# American Idol 4/17 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507 "2007-04-17T18:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/21 "2007-04-18T00:14:38Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] He was on key, at least. [/QUOTE] Which, unfortunately, is more than we can say for Jordin. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/22 "2007-04-18T00:15:42Z")
I’m not at home so please spoiler me this: Did Phil sing Ain’t Goin’ Down Til the Sun Goes Up? (I’m just curious if the list above was correct; I was so in hopes Sanjaya would come out in a blonde beehive and sing _Stand By Your Man_.) ---
**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 18, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/23 "2007-04-18T00:16:20Z")
Jordin sang pretty well, but these songs are so bad it’s hard to judge performances. Country night is a turd polishing contest and I guess she did about as well as could be expected. ---
**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 18, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/24 "2007-04-18T00:17:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I’m not at home so please spoiler me this: Did Phil sing Ain’t Goin’ Down Til the Sun Goes Up? (I’m just curious if the list above was correct; I was so in hopes Sanjaya would come out in a blonde beehive and sing _Stand By Your Man_.) [/QUOTE] I actually don’t know what Phil sang (I don’t know from country), but I know that Jordin’s song didn’t match the spoiler. The order of performances has matched, though. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/25 "2007-04-18T00:18:39Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I’m not at home so please spoiler me this: Did Phil sing… [/QUOTE] Nope, he sang “Where the Asphalt Ends”. As for Jordin…Now it’s my turn to say “wha?” to the judges. That was an incredibly depressing song, sung in an excruciating way. ☹ And what is up with the sari? For country music? And a really bizarre one at that? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/26 "2007-04-18T00:20:06Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I’m not at home so please spoiler me this: Did Phil sing Ain’t Goin’ Down Til the Sun Goes Up? (I’m just curious if the list above was correct; I was so in hopes Sanjaya would come out in a blonde beehive and sing _Stand By Your Man_.) [/QUOTE] He sang something called “Where the blacktop ends” (or something. I’d never heard of it. Some Keith Urban song.) Jordin sang “Broken Wings” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/27 "2007-04-18T00:20:23Z")
I couldn’t post right away because I was seeing spots from the glare off Phil’s head. He should have worn the oversized cowboy hat. I agree the song choice and genre is good for him and now he can go out on a high note. At least he found his niche first and knows to go for a country audience. Jordin looked and sounded beautiful and I have to admit she’s become my favorite. So far I am 0 for 2 on my predictions though. No cowboy hat for Phil or boots for Jordin. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/28 "2007-04-18T00:21:20Z")
I’m not 100% sure, but I think I so _completely_ bored. These are not among the handful of country songs that I know. Don’t know Phil’s song, so I don’t know if he did well, or what. Is Keith Urban the guy who’s married to Nicole Kidman? Anyway, I thought Phil was boring. Also Jordin. I guess she did OK, but again, I don’t know the song. And was her dress made of Saran Wrap? I don’t understand what was going on there. Oh, _God_. I just saw Sanjaya and I already have a headache. _What is going on with his head?_ Does his mother know he left the house looking like that? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/29 "2007-04-18T00:21:24Z")
Jordin carried the tune, she has a good voice. And I like her dress, too… ---
**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 18, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/30 "2007-04-18T00:22:11Z")
Good lord, what’s going on with Sanjaya’s head? ---
**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 18, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/31 "2007-04-18T00:24:43Z")
Sanjaya’s doing “Something to Talk About.” He’s rocking some kind of Aunt Jemima head scarf look. Wasn’t this song originally sung by a woman? Sanjaya has somehow found a way to emasculate it. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/32 "2007-04-18T00:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Good lord, what’s going on with Sanjaya’s head? [/QUOTE] I dunno, I think he looks kind of cool. The kid isn’t short on personality, is he. Heh. I’m starting to get a real kick out of him. Unfortunately he can’t sing. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/33 "2007-04-18T00:24:57Z")
Oh. My. Sanjaya. That was the worst performance I’ve ever heard on American Idol. ETA: As for the hair – my hair would look exactly like that if I wore a scarf…which is why I dont. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/34 "2007-04-18T00:25:15Z")
Heh. _Finally_ someone is doing a song I recognize, and Sanjaya is running _all over it_ like week-old roadkill. _Christ on a motorbike._ Was he lip-synching last week? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/35 "2007-04-18T00:26:01Z")
Sanjaya is still scary… his song choice is… interesting… And Paula is funny, but I find her silence and not much talking telling… And Randy is right, it was karaoke. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/36 "2007-04-18T00:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] Heh. _Finally_ someone is doing a song I recognize, and Sanjaya is running _all over it_ like week-old roadkill. [/QUOTE] I have got to use phrase that in conversation tomorrow! I think Sanjaya’s performance was flat in every sense of the word. Did he change his song at the last minute or what? He sounded like he barely knew it. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/37 "2007-04-18T00:32:35Z")
[QUOTE=xnylder] > [@rockle](#): > > … running all over it like week-old roadkill. I have got to use phrase that in conversation tomorrow! [/quote] Wow … and that isn’t even a line I stole from Dave Barry, or _anything!_ “Jesus Take The Wheel”? Bleeeeeeeeee_eeearf._ And she doesn’t even sound very good. It’s like she’s singing two different songs or something. Love her boots, though. I’d never wear them, but they’re pretty fly. (Are kids still saying that?) ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/38 "2007-04-18T00:34:24Z")
Blech. That was not the song for LaKisha. Did not like. ---
**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 18, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/39 "2007-04-18T00:34:36Z")
Lakisha’s doing that godawful Jesus driving song. Could she have possibly picked a worse song? And I’m getting tired of hearing that she’s a single mom. Who cares? Typical Lakisha belting. She sounds fine, ballsier than Underwood, but what a horrible song choice. ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/40 "2007-04-18T00:35:39Z")
Lakisha sounds so screechy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507.md?page=3)