# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/161 "2007-04-19T01:59:42Z")
Thank Og! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/162 "2007-04-19T01:59:48Z")
I must say, I’m rather enjoying this performance, being his last and all. Wait, did he just change the lyrics? What a dipshit. ---
**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 19, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/163 "2007-04-19T02:01:14Z")
At last, our long national nightmare is over. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/164 "2007-04-19T02:04:10Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Fire] Wait, did he just change the lyrics? What a dipshit. [/QUOTE] I thought it was clever. “Let’s give them something to talk about, other than hair.” And God forbid he desecrate such an amazing song. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/165 "2007-04-19T02:04:11Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Fire] I must say, I’m rather enjoying this performance, being his last and all. Wait, did he just change the lyrics? What a dipshit. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that was pretty fucking dorky. Even though I called Lakisha getting the boot. The stardust has faded, and she’s not going to get folks outside of her current fanbase to vote for her. I think she’s a dead woman walking. Nice to see the national Phil hate fading. He’s just… pretty good and he doesn’t deserve to go. Yet. Talent-wise, I think Chris is the weakest. I’m calling the final three: Melinda, Jordin, and Blake. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/166 "2007-04-19T02:05:25Z")
Wow…America gets it right for the second straight week! Sorry, **xnylder**. Now you have nothing to look forward to with my posts anymore. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/167 "2007-04-19T02:05:55Z")
Shit,I was hoping laquisha would go. ---
**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 19, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/168 "2007-04-19T02:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Fire] I must say, I’m rather enjoying this performance, being his last and all. Wait, did he just change the lyrics? What a dipshit. [/QUOTE] I thought it was cute. The kid knew what was being said about him and he didn’t let it get to him, he rolled with it and had fun with it. I thought he was going to be a fragile kid when it started but he proved me wrong and I am rather impressed by him. Although there were moments of possible attitude from him I don’t think he ever really too himself too seriously. He’s an actual performer, even if not the best singer. I wish him well. ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/169 "2007-04-19T02:10:52Z")
Dial Idol got it right. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/170 "2007-04-19T02:14:38Z")
Woo hoo! I have Sanjaya going home this week in the Prediction Contest thread! ---
**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 19, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/171 "2007-04-19T02:14:52Z")
[QUOTE=8675309] Dial Idol got it right. [/QUOTE] Well, to split hairs, they had Blake as second to last, and LaLaI’mNotListening as third to last. But yeah, they had the right bottom three, and the last place going to Sanjaya. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/172 "2007-04-19T02:25:14Z")
he is gone. yay! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/173 "2007-04-19T02:27:46Z")
[QUOTE=Soapbox Monkey] And God forbid he desecrate such an amazing song. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] I don’t think I said anything at all about the quality of the song and its original lyrics. Wile E, I can see it from your perspective, too, and I can’t say I never enjoyed anything he did. I still think it’s a little ridiculous and… I dunno. Undignified? I think he could have left it alone and maybe left on a better note. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/174 "2007-04-19T02:32:05Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I thought it was cute. The kid knew what was being said about him and he didn’t let it get to him, he rolled with it and had fun with it. I thought he was going to be a fragile kid when it started but he proved me wrong and I am rather impressed by him. Although there were moments of possible attitude from him I don’t think he ever really too himself too seriously. He’s an actual performer, even if not the best singer. I wish him well. [/QUOTE] Same here. He had his serious moment of glory, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him around some more. If he were my kid, I’d be on the lookout for psychological troubles though, he’s been through a lot of unreal stuff and a lot of negative shit too. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/175 "2007-04-19T03:40:11Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Shit,I was hoping laquisha would go. [/QUOTE] Unless this is a whoosh and I’m missing the joke, it’s [LaKisha](http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season6/lakisha_jones/) not Laquisha. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/176 "2007-04-19T04:19:49Z")
I haven’t voted since the first week, when I voted a gazillion times for Rudy. I liked his voice and his energy. He was the first to go, of course. I’m worried about Blake. How can Chris and Phil get more votes than Blake? I like Lakisha’s voice but she seems a bit – dare I say it? – duller than the others. Her personality has no lustre, no spark. Maybe she’s just tired, and missing her daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/177 "2007-04-19T04:22:15Z")
[QUOTE=MoodIndigo1] Same here. He had his serious moment of glory, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him around some more. If he were my kid, I’d be on the lookout for psychological troubles though, he’s been through a lot of unreal stuff and a lot of negative shit too. [/QUOTE] Plus it looks like his sister’s naked pics have hit the web. Say it ain’t so! I’m betting that a lot of people strategically voted for Phil and Chris last night, since they seemed the most likely to get bumped off by Sanjaya. Otherwise, there’s no way to explain Blake in the bottom 3. And yes **DanBlather** , Martina McBride = Cameron + dark blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/178 "2007-04-19T05:00:43Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Unless this is a whoosh and I’m missing the joke, it’s [LaKisha](http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season6/lakisha_jones/) not Laquisha. [/QUOTE] Yeah,i know…thanks tho. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/179 "2007-04-19T05:07:35Z")
(I only mentioned it because every time you wrote it I read it in my head as “la-squisha” for some reason and it was starting to make me twitch) ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507/180 "2007-04-19T05:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I’m worried about Blake. How can Chris and Phil get more votes than Blake? [/QUOTE] Because Blake’s a mediocre talent, too? I assume Chris barely beat out Blake for that spot, and Phil actually did well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-17/400507.md?page=10)