# American Idol 3/30-3/31 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399 "2010-03-30T23:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/21 "2010-03-31T00:48:16Z")
I’m so tired of “that big note at the end.” Not just with Didi or even just with this season. ---
**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 31, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/22 "2010-03-31T00:48:48Z")
Didi…eh. ---
**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 31, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/23 "2010-03-31T00:52:38Z")
No, Seacrest, it’s not “important for people to know why” about anything that’s ever happened on this show, or ever will happen. It’s a karaoke game show. It’s impossible for anything to be important about it. ---
**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 31, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/24 "2010-03-31T00:53:17Z")
Not just the prom dress, the hair, the makeup, Didi actually looks really gorgeous. _shudder_ Totally Paula moment there. Sorry. That arrangement was purely awful, it sucked all the life and rhythm out of a catchy song. I don’t know how much of the arrangements are the singer and how much is in the hands of the band, and what communication breakdowns might happen between there, but just ack. It ruined any chance she coulda had with that. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/25 "2010-03-31T00:54:13Z")
The only thing I can say about Didi is, it wasn’t as horrible as I thought it would be based on the mentorship clip. I don’t get why you’re floundering and you decide Anita Baker is the answer. I mean, when you’re a dude. The dude-doing-a-girl-song is almost always a bad decision. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/26 "2010-03-31T00:55:16Z")
I imagine she asked Ryan to say something and Ryan is good natured enough to say something. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/27 "2010-03-31T00:57:54Z")
I, for one, don’t care if a singer is having fun when they are butchering a song. ---
**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 31, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/28 "2010-03-31T01:00:08Z")
Man, this is like velveeta on cheddar. So much cheese. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/29 "2010-03-31T01:00:17Z")
Tim is putting me to sleep ---
**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 31, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/30 "2010-03-31T01:00:54Z")
I always think of “I just had fun with it” as the last defense available. What else can they say when they do everything they can think of to do and it just doesn’t work? Somehow the having fun with it thing became the meme. ---
**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 31, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/31 "2010-03-31T01:03:29Z")
Randy sang that better than the kid did. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/32 "2010-03-31T01:04:01Z")
Yeah, I guess I can see that. If you know you weren’t good and don’t want to be seen as a sore loser you don’t have much else to say but “I had fun.” OK, I’ll cut them some slack. ---
**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 31, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/33 "2010-03-31T01:04:25Z")
How is little whitey white bread Tim supposed to be helped by Randy saying “There was no swag. No vibe. Put a little grease on it.” And are the judges just trying to make the kid cry? Nervous giggles, what a foreign concept! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/34 "2010-03-31T01:04:35Z")
Lol. Ellen is funny. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/35 "2010-03-31T01:04:51Z")
Tim clearly knows he should have been gone weeks ago, is happy he made the tour, and from here on out is not gonna give a shit in the least. And oddly enough, I like him a lot better for it. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/36 "2010-03-31T01:05:10Z")
I have to admit, I was kind of entertained by Turban because it was so corny. It made me laugh. I’m sure his girlfriend loved it. ---
**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 31, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/37 "2010-03-31T01:06:38Z")
I’ve never liked the “I had fun” meme either. It’s a pretty common thing for a lot of performers to say. You hear it from actors a lot too. Like anyone cares if they had fun. Burt Reynolds and his posse looked like they were having a lot of fun on those _Cannonball Run_ movies. They still sucked ass. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/38 "2010-03-31T01:11:48Z")
Usher seems to have pulled Andrew out of that eddy of suckitude he was swirling down. ---
**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 31, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/39 "2010-03-31T01:11:50Z")
A Chris Brown song? Why not just do an O.J. Simpson song? I’m sorry, but I just can’t respect anybody that would sing a Chris Brown song. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/40 "2010-03-31T01:13:36Z")
On the one hand, Dio is right–Chris Brown should be universally reviled. On the other hand, Andrew did really well with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399.md?page=3)