# American Idol 3/7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458 "2005-03-08T00:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/121 "2005-03-09T01:53:37Z")
Fantasia annoyed the hell out of me last year, so it only makes sense that Mikalah will win it all this year. If they changed it up to where people called in for the person they want OFF the program, I would definitely start participating. ---
**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 9, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/122 "2005-03-09T01:53:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m sorry about the crazy posting. I’ll stop. One more. I swear. > > Vonzell and Nadia were my favorites. Janay is gone and hopefully Mikalah will fall through a manhole. Sorry Dio. No, I agree. She sucked tonight. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/123 "2005-03-09T01:57:27Z")
Nadia and Amanda rule, I like Vonzell, everyone else, meh. Jenay and Mikaylah need to go. And was I the only person appalled that AI is pushing freakin’ astrology on the show? “Like, I’m an Aquarius, so like I’m totally talented.” ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/124 "2005-03-09T01:59:23Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > Nadia and Amanda rule, I like Vonzell, everyone else, meh. Jenay and Mikaylah need to go. > > And was I the only person appalled that AI is pushing freakin’ astrology on the show? “Like, I’m an Aquarius, so like I’m totally talented.” I think it was filler because of the amount of time they had to kill. It’s stupid and the contestants say things that make me think they are stupid, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/125 "2005-03-09T02:00:20Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I’m guessing Janay for sure but the other is a toss up. Lindsey, Amanda or Mikalah might be good guesses but it woudn’t surprise me if Jessica went. I don’t think she’s got a huge fan base. Oh, I don’t know about that. She has a huge fan base here in the Tampa Bay area. She’s on the Fox affilate’s news channel here every night. And this area can get pretty crazy over their “local heros”. BTW, why is everyone saying that Mikahella sang a Striesand song?! I was sure it was in West Side Story long before I ever heard Striesand sing it. I prefer the WSS soundtrack version. But no matter who sang it first, Mikalah still moidered it. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/126 "2005-03-09T02:05:45Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > Thank you Jaade, for the song i.d. Never heard it before. > We’ll miss you next week. Aww, that’s so sweet! Thanks. 🙂 Which song? Dreaming of You by Selena? It’s a lovely song, you should track it down if you’ve never heard it. Sadly, Janay didn’t do the song any justice. Who said something about song arrangements? I agree, the song arrangements by the AI band bite the big weenie. ---
**Author:** ![RitzyRae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RitzyRae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitzyRae)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/127 "2005-03-09T02:17:26Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > Why do they keep calling it a Streisand song? That’s from _West Side Story_. Yes, but Barbara has made it one of her standards. Janay will go and, hopefully for me, Mikalah. I just can’t stand her anymore, and I like Streisand. Are those Carrie’s real teeth, you think, or veneers? ---
**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 9, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/128 "2005-03-09T02:18:53Z")
I’m not sure I’m going to watch tomorrow. I’ll read here but I won’t watch. It’s too painful. Even when people who deserve to go go, I feel bad. And the format is cruel, stupid and far, far too long. Oh no! I posted again! ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/129 "2005-03-09T02:40:08Z")
I could smack Paula for encouraging Janay’s fan base to vote! Janay sucks SO bad! And those un-natural hand motions just embarrass me. Put her out of her misery. My favorites tonight were Nadia and Amanda. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/130 "2005-03-09T02:56:28Z")
I said it before and I will say it again - what _was_ that hot mess on Melekalikimaka’s head? Damn, girl! Two words: Mir. Ror. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/131 "2005-03-09T02:57:05Z")
I predict Amanda and Janay are gone. I wish Mikalah would disappear and definitely think she deserves to, but I’m not at all hopeful. /Ms Cyros ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/132 "2005-03-09T02:57:30Z")
I’ve never heard the song Amanda song so I thought it sounded pretty good. Janay is so bad. Please put that girl out of her misery. Carrie was sweet and I loved her telling Simon that she was old-fashioned when he complained about it. She smiled when she said it and it was sweet and endearing and I’m not even a fan. Vonzell is absolutely gorgeous. She even looked cute in a ridiculous cowboy hat. I like that she’ll try singing classic songs and always looks like she’s having fun. I like Nadia, but I hated her version of Try A Little Tenderness. IMHO, it’s supposed to be bluesy and she growled it out without an ounce of passion. And a big SO WHAT to her learning that song in 4 days. She sang the same part over and over. Big whoop! Lindsay has such a nice low register and I actually liked her version of the Diane Warren/Aerosmith song. Heck, she’s more rock than that wannabe ConstantSuck. I’m not sure her fanbase is big enough to keep her around though. Mikalah did not pick a good song choice for her. I think it was too low for her and didn’t show her spirit. It was bad to meh. The less said about the last girl the better. Something about her rubs me the wrong way. She seems likes she’s one of those girls that things she’s hot only she’s not hot. Either that or she just reminds me a lot of my former roommate, Carla the Ho. ---
**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 9, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/133 "2005-03-09T03:39:56Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > I said it before and I will say it again - what _was_ that hot mess on Melekalikimaka’s head? Damn, girl! Two words: Mir. Ror. Sheesh. Oh honey, and what was she wearing?! Boring, unflattering, lacking in any recognizable sense of style, holy golly that was just sad. It’s sabotage, plain and simple. Jess with her boobs hanging everywhere, was it Carrie who had a horrid tangerine top with a sparkly silver bikini outlining her boobage, the miniskirt making Nadia look nine feet tall, Vonzell’s hat, what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/134 "2005-03-09T03:43:34Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Mikalah was “shaky” the whole time. She was not good. Stop praising the singers for abstract things like “charisma” or “uniqueness” and rate their perfomances, and do it honestly. Mikalah (Is that how you spell her name? Weird!) has no vibrato, just a very straight ugly tone. She makes my ears bleed. And she looks peculiar, too. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/135 "2005-03-09T04:08:41Z")
My .02: Amanda: Everything about her performance was hideous–the song, the voice, the performance. She’s good looking and that’s about it. Good bye. Janay: She missed more notes than she hit. She’s never impressed me. Good bye. Carrie: She has a great voice but I find her boring as a performer. Heinous outfit. She’ll be around for a while. Vonzell: I’m glad Simon asked what she was wearing because I was wondering the same thing. Her voice sounded great but the performance was cheesy. Nadia: She desperately needs a stylist without a vision problem. She was just OK–better at the end than the beginning. I guess she didn’t pay attention last week when they told her not to pick repetitive songs. Lindsey: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Mikalah: I hate her speaking voice. This was a horrible performance–she sounds completely out of tune and now she sounds like a mediocre Bette Midler impersonator. This is horrid, awful, criminal, although she held the last note very, very well. Jessica: Nice rack. She started out promising and then petered out into meh. Janay should definitely be gone, along with Lindsey or Amanda. My overall rankings: 1. Anwar 2. Bo 3. Nadia 4. Vonzell 5. Nikko 6. Mario 7. Jessica 8. Carrie 9. Scott 10. Lindsey 11. Constantly Sucks 12. Mikalah 13. Anthony 14. Amanda 15. Travis 16. Janay 1-4 are very, very solid and, hopefully, none will be Tamyra-ed. 5-9 could go either way up or down the rankings. I’ll be very unhappy if anyone at 10 or worse makes it far in this thing. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/136 "2005-03-09T04:54:16Z")
I just wanted to say that this episode made me love Bo even more. Other than the fact that he kicks all these girl’s asses (with the exception of Nadia), he was rocking right the hell on _out_ to each of the performances. Him and Anwar were getting _down_ and I freaking love that about them both. I’ll also mention that fucking Constantine was just standing there like an idiot most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/137 "2005-03-09T07:22:19Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > And was I the only person appalled that AI is pushing freakin’ astrology on the show? “Like, I’m an Aquarius, so like I’m totally talented.” In last season’s American Idol when they got about halfway through the finals they had [each of the contestants sit down with a ‘professional psychic’ for a reading](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=89&story=6667&page=9&sort=&limit=all). And, yes, it is apalling. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/138 "2005-03-09T07:44:18Z")
> [@KSO](#): > > My overall rankings: > > 1. Anwar > 2. Bo > 3. Nadia > 4. Vonzell > 5. Nikko > 6. Mario > 7. Jessica > 8. Carrie > 9. Scott > 10. Lindsey > 11. Constantly Sucks > 12. Mikalah > 13. Anthony > 14. Amanda > 15. Travis > 16. Janay I agree with you list, for the most part, but I’m amazed you put Constant Screech at 11. Janay should have been voted off two weeks ago, but I’m vote for her in a heartbeat over Screech. I don’t think you are allowing yourself to feel the full amount of negativity that Screech engenders. I can’t look at Screech without thinking of the time when Joey Lawrence from _Blossom_ tried to make it as a rock star. Screech is similar, only dumber and less talented. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/139 "2005-03-09T12:35:27Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > the miniskirt making Nadia look nine feet tall It’s not just the miniskirt. I think the extremely large hair helps. For all I know, she may actually _be_ nine feet tall. But damn if this girl isn’t _smokin’ hot_. I mean, I’m a _girl_, and she’s one of the sexiest people I’ve ever seen. ---
**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 9, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458/140 "2005-03-09T14:03:37Z")
Agreed, although it weirds me when they wear skirts and the lights reflect up from the shiny stage floor and cast odd patterns on their legs. You’d think someone would fix that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-3-7/293458.md?page=8)