# American Idol 3/23-3/24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548 "2010-03-23T23:34:20Z")\ **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:** [March 23, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/1 "2010-03-23T23:34:20Z")
I’m hoping Andrew and that guy who sang “Under my thumb” go home. Unfortunately, they only send away one at a time. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/2 "2010-03-23T23:49:24Z")
DVR guide: “…Mentor Miley Cyrus helps the 11 remaining contestants prepare for their performances” why does that make me LOL? She turn 17 just a few months ago. ---
**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 23, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/3 "2010-03-23T23:52:07Z")
Is she teaching them how to pole dance? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/4 "2010-03-24T00:05:54Z")
What’s the theme this week if she’s the mentor? Billy Ray Cyrus songs? _shudder_ ---
**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 24, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/5 "2010-03-24T00:11:54Z")
Lee singing “The Letter”. Sounds like a good choice. . . starting now. Good elements, but overall it wasn’t great for me. Seems like he needs more experience. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/6 "2010-03-24T00:15:42Z")
Lee: Crap I can’t believe I’m going to agree with Miley Cyrus’s advice _sob_ but I really wish he had opened up with some big amazing notes in there. ---
**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 24, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/7 "2010-03-24T00:16:59Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Lee: > > Crap I can’t believe I’m going to agree with Miley Cyrus’s advice _sob_ but I really wish he had opened up with some big amazing notes in there. I thought he tried to. I think that’s what he’s got. ---
**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 24, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/8 "2010-03-24T00:23:03Z")
Paige - “Against All Odds” She always has problems with the low, slow parts. The beginning is KILLING me. The rest isn’t sounding much better. Wow, this is a go-home performance to me. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/9 "2010-03-24T00:23:03Z")
Ow ow ow, Paige, not good! All over the place. Damn, suddenly I gained a bunch of respect for Phil Collins. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/10 "2010-03-24T00:24:07Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I thought he tried to. I think that’s what he’s got. Oh. :o ---
**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 24, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/11 "2010-03-24T00:26:27Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Oh. :o Well hey, that’s just what I think. It’s not like I can sing. . . 🙂 BTW, I think the judges are full of shit when they say Paige ‘stopped competing’. If you can’t kind the key, competitiveness doesn’t enter into it. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/12 "2010-03-24T00:30:54Z")
Classy and cool of Lee to do a Alex Chilton song this week… not sure any of the judges got why he picked _that_ song. I am now officially a Lee fan. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/13 "2010-03-24T00:31:57Z")
The Cyrus kid is proving to be as articulate and helpful and candid as any mentor. ---
**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 24, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/14 "2010-03-24T00:33:43Z")
Tim Urban - “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” I think this is gonna be a disaster. The mentoring section sounded like a lounge-lizard version. He’s starting. Some folks are gonna say, “OMGWTFBBQ, he’s singing a Freddie Mercury song! Blasphemy!” Dude did better then the rest have so far. ---
**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 24, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/15 "2010-03-24T00:42:20Z")
Rowsbower’s gonna do, “Me and Bobby Mcgee”. Has to be, it’s Janis Joplin’s only #1. I’ve been of the opinion that contestants should avoid doing Dolly Parton and Janis Joplin. We’ll see how she does. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/16 "2010-03-24T00:44:27Z")
Love the song but wish she’d been a bit more imaginative. My guess is that Bowersox tries to do songs she’s been doing for years. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/17 "2010-03-24T00:44:46Z")
Didn’t somebody already sing “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” this season? I can’t keep track. I think it’s a rule of this competition that it needs to be sung every season. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/18 "2010-03-24T00:45:53Z")
Aaron might get booted but that Miley Cyrus hug will fuel many a wank in the coming weeks. ---
**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 24, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/19 "2010-03-24T00:46:01Z")
Aaron -“Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” Is that just me, or did that sound bad? I guess it’s his tonsillitis. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548/20 "2010-03-24T00:48:15Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Tim Urban - “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” > > I think this is gonna be a disaster. The mentoring section sounded like a lounge-lizard version. > > He’s starting. > > Some folks are gonna say, “OMGWTFBBQ, he’s singing a Freddie Mercury song! Blasphemy!” Dude did better then the rest have so far. WOW, did he ever STINK! Just like every other week. He sang that because he was weary of slow songs and wanted to move around more??? 😕 I wish he would go home sooner rather than later, regardless of how loudly his shrieking ninny fanbase squeals. Somewhere there’s an ice cream stand that needs a “cute” employee, Tim - look into it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-23-3-24/533548.md?page=2)