seriously doubt I’m his target audience, and I seem to not ‘get’ a lot of newer music, so make of that what you will. [Orianthi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orianthi)(the blond singer/guitarist) was a little better, I thought. She gave a lively, fun pop performance, though the guitar work was kinda blah. She’s supposedly a very good guitar player, but (and I freely admit I don’t play) what I heard and saw seemed technically good, precise, and blah. It’s true I’ve only seen one performance, it may be possible I that have ridiculous standards, and what the heck do I expect from a pop song anyway? Edited to post a link to Orianthi’s performance: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fsmBzF_4UQ8/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsmBzF_4UQ8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/178 "2010-03-18T09:46:23Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Who was the blonde girl who played the guitar? Her singing and her song sucked; her guitar playing was okay, I guess. Wait, Crystal? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/179 "2010-03-18T11:35:46Z")
I think he means the Australian girl who was a guest. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667/180 "2010-03-18T13:24:43Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Now see, I thought THAT was “Meh.” I liked Cook when he was on the show, but that performance did nothing for me. Nothing about it was exciting, special, or fun, and the weird-ass guitar part that sounded like an 80’s electronic handheld game was teh suck. Having said that, I seriously doubt I’m his target audience, and I seem to not ‘get’ a lot of newer music, so make of that what you will. Totally agree. I was a Cook fan when he was on Idol, but his performance last night was a big bag of generic crap. They took everything that made the song unique & removed it, then replaced it with really bland electric guitar. I’m guessing part of the reason it sucked was due to the fact that it was a bit last minute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-16-18/532667.md?page=10)