# American Idol 5/10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940 "2005-05-10T06:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/121 "2005-05-12T01:15:44Z")
Wow, they _loved_ Bo at his initial audition. So did I!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/122 "2005-05-12T01:18:55Z")
I’m here watching. Enjoying my 2nd fix of Bo for the week. I was thinking last night, I need a large poster of Bo. That would be great on my wall. I’m going to predict Vonzell goes home tonight. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/123 "2005-05-12T01:20:09Z")
Well… finally in the votes… ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/124 "2005-05-12T01:20:57Z")
YAY, I was wrong! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/125 "2005-05-12T01:21:26Z")
Yea, it was nice seeing Bo’s audition. Well, that was a quick voting off… ---
**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 12, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/126 "2005-05-12T01:24:40Z")
I’ll miss him. Not as much as I’da missed Vonzell or Bo, but I’ll miss him none-the-less. Does anybody get the feeling this thing is fixed Carrie’s way. She has one of her worst nights ever and all of a sudden all the closed caption numbers are her’s? ---
**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 12, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/127 "2005-05-12T01:27:14Z")
Well, at the end of the day, the final three is very acceptable. Is it pretty much a forgone conclusion that Vonzel will go next and then Bo will beat Carrie in the finale? ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/128 "2005-05-12T01:40:54Z")
Did anyone else see Carrie tell Anthony “I love you”? Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/129 "2005-05-12T01:52:59Z")
Can you dig it! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/130 "2005-05-12T02:11:44Z")
Carrie not even being in the bottom two surprised me, I was figuring sympathy voting for Vonzell would combine with a less-than-stellar night for Carrie and she’d get her trip to the bottom. I cracked up during her first audition clip, 3 lines of a song and Randy says “Great voice, you can really sing, you need to work on emoting and stage presence” how prescient! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/131 "2005-05-12T03:08:22Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Does anybody get the feeling this thing is fixed Carrie’s way. She has one of her worst nights ever and all of a sudden all the closed caption numbers are her’s? I don’t think so. Her second song flopped, but her first song still got rave reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/132 "2005-05-12T03:40:27Z")
I want to get Bo Bice alone in a dark room and do very naughty things with him. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/133 "2005-05-12T03:44:07Z")
You may have to get in line there, **GND**. I’m torn over whether I prefer Bo with or without facial hair, though. With such important imponderables do I pass the time watching the show. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/134 "2005-05-12T04:15:09Z")
> [@Mama Tiger](#): > > You may have to get in line there, **GND**. > > I’m torn over whether I prefer Bo with or without facial hair, though. With such important imponderables do I pass the time watching the show. If you want a truly irrelevant male opinion - I think he looks better with the facial hair. And yeah, “The Vonz” has another week, when she becomes Gonzell. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/135 "2005-05-12T04:48:18Z")
Sigh. That’s unfortunate. And now Vonzell is the second person who got past the final 4 after crying on performance night. Once again, the booted contestant doesn’t get a full singout. I think the only finalists who did this season were Lindsay (remember her?) and Constantine. And they’re flying him back **coach**? Man, I really hope that was a joke. Bo’s audition was awesome! Let’s not be **so** sure that it’ll be Bo and Carrie in the final 2. I’m still crossing my fingers and toes that Vonzell can squeak past her. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/136 "2005-05-12T10:54:58Z")
In a way, I hope that Bo doesn’t win because I’m afraid that an American Idol contract will destroy him. At best, it won’t do him justice. A proper managing studio will put him with a band as lead singer. He should do rock ‘n’ roll metal style, not Christmas specials and mall appearances crooning stage hits. Carrie is better suited for AI type stuff, although frankly, it might be better for her to be picked up by a Nashville studio. Maybe it’s best after all if Vonzell wins. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/137 "2005-05-12T13:37:18Z")
My friend from another board lives in Helena, AL - Bo’s hometown. He’s doing a meet ‘n’ greet at the Wal-Mart either today or tomorrow. I am so jealous I could spit. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/138 "2005-05-12T15:39:04Z")
Why was it necessary to keep cutting to Carrie on Anthony’s sing out? I really hate when they do that. Are they trying to imply that something was going on between them or what? They’ve done this before though and it seems really unfair to the booted person to have to share their last screen time with someone who will be back next week. Other times they’ve made a point of showing the face of the performer everyone thought should have left but that can’t be why they were showing Carrie. I liked Anthony but I think he’d gone as far as he could and it’s good that he got to go out on a high note. ---
**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 12, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/139 "2005-05-12T15:59:29Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Why was it necessary to keep cutting to Carrie on Anthony’s sing out? I really hate when they do that. Obviously to catch her mouthing and signing “I love you.” That _had_ to be planned. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940/140 "2005-05-12T16:37:33Z")
Television directors always cue the cameras for maximum drama. Carrie was weeping copius tears. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-10/340940.md?page=8)