# American Idol 4/13-14 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946 "2010-04-13T14:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/81 "2010-04-15T02:27:49Z")
They seem like nice kids, but the result was justified. ---
**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 15, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/82 "2010-04-15T05:42:04Z")
The only two that I’d be a bit surprised at going home would be Crystal and Casey, and even those two would be kind of, “meh” for me. I know we always say the current year is weak, but this year really does seem weak, or people just aren’t getting it, or something just isn’t gelling. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/83 "2010-04-15T18:04:29Z")
Well, I got half of my wish. Are people voting for Tim’s hair? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/84 "2010-04-15T19:38:51Z")
From here on out, the eliminations get a lot more interesting. We’ve got left: Casey Crystal Big Mike Lee Tim Aaron Siobhan Now, the two obvious red shirts in that group are Tim and Aaron, but both seem to have constituencies keeping them alive - In Tim’s case, Vote for the Worst and teenage girls. In Aaron’s case, tweens. If their constituencies can keep them alive for another week or two, we’ll see some real upsets. Which to me would be hilarious, so long as it’s not Crystal or Casey. I’m betting Big Mike goes home next week. Oh, wait… the theme is ‘inspirational songs’. This is Big Mike’s wheelhouse. He’ll probably come out and emote his face off, crying and weeping and pleading for his woman or his grandma or something. So that might keep him alive for another week. Tim’s got the most reason to sing an inspirational song - his mere existence at this stage of the show is an inspiration to bad karaoke singers across the land. He should probably sing “I will Survive” with a big sh\*t eating grin on his face, which would add a righteous air of mockery to the proceedings. I’d vote for that. Aaron’s probably the most likely to crash and burn. He’s so bland that anything inspirational he sings is likely to sound twee, or just plain awful. But those tweens… They have fingers of steel, and they have nothing to do but use them to vote over, and over, and over again… Casey and Crystal should do fine, so long as the real setlist for ‘inspirational songs’ isn’t too restrictive. There’s lots of inspirational blues and rock songs. I’d give ten bucks to see Casey wail out “I’m a Man” by Muddy Waters, with the rest of the idols shouting “YEAH!” after every phrase. So I’m thinking this could be week Siobhan is eliminated in a “shocking upset”. I think the judges have her head spinning a bit, and she showed a rather angry side to her last night, which won’t play well with the audience. Unless she turns in a great performance, this could be the end. She launched herself halfway over the shark tank this week already. ---
**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 15, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/85 "2010-04-15T19:59:33Z")
Inspirational songs, eh? This could be very, very sucky, full of shallow, insipid songs, and people choosing the wrong songs for themselves based on, “It meant so much to me.” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/86 "2010-04-15T23:08:25Z")
It always sucks during that week. “Inspirational” means “treacly glurgey” songs to me. ---
**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 15, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/87 "2010-04-15T23:46:28Z")
Yeah, Idol Gives Head is one of the worst things they’ve ever done. I NEVER watch the results show except to see who got booted. I don’t watch this shit to get depressed, although this season has been doing it more often than not. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/88 "2010-04-15T23:51:25Z")
I’m finally watching the elimination show. Did anyone notice Ryan Seacrest’s slip after Andrew’s elimination? He said, “After the break, one of the contestants will see her dream end.” There were still 3 men sitting on the bench waiting the news. Oops. That guest star singing with Brooke White looks way too old to have dated Miley Cyrus. Anyone know how old he is? ---
**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 16, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/89 "2010-04-16T00:44:15Z")
According to iTunes, this is the song list they can choose from next week. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher A Moment Like This Amazing Grace Angels Anyway Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In Better Days Bridge Over Troubled Water Calling All Angels Changes Dare You To Move Don’t Dream It’s Over Don’t Stop Dream Weaver Drive Everyday People Flying Without Wings From a Distance Greatest Love of All Hands Heaven Help Us All Hero Higher Holding Out for a Hero I Am Changing I Believe I Can Fly I Can See Clearly Now I Hope You Dance I Turn To You I Will Survive I’ll Be There If You Believe I’ll Stand By You I’m Coming Out It’s My Life (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life Lifted Live Like We’re Dying Live Like You Were Dying Livin’ On A Prayer Living In America Lovely Day My Heart Will Go On My Wish Only Hope Over the Rainbow People Get Ready Rainbow Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand) Reflection Return to Innocence The River of Dreams Show Me What I’m Looking For So Small Stronger That’s The Way God Planned It That’s What Friends Are For The Boxer The Impossible Dream The Prayer The Time of My Life This Is My Now Up Where We Belong Walking On Sunshine We Are The Champions What A Wonderful World What The World Needs Now Is Love When You Believe Wind Beneath My Wings World You Light Up My Life You Raise Me Up You’ll Never Walk Alone You’re My Best Friend You’re The Inspiration You’ve Got a Friend So yeah, mostly unmitigated crap. I don’t know all the songs, but I’m not seeing any obvious choices for Crystal or Casey. If Lee does “Hero,” he’s dead to me…and you know he will. You know he will. ---
**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 16, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/90 "2010-04-16T00:57:49Z")
Crystal - People Get Ready Casey - It’s My Life or Living on a Prayer Siobhan - You Light Up My Life (room for lots of screeching in there) Aaron - My Heart Will Go On (because he just can’t help himself) TUrban - Dream Weaver (cause, why not?) Big Mike - Greatest Love of All Lee - Walking on Sunshine Someone is going to do “I Can See Clearly Now.” Everybody who has ever made an album has covered that song, so no reason the Idol wannabes won’t. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/91 "2010-04-16T01:07:21Z")
Ugh. I’m skipping next week. What a horrid list. Wait. My Best Friend? The Jefferson Airplane song, or some newfangled piece of poptacular styrofoam melisma shit? If it’s the Airplane song, one will sing it, but, um, …far out. ---
**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 16, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/92 "2010-04-16T01:15:04Z")
My Best Friend is the Queen one. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/93 "2010-04-16T01:31:18Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > My Best Friend is the Queen one. :smack: ---
**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:** [April 16, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/94 "2010-04-16T03:04:57Z")
Everyone’s complaining about treacly glurgy songs coming up for Inspirational week. I remember Season 7 had a few that weren’t so cliche. Esp David Cook doing Our Lady Peace’s “Innocent”. He wasn’t so great live, but his studio recording of it is absolutely fantastic. Apparently the contestants weren’t so limited in choices that year. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/95 "2010-04-16T05:26:11Z")
Ooh, I’ll bet Crystal could do a killer performance of “People Get Ready”. I’d like to see Casey take a crack at “Dream Weaver”. He’s got a bit of that Gary Wright kind of 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:** [April 16, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/96 "2010-04-16T05:47:35Z")
I think the Bon Jovi songs are right in Casey’s wheelhouse, but he’s shown some surprisingly lame taste in the past. I’d look for Siobahn to do Queen. I’m guessing Crystal will do the Jewel song. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/97 "2010-04-16T08:17:40Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I’m finally watching the elimination show. Did anyone notice Ryan Seacrest’s slip after Andrew’s elimination? He said, “After the break, one of the contestants will see her dream end.” I just checked. Sounded like “their” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/98 "2010-04-16T11:48:31Z")
What I’d like to see: Big Mike- “Living in America” (extra points for coming out in an Apollo Creed Bi-Centennial outfit) Casey should mix it up a bit and do a slower, bluesy version of “Livin’ On a Prayer” Crystal- “Holding Out for a Hero” (Bonnie Tyler is right in her wheelhouse) Lee: “I’ll Stand By You” Siobhan: “You’re My Best Friend” I’m not really interested enough in TUrban or Aaron to choose… ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/99 "2010-04-16T14:53:25Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I’m finally watching the elimination show. Did anyone notice Ryan Seacrest’s slip after Andrew’s elimination? He said, “After the break, one of the contestants will see her dream end.” I don’t think so, but if he did I didn’t notice. However, I called it as soon as he got to Katie as he was going down the line. Something in the way he looked at her, I turned to my boyfriend and said “Yep, she’s going home.” > [@PunditLisa](#): > > That guest star singing with Brooke White looks way too old to have dated Miley Cyrus. Anyone know how old he is? Not sure if anyone has answered this yet, but I believe they were dating when she was 16 and he was 20. But they weren’t “doing anything.” Yeah, right. :rolleyes: ---
**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 16, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946/100 "2010-04-16T16:07:39Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Ooh, I’ll bet Crystal could do a killer performance of “People Get Ready”. > > I’d like to see Casey take a crack at “Dream Weaver”. He’s got a bit of that Gary Wright kind of voice. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I think the Bon Jovi songs are right in Casey’s wheelhouse, but he’s shown some surprisingly lame taste in the past. > > I’d look for Siobahn to do Queen. > > I’m guessing Crystal will do the Jewel song. I just took a re-listen to the Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart version of “People Get Ready,” and I think I’m going to change my prediction to Crystal doing Jewel and Casey doing “People Get Ready” - lot’s of wailing guitar in that version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-14/535946.md?page=6)