# American Idol 4/19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042 "2005-04-19T13:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/201 "2005-04-21T14:58:41Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Tune in next week, kids, when Scott sings ANOTHER crappy version of some song begging his woman to come back or whining because she doesn’t. In the meantime, here’s hoping he gets the memo: BEGGING AND WHINING NO LONGER WORK ONCE YOU’VE RAISED YOUR HAND TO A WOMAN, you creep.\* Or he could go the other way and just admit he’s obsessed. In that case, he should sing “Every Breath You Take”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/202 "2005-04-21T15:46:22Z")
I’ve been quiet this week because in my heart I saw this coming. I knew Anwar wasn’t going to win, but I hated to see him lose out to lesser talents (and I include Carrie Benet Wonderbread in that group). Anwar (and Niko) has a level of musical sophistication for which there is little room in this type of competition. I hope that the exposure he got will lead to a CD; I envision him producing something on the lines of Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me” – not for everyone, but a jewel to be treasured by some. At this point, all the contestants are very talented; but for me, Anwar was the only one who had something fresh and unique to offer. Now I’ll cast my votes for anyone who has a chance to beat the Stepford Idol, although I don’t think that’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/203 "2005-04-21T15:54:14Z")
Did anyone notice how HOT Bo was this week? [sub]Kidding, but I wanted to be the first to mention it and got beaten at the draw.[/sub] My dream two right now are Vonzell and Bo. After A-Fed and Scott go, I want Creepy Connie to be next. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/204 "2005-04-21T16:11:08Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > Re: Bo on the line. Classy, but definitely seemed scripted. It was TOO good to really have been true. But then again, Bo does seem the type to be clever and classy enough to do it. I can’t decide. We still clapped when he refused to go to one side or the other. I’m hoping it wasn’t scripted – it was a great move. I hated when they pulled that move last year; but at least then it was an obvious travesty that the three best singers were all in the “bottom” group. Here, it would have just been piling on the losers of the group. So, props to Bo – he’s a classy guy. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/205 "2005-04-21T17:42:14Z")
> [@EhhMon](#): > > Go to Goggle and enter: Vote For The Worst. You’ll find your answer there. > > They’ve been gaining momentum with every show. It started last year with AI3 when the campaign was to vote for Jon S., when he got eliminated it was switched to Jasmine. > > This year for the boys, it was Constantine and for the girls, it was Mikalah. When both Mikalah and Constantine both made the top 12. All efforts switched to keeping Constantine in, but then Constantine starting doing good, so all efforts have switched to Fat F.uck. That explains a lot! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/206 "2005-04-21T18:04:39Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > That explains a lot! :eek: Someone linked me to that site this morning. I was a bit dismayed. I know that AI produces music that is the very height of mainstream pop music but I find what these people are doing distasteful. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/207 "2005-04-21T19:21:47Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > That explains a lot! :eek: I’m not sure how much it explains. I note that the poll results on who the site visitors think is worst indicate fewer than 3,000 votes, _in toto_. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/208 "2005-04-21T21:08:58Z")
I saw on one of the “entertainment” shows that today Puala is supposed to answer her critics that accuse her of drug abuse. I guess the Enquirer/Star have published stories recently. ---
**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 21, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/209 "2005-04-21T21:37:04Z")
[That she did.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=680&ncid=762&e=5&u=/usatoday/20050421/en_usatoday/abdulsaysoddbehaviornotdrugrelated) ---
**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 21, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/210 "2005-04-21T21:42:03Z")
Hold onto your hats. Looks like Primetime Live is putting together an “potentially explosive expose.” > [@](#): > > Exact details of the report are still in flux, since Alphabet staffers are still in the process of reporting the story and vetting details. It’s believed, however, that the report – in the works for several months now – will take a hard look at the relationship between “Idol” judges and contestants. [linkity link](http://www.variety.com/VR1117921406.html) Hope that doesn’t have anything whatsoever to do with why Paula is incoherent and Scott is still there. :eek: ---
**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 21, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/211 "2005-04-21T22:20:13Z")
No, it has to do with [Paula possibly carrying on an affair](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7591639/) with Corey Clark (and possibly Justin Guarini. ---
**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 22, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/212 "2005-04-22T00:21:56Z")
She wasn’t kidding when she told Nikko she was “creaming”! (I didn’t imagine she said that to him, did I?) If the humping started _after_ America started voting, then I don’t see the problem. Poor Paula, her love life has always been crap. Reduced to coercing the young boys on her TV show. ---
**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 22, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/213 "2005-04-22T00:50:27Z")
If the only evidence is the word of Corey Clark I wouldn’t put much stock in it. The guy always struck me as a skuzz ball anyone who beats up his little sister doesn’t have any credibility with me. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/214 "2005-04-22T01:00:56Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Or he could go the other way and just admit he’s obsessed. In that case, he should sing “Every Breath You Take”. 😃 maybe scott should sing Clay’s stalker song. 🙂 ---
**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 22, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/215 "2005-04-22T01:05:10Z")
Well, Paula better keep her grubby little hands off Bo or a large group of us will have to fly out to LA and have a little chat with her. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/216 "2005-04-22T01:50:58Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Well, Paula better keep her grubby little hands off Bo or a large group of us will have to fly out to LA and have a little chat with her. :mad: Word ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/217 "2005-04-22T02:13:07Z")
Bo can have any woman he wants, I doubt he needs Paula. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/218 "2005-04-22T02:15:40Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > What is the name of it? [Invisible.](http://www.lyrics007.com/Clay%20Aiken%20Lyrics/Invisible%20Lyrics.html) \*If I was invisible Then I could just watch you in your room… I keep tracing your steps Each move that you make Wish I could read what goes through your mind…\* ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/219 "2005-04-22T15:43:42Z")
That didn’t strike me as being contextually appropriate for Scott’s situation. It’s more along the lines of someone who hasn’t gotten up the nerve to talk to the woman in the first place, rather than the guy who wants “his” woman back. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042/220 "2005-04-22T15:58:47Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > No, it has to do with [Paula possibly carrying on an affair](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7591639/) with Corey Clark (and possibly Justin Guarini. The article’s no longer viewable on their site, but gossip Columnist Cindy Adams had some quotes in her [NY Post column](http://www.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm) from his upcoming book… > [@](#): > > [Corey] Calls Ruben Studdard “The Stud” and notes he saw much more of Ruben’s a - - much more often than he needed to. > [@](#): > > [He] Refers to Justin Guarini as “a cheeseball.” > [@](#): > > [He describes Paula’s house,] with walk-in closet “the size of a studio apartment,” dual-head shower, built-in steam room. Modest back yard. Pool with changing lights. > [@](#): > > [and whines that] “[Simon] didn’t give a - - - - about me.” He’s just desperately trying to promote a CD he’ll be releasing next month. You can listen to the single, [Wiggle & Shake, here](http://www.mixmatters.com/featured_artist/corey_clark/corey_clark.html) (but be warned, it is really, really freaking horrid. I’d rather buy William Hung’s CD than this drek!) Boy’s got balls of steel and an ego the size of the Pacific Ocean. He’s actually trying to take any part of the credit for the AI2 Top 10 CD going gold, and thinks he “has become one of the most memorable top ten finalists to date.” What a tool! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-19/300042.md?page=12)