# American Idol 5/1 & 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364 "2007-05-01T20:04:10Z")\ **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:** [May 1, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/1 "2007-05-01T20:04:10Z")
Did they give us a theme for this week? I know the guest star is Bon Jovi, so I hope they’re trying for more of a “rock” sound. And two go home…Chris and Phil, please! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/2 "2007-05-01T20:23:43Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Did they give us a theme for this week? I know the guest star is Bon Jovi… [/QUOTE] They’re really determined to hurt me this season. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/3 "2007-05-01T22:29:26Z")
Ooooh, Bon Jovi! I hope they show a lot of Jon – I _love_ him. In fact, I would be _perfectly fine_ if they just showed him, and nobody else. OK, since it’s _suppose_d to be about the “kids,” they can do backup. But _no leather pants!_ (On the kids, I mean. Jon can wear leather pants to his little heart’s content.) ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/4 "2007-05-01T23:10:55Z")
Once again I get to miss everything (sniff\* because of work. _disgruntled sigh_ I never was a rabid Bon Jovi fan, but I’ve always liked him. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/5 "2007-05-01T23:22:36Z")
I already know I’m going to miss Gina tonight. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/6 "2007-05-02T00:04:22Z")
I was away for so long and came back just in time for that excrutiatingly unentertaining 2 hour swollen belly-fest without a pay-off. This better be good. Bon Jovi? Eh. . . ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/7 "2007-05-02T00:05:07Z")
Jon Bon Jovi is baked off his ass in these clips. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/8 "2007-05-02T00:06:29Z")
Phil scares me… So, what is the theme again? Jon Bon Jovi like songs? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/9 "2007-05-02T00:06:57Z")
My main question for tonight is what song could Melinda possibly pick that Bon Jovi sings that I don’t know? I’m sure she will find one. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/10 "2007-05-02T00:07:13Z")
Phil…meh…is he capable of a non-smarmy performance? Singing is only so-so. This is one of JBJ’s more mediocre hits. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/11 "2007-05-02T00:07:25Z")
Hey! Phil is actually really good doing Blaze of Glory. Wow, I never noticed his good voice before. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/12 "2007-05-02T00:08:52Z")
That was a very banal performance by Phil. Simon is right as usual. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/13 "2007-05-02T00:10:45Z")
I’m with you, **Diogenes**. That was really dull karaoke. That performance should have stayed at home in front of the mirror. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/14 "2007-05-02T00:11:12Z")
So with only 6 left, does that mean we’ll have to endure one song then 6 commercials? That’s gotta be MORE than 6 commercials. Dang! ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/15 "2007-05-02T00:12:17Z")
Bon Jovi’s kind of a guilty pleasure for me. It’s power pop cheese, but he has a knack for writing it and I like his voice. I actually think his voice is a pretty distinct part of what makes his songs enjoyable and it will be interesting to see what people like Melinda and Kordin will do with it. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/16 "2007-05-02T00:12:31Z")
Phil’s singing did not impress me, but I _looooooove_ that jacket. (I won’t mention that it looked about 300x better when Chris Daughtry wore it.) Oh, there’s Gina! I miss her _so much_. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/17 "2007-05-02T00:14:42Z")
Oh Bon Jovi just _loooved_ Jordin telling him her mom loves him. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/18 "2007-05-02T00:14:55Z")
These mentor clips are funny to me. Jon is so obviously stoned. It’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/19 "2007-05-02T00:16:58Z")
_Holy bridge-and-tunnel hair, Batman!_ She stole that wig from Miss Ross back in week one, I think. She’s aiight, but I can’t get past the camp of this performance. It’s like some kind of weird Rocky Horror Show or summat. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364/20 "2007-05-02T00:17:08Z")
Was not impressed with Jordin’s vocal. Love her hair, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-1-2/402364.md?page=2)