# American Idol 5/13 and 5/14 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178 "2008-05-13T17:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 14, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/21 "2008-05-14T00:33:16Z")
Is it just me or Syesha’s performance kind of hot just then? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/22 "2008-05-14T00:33:19Z")
Syesha didn’t really nail it. She stayed too close to the Peggy Lee arrangement to make it interesting. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/23 "2008-05-14T00:33:22Z")
If there was more of her singing and less of her talking, I might actually like Syesha a lot. Great song. ---
**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 14, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/24 "2008-05-14T00:37:24Z")
WTF, Paula? 'Fever" is EXACTLY who Syesha is an artist. That might have been cabaret, but it was better than David A’s performance. I hate it when the judges prefabricate their reviews to push for the F2 that they want and ignore the actually quality of the performance. They want the Davids for F2, and they’ve scripted their criitiques accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/25 "2008-05-14T00:38:20Z")
Where are the complaints about “old fashioned” with David A? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/26 "2008-05-14T00:42:38Z")
Switchwhat? ---
**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 14, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/27 "2008-05-14T00:44:16Z")
The judges are obviously very uncomfortable with the idea of Cook ever choosing his own material. He would be much better off if he went home tomoorow. One more week and he’s chained to a contract singing drivel for the next two years. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/28 "2008-05-14T00:45:05Z")
I coulda picked better songs for all three of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/29 "2008-05-14T00:49:09Z")
Can’t watch this as I’m at work, but I figure if Johnny Cash can do a moving version of _First Time Ever I Saw Your Face_ (and he did) then David C. should be able to make it work. Still an odd choice- I’d have chosen _Hallelujah_ (if they can use it twice in a season) or perhaps if I really wanted to see change of pace creative challenge something upbeat and MoTown- _I’ll Be There_ or _You Can’t Hurry Love_ or some such. And to challenge Archuleta, something contemplative or heavy- _The End_ or Cohen’s _The Future_. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/30 "2008-05-14T00:59:27Z")
And another song that should never be performed on Idol ever again. I hate this song. Is this what the producers think David C should be if he wins this thing? Pussified Aerosmith? ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/31 "2008-05-14T01:00:56Z")
Seriously? “One of the great songs of all time”? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/32 "2008-05-14T01:01:48Z")
What was David’s last song? I switched channels during the commercial break and missed it (wasn’t gone that long… must have not have been a commercial…) ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/33 "2008-05-14T01:04:42Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Is it just me or Syesha’s performance kind of hot just then? [/QUOTE] It was far less interesting vocally than Peggy Lee’s, and not a quarter as sexy. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/34 "2008-05-14T01:07:49Z")
[QUOTE=cricetus] What was David’s last song? I switched channels during the commercial break and missed it (wasn’t gone that long… must have not have been a commercial…) [/QUOTE] Aerosmith’s _Don’t Want to Miss a Thing._ ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/35 "2008-05-14T01:32:26Z")
[QUOTE=MoodIndigo1] It was far less interesting vocally than Peggy Lee’s, and not a quarter as sexy. [/QUOTE] It was very theatrical. I got the impression that she was auditioning for Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/36 "2008-05-14T01:35:54Z")
Week after week it winds up in the same spot. Archuletta is boring me to tears. Syesha is sexy and shows some good range but she has nothing to distinguish herself from a herd of female warblers. Cook can sing a variety and the choices today made him prove it. He is clearely the best and most likely to succeed. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/37 "2008-05-14T01:39:33Z")
Links as they appear (see 'em before they disappear) David Cook- [The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face](http://youtube.com/watch?v=NHxlH0EGoVQ) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/38 "2008-05-14T01:51:45Z")
Syesha [Fever](http://youtube.com/watch?v=hpfjd2C7Qv8) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/39 "2008-05-14T01:58:40Z")
Thank you, Archuletta, for stepping outside of your snoozy, ballady safety zone for your choice. And thank you for proving what I’ve long suspected – your voice is exceptionally mediocre when you’re not singing a snoozy ballad. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178/40 "2008-05-14T01:59:22Z")
[QUOTE=Long Time First Time] It was very theatrical. I got the impression that she was auditioning for Broadway. [/QUOTE] Exactly what I thought! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-13-and-5-14/449178.md?page=3)