# American Idol 4/26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161 "2005-04-26T15:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/1 "2005-04-26T15:18:22Z")
Hey, where’s everybody at? It is Tuesday, isn’t it? _crickets_ **Good Egg**? **Diogenes**? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/2 "2005-04-26T15:31:29Z")
Maybe everyone still has the dry heaves after watching last week’s show. 😉 Anyone know what tonight’s theme is? I’m going to miss my Anwar’s pretty face. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/3 "2005-04-26T15:35:22Z")
Thank you, **yellowval**. I was _jonesin’_! ---
**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 26, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/4 "2005-04-26T16:10:11Z")
VH1s Best Week Ever! the guy from SportsCenter with the red eye was waxing poetic about Vonzell. He went on to list why all the other AI contestants are not as good as Vonzell. His reason for Carrie was “she’s the white Kelly Clarkson”. I just about fell off the couch laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/5 "2005-04-26T16:26:03Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Anyone know what tonight’s theme is? According to the Television Without Pity baords, it’s 21st Century ---
**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 26, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/6 "2005-04-26T16:29:25Z")
Cool. A-Fed should sing the theme song from _The Jetsons_, and we’ll be rid of him at last. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/7 "2005-04-26T16:39:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Cool. A-Fed should sing the theme song from _The Jetsons_, and we’ll be rid of him at last. > > 😃 I must say that that was laugh-out-loud funny. I can just picture it! Thanks, Kaylasdad! 😃 ---
**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 26, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/8 "2005-04-26T17:15:36Z")
After taking last week off, [betonsports.com](http://www.betonsports.com) has finally updated their American Idol odds: **Carrie Underwood - Even Bo Bice - 1.7:1 Constantine Maroulis - 2.8:1 Vonzell Solomon - 3:1 Anthony Fedorov - 20:1 Scott Savol - 20:1** _Please_ let then be right about the longshots. If one of those 20:1 schmoes doesn’t go home this week, I’ll be beyond pissed. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/9 "2005-04-26T17:28:57Z")
I wonder how strong the “Vote for the Worst” crowd is. May be worth throwing some cash down on Scott. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/10 "2005-04-26T17:35:02Z")
Some rumored song choices Bo - “Here Without You” by 3 Doors Down Anthony -“You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban Constantine - “Drops of Jupiter” by Train Carrie - “First Cut is the Deepest” by Sheryl Crow ---
**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 26, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/11 "2005-04-26T17:35:20Z")
I was online this morn, but thought 10 a.m. was too early to start. Imagine my surprise when a "dung beetle"started the thread! 🙂 I can’t read the spoiler at my home computer, so I will just have to wait. I need my Bo fix. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/12 "2005-04-26T17:42:17Z")
Sorry, **Good Egg** , I just wanted to know what it was like to start a six-page thread! ---
**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 26, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/13 "2005-04-26T17:44:33Z")
Yes,i ts your turn. Doesn’t matter to me who starts it, I just love all the responses; we’re in this together! Anyone else hear that Connie’s band PrayFortheSoulofBetty got a contract? I heard iton the news. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/14 "2005-04-26T19:52:42Z")
Yay! I might actually enjoy this week! Please, please let the spoilers be true. Except the A-Fed one. I suspect I’ll be using the mute button for that. Actually, I take that back. I’ve begun to loathe him slightly less in the past two weeks. He or Scott absolutely needs to go this week. If it’s Vonzell I’m going to be pissed off. I think we’re owed a good music week after last week, which I thought was [Simon voice]dreadful[/Simon voice]. I barely watched the first half because I was on the phone with my dad. You know it’s a bad AI when I actually answer the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/15 "2005-04-26T19:55:15Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > Yes,i ts your turn. Doesn’t matter to me who starts it, I just love all the responses; we’re in this together! Anyone else hear that Connie’s band PrayFortheSoulofBetty got a contract? I heard iton the news. Would this have any effect on Mr. Smarmy’s ability to finish out the show? I know that there was some talk at the beginning of the season about how Connie could compete since he wasn’t _currently_ signed even though he’d performed in **Rent**. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/16 "2005-04-26T19:59:09Z")
Jeez, I’m not sure I even _know_ any 21st century songs. Not that it matters, since I’ve decided to root for Connie all the rest of the way, or at least until he goes home. ---
**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 26, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/17 "2005-04-26T20:10:42Z")
> [@Amazingrace](#): > > Would this have any effect on Mr. Smarmy’s ability to finish out the show? I know that there was some talk at the beginning of the season about how Connie could compete since he wasn’t _currently_ signed even though he’d performed in **Rent**. According to the audition portion of AI, he quit the band. I hope that means they’re going on without him. Now I really,\* really\* hope loses AI. Exxxcellent [wrings hands] :dubious: \<----that’s an evil smilie for now As for the spoilers: [SPOILER]Bo - “Here Without You” by 3 Doors Down (HATE IT!) Anthony -“You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban (HATE IT!) Constantine - “Drops of Jupiter” by Train (LOVED IT, BUT SICK OF IT) Carrie - “First Cut is the Deepest” by Sheryl Crow (REALLY HATE IT!) I generally hate 21st century popular music. Especially this Lite-FM type of crap. [/SPOILER] ---
**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 26, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/18 "2005-04-26T20:19:13Z")
Make that: > [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Now I really,\* really\* hope **he** loses AI. ---
**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 26, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/19 "2005-04-26T20:59:06Z")
The Idol forums on the net are all saying that song list is fake now. After much rooting around all that seems to have been verified is that: The theme is indeed songs of the 2000’s (verified by Seacrest on his radio show), that Vonzell will be doing a ballad from 2002 (possibly Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why?”) and that Anthony is doing a ballad originally sung by a woman (no idea what). There is one rumor floating around that Bo is going to do “Arms Wide Open” by Creed and I hope that rumor is false even though he would nail it. Please, Bo, don’t do Creed, I’m begging you, just don’t go there no matter how comfy it looks. ---
**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 26, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161/20 "2005-04-26T21:11:26Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > Yes,i ts your turn. Doesn’t matter to me who starts it, I just love all the responses; we’re in this together! Anyone else hear that Connie’s band PrayFortheSoulofBetty got a contract? I heard iton the news. Moreover, it’s the same record company (Koch Records) that signed [William](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001V1M64/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/102-7629167-8643338?v=glance&s=music&n=507846&st=*) [Hung](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002PUHSI/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/102-7629167-8643338?v=glance&s=music&n=507846&st=*). Smarmy’s album is music recorded before his Idol time. My how I hope it bombs. From the clips we heard during the audition shows, it should. Not the cuppa for the teenieboppers keeping him afloat right now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-26/301161.md?page=2)