# 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:** 5
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/81 "2010-04-01T01:24:36Z")
I don’t either but apparently some folks do. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/82 "2010-04-01T01:28:30Z")
These Ryan/Simon exchanges are getting annoying. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/83 "2010-04-01T01:36:08Z")
Next week-Lennon/McCartney songs. please Tim, do Why Don’t We Do It In The Road! ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/84 "2010-04-01T01:41:03Z")
Honestly, I would’ve punched Ryan for that. (Mike) ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/85 "2010-04-01T01:47:19Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I don’t either but apparently some folks do. Thanks for clearing that up. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/86 "2010-04-01T01:54:39Z")
Interestingly I found Usher’s performance to be kinda sloppy and dull. Diddy (or whoever he is this week) was energetic and fun. Very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/87 "2010-04-01T01:58:59Z")
Whew. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/88 "2010-04-01T02:00:12Z")
Hell, even I wouldn’t save her after that! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/89 "2010-04-01T02:08:36Z")
So during Aaron’s portion of the results, did Simon insinuate that Ryan was a pedophile? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/90 "2010-04-01T02:11:46Z")
My favorite moment of the night? The look of shock on Tim’s face when he was safe and Didi was gone was amusing. The look of shock on the faces of his friends? THAT was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/91 "2010-04-01T02:14:00Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > So during Aaron’s portion of the results, did Simon insinuate that Ryan was a pedophile? Gimme the quote, i may have missed that. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/92 "2010-04-01T02:27:08Z")
Is it just me or has the show been getting even worse the last couple of weeks (overall)? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/93 "2010-04-01T02:33:44Z")
I just went back to watch it. Ryan asks Aaron if he has ever been in love. Then: > [@](#): > > Aaron: Uhhh…at 16? Not really. > (audience laughter) > Ryan: So, Simon you’re in love now! (Simon says something off mike and unintelligible) No, no…I’m referring to HIM. > Simon: I’ve heard the same about you actually. > Ryan: No. Not true. Not true. That’s about it. I don’t really get it or what the seeming animosity between Simon and Ryan is about this season anyway. I do find it increasingly tiresome tho. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/94 "2010-04-01T02:55:11Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I just went back to watch it. Ryan asks Aaron if he has ever been in love. Then: > > That’s about it. I don’t really get it or what the seeming animosity between Simon and Ryan is about this season anyway. I do find it increasingly tiresome tho. Their “hatred” is really just a running gag on the show. They are pretty good friends, actually. Didn’t see tonight’s result show, though, so I don’t know about the comments. Probably something mis-communicated. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/95 "2010-04-01T03:10:22Z")
Well, even if Ryan does love Aaron in that way, to be a “pedophile”, Aaron would have to be prepubes… Oh, got it. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/96 "2010-04-01T04:11:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Probably something mis-communicated. I think you are likely right. The squabbling this season has just seemed weird rather than funny. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/97 "2010-04-01T04:43:39Z")
It seems genuinely hostile. If they are friends and they’re joking around, it isn’t coming across. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/98 "2010-04-01T04:51:18Z")
The Usher song BLEW! Autotuned within an inch of its life, and Usher sounded terrible. The song seemed to go on (getting more and more boring) for about two hours. Diddy’s song was EXCELLENT! I will be getting that song. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/99 "2010-04-01T06:17:02Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It seems genuinely hostile. If they are friends and they’re joking around, it isn’t coming across. Agreed. It’s very annoying. It may have started years ago as friendly banter, or a running gag, but I think it has evolved into actual hostility. Or, they are very good actors, which I doubt. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399/100 "2010-04-01T11:39:05Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Agreed. It’s very annoying. It may have started years ago as friendly banter, or a running gag, but I think it has evolved into actual hostility. Or, they are very good actors, which I doubt. Nah, they get genuinely annoyed with each other but they’re friends. They’ve just gotten so familiar with each other that they’ve dispensed with the usual game face for t.v. that most people put on. No surprises last night though Tim honestly should have been gone weeks ago. Pays to be a cute guy on the show. Has this been the most lobsided male v. female top 9 in history? We are now at 6 men/3 women. Odd. I think it’s very disrespectful for the judges/show to ask a performer to sing for his/her life and then watch the judges laugh and joke around without seeming to even listen. I know there’s supposed to be a discussion about whether to save the performer, but WE knew they weren’t going to save Didi, so they could have just sat and watched her respectfully and then given her the bad news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-30-3-31/534399.md?page=6)