# American Idol 4/18-4/19: The Sounds of Seven Singers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178 "2006-04-18T16:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/41 "2006-04-19T00:41:35Z")
Hi, Biggirl! I was wondering where you were… Kellie is like a wind-up doll. Wooden, out of tune, boring. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/42 "2006-04-19T00:42:06Z")
I think Kellie’s limitations as a singer are showing here: this song is so very torchy, and she’s just not up to it. And dear sweet Jesus – she’s out of tune _and_ out of time. I really think she tried too hard. Not her best performance by any stretch of the imagination. _Uh-oh_ … Paula gave it up for the fashion. _Bye-bye, Kelly!_ (Hey, a girl can dream, right?) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/43 "2006-04-19T00:42:14Z")
My son wants to know how a girl so skinny can find a dress that fits so tight. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/44 "2006-04-19T00:42:35Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] That Pickler. How does she live? Do they have to call her in when it rains like a turkey so she doesn’t drown? [/QUOTE] What does it mean to rain like a turkey? Is that better or worse than raining cats and dogs? ---
**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 19, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/45 "2006-04-19T00:42:57Z")
Acting career? ACTING CAREER? Please tell me Pauler is just imagining things again. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/46 "2006-04-19T00:44:09Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] this outfit is _ **ghastly** _ [/QUOTE] I could not agree more. The silk pocket handkerchief and the jeans are just not happening. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/47 "2006-04-19T00:44:28Z")
[QUOTE=KSO] Hi, Biggirl! I was wondering where you were… [/QUOTE] Finishing up a quest in WoW. Should have been done long before AI started cuz I really do love watching TV with you guys. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/48 "2006-04-19T00:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=JeffB] What does it mean to rain like a turkey? Is that better or worse than raining cats and dogs? [/QUOTE] It’s an urban legend that turkeys drown in the rain because they very stupid and look up when the rain hits their heads, then drown when the water goes up their noses. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/49 "2006-04-19T00:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=JeffB] What does it mean to rain like a turkey? Is that better or worse than raining cats and dogs? [/QUOTE] Kellie Pickler, how are you posting right now? You’re on my talking picture box! ---
**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 19, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/50 "2006-04-19T00:49:04Z")
Ace: Pitchy. too much hair jell. Still smarmy. Please let this be the week. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/51 "2006-04-19T00:49:10Z")
Ace was doing well until he tried his little falsetto thing. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/52 "2006-04-19T00:49:52Z")
Does anybody remember the hitman from the Sopranos that Carmela had a crush on? Doesn’t Ace look like him. That was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/53 "2006-04-19T00:49:55Z")
Guess I should have included a smilie. The phrasing just struck me as amusing. Do you people still think of Ace as “eye candy” with that horrible Steven Segal hairdo? Weak performance. Randy, shut up about the “false”. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/54 "2006-04-19T00:49:56Z")
For starters, the girl’s hairdo looks like shit. As for the rest of it, I thought it was a mess. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/55 "2006-04-19T00:50:32Z")
**HOLY CRAP!** Ace is _totally_ that skeezy guy from Color Me Badd! Not the one who looks like George Michael, or the one who looks like Vanilla Ice – he’s the other one, with the curly hair. BUT! I do like his suit. And his tie. He sings like ass, but tonight he looks good. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/56 "2006-04-19T00:50:43Z")
Please let Kellie _at least_ get into the bottom 3 for that. Unfortunately, her schtick had **MrValley** nearly ready to pick up the phone to save her poor pitiful self. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/57 "2006-04-19T00:50:59Z")
Ace looks… decent… ---
**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, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/58 "2006-04-19T00:51:04Z")
[Mi Scusi! Mi Scusi!](http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/25381302/1053638). Blech, Ace needs to go. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/59 "2006-04-19T00:52:09Z")
[QUOTE=JeffB] Guess I should have included a smilie. The phrasing just struck me as amusing. [/QUOTE] In retrospect … me, too. I _was_ kidding, although it sounds like you picked up on that. Believe me, I did not wish to _actually_ insult you by comparing your intelligence to Pickler’s. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178/60 "2006-04-19T00:52:46Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] BUT! I do like his suit. [/QUOTE] I would have liked his suit…with about 8 oz less shoulder padding. There is something weird about his hairline too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-18-4-19-the-sounds-of-seven-singers/353178.md?page=4)