# American Idol (5/11) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716 "2004-05-12T01:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/21 "2004-05-12T18:39:32Z")
I think it’s ridiculous to compare a DUI with an unplanned pregnancy. One is illegal, the other is just a mistake a lot of people make. I don’t judge her on it. In fact, doesn’t LaToya have two or three step-kids? If you don’t think the American Idol should have kids, then she’s out as well. I have been voting for Fantasia the last few weeks, but I also like LaToya. Diana and Jasmine need to go, although I fear that Diana will win. She doesn’t look/sound like a pop star to me, but hey, what do I know? There are plenty of mediocre pop stars, so I guess she’ll just join them. There’s a possibility that I would buy an album by Fantasia, but I doubt it. No way on the rest of them. I like singers who can write their own material and possibly play an instrument. Generic pop just doesn’t cut it for me. ---
**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 12, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/22 "2004-05-12T18:44:10Z")
I don’t think you’d be any happier if Fantasia had had an abortion. Is is just the sex at a young age thing? And if so, can we say for certain that Diana is a virgin? (John Stevens, well, okay.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/23 "2004-05-12T19:24:12Z")
Uh oh. I didn’t mean to start a fight. Peace, everybody. 🙂 First, I didn’t mean to sound like I was comparing DUI and teen preganancy. I was trying to emphasize that singing isn’t the only thing that matters on AI, not saying that getting pregnant is like driving drunk. Second, I’m not touching the abortion comment with a thousand-foot pole. No offense, and I see the point you’re trying to make, but I’m not nearly worked up enough about this to touch that lightning rod. This is a popularity contest. Anything is fair game. You’re free to not vote for George because he blinks too much, or Diana because her mom is the Platonic ideal of a Stage Mom, or for Jasmine because she wore a flower in her hair four too many weeks. I don’t vote for Fantasia because I don’t like her singing, but I admit that the kid thing is somewhat troublesome to me. ---
**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 12, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/24 "2004-05-12T19:33:59Z")
I didn’t mean to make you feel picked on. (In fact, I giggled at the thought of you unknowingly opening up a can of worms.) I bet a lot of people agree with you. I just don’t really get it, so I had to ask. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/25 "2004-05-12T22:41:50Z")
There’s supposed to be an upset in order, this evening… I guess that could be anyone is going except for AlohaKitty™, and I think Diana has been gaining in popularity recently, so I’m guessing either Fantoya or Latasia is going home. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/26 "2004-05-12T22:51:05Z")
> [@skutir](#): > > There’s supposed to be an upset in order, this evening… Probably. They’re starting about twenty-five minutes later than usual, and they plan to run it until 10 p.m. Plus, the show last night was about _disco_, which means I think anyone who didn’t refuse to perform on principle should have been disqualified, because disco sucks so bad. If my wife makes me watch this tonight, and I miss _South Park_, I’m going to be upset. ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/27 "2004-05-12T23:06:34Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Probably. > > They’re starting about twenty-five minutes later than usual, and they plan to run it until 10 p.m. Plus, the show last night was about _disco_, which means I think anyone who didn’t refuse to perform on principle should have been disqualified, because disco sucks so bad. > > If my wife makes me watch this tonight, and I miss _South Park_, I’m going to be upset. It’s a repeat of the Special Olympics episode, if that makes you feel any better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/28 "2004-05-12T23:10:00Z")
**skutir** , I read your post without reading the quote first and thought you meant the “American Idol Special Olympics Episode.” So I’m thinking, “Wow, guess I missed that one!” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/29 "2004-05-12T23:16:42Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > **skutir** , I read your post without reading the quote first and thought you meant the “American Idol Special Olympics Episode.” So I’m thinking, “Wow, guess I missed that one!” :smack: Now that would be an interesting show. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/30 "2004-05-13T00:57:02Z")
Well, better than disco, anyway. . . ---
**Author:** ![WernhamHogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WernhamHogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WernhamHogg)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/31 "2004-05-13T01:11:50Z")
SPARE ME THE NEW AGE BULLSHIT! Channeling consultant my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/32 "2004-05-13T01:53:55Z")
LaToya and Fantasia are in the bottom two! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/33 "2004-05-13T01:54:25Z")
Interesting that the channelling chick didn’t offer a prediction about the eventual winner, or even the winner of tonight’s episode. And considering this manifest injustice about to unfold, perhaps the psychic was wise after all. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/34 "2004-05-13T01:56:03Z")
How the FUCK, FUCK, FUCK does Jasmine stay alive?! What in the Hell is this?! ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/35 "2004-05-13T01:57:08Z")
Ha! This is what makes this show fun. I’ll laugh myself to sleep on the TWoP boards. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/36 "2004-05-13T02:03:59Z")
That’s going to make for some entertaining reading here on and some other forums. On a mild side note, has anyone else noticed that Paula is getting more and more incoherent and emotional? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/37 "2004-05-13T02:05:37Z")
If we have learned anything from recent history, it’s that the American voting public are morons. Jasmine is very nice, but she should not have survived tonight. And wasn’t Latoya graceful even in defeat? That kid is going places. ---
**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 13, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/38 "2004-05-13T02:06:58Z")
Well, I just got my Tuesday and Wednesday TV schedule freed up. I won’t watch anymore. Sorry, I don’t know how to do a spoiler box. It was Tamyra Gray all over again. I’m sick of people being kept in on sympathy votes (Jasmine). I actually had a feeling that would happen because the mean ole judges made her cry. I can’t stand Fantasia’s voice and although I think Diana has the best voice remaining, she has not been as consistently good as LaToya. I have no interest in watching the rest of the season. I know others have said it before and not meant it, but I do. LaToya was the only reason I was watching this season. Diana is not good enough to make me want to sit through more of Jasmine’s pitch problems and Fantasia’s cartoony screech. I think I’ll just read SDMB for Idol news. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/39 "2004-05-13T02:09:09Z")
I can’t watch American Idol anymore. It’s making me sick to my stomach. Does Hawaii get extra voting time because of the time zone difference? ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716/40 "2004-05-13T02:19:08Z")
It’s Official: American Idol Sucks! LaToya is only about one million times better than Jasmine and easily outclasses Diana. Clearly the teenyboppers rule the night and this evening’s results now point to a Diana D. win. Barnum was right all along. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-11/244716.md?page=3)