# American Idol 5-3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170 "2005-05-03T10:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/21 "2005-05-04T00:01:42Z")
Noooooo! The first song! _sob_ ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/22 "2005-05-04T00:01:56Z")
Nah… I think it’s good that he was having fun with that song. And I haven’t heard it before, so it wasn’t ruined… ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/23 "2005-05-04T00:02:10Z")
I didn’t care for it at all. Paula is as intelligable as I’ve ever seen her. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/24 "2005-05-04T00:02:22Z")
Well Anthony sucked. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/25 "2005-05-04T00:03:33Z")
I think Paula’s trying really hard to seem sober and cogent. I actually kind of like her this way. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/26 "2005-05-04T00:04:12Z")
Doogie Howser did not do a good job tonight. I fear for the future and hope he doesn’t go home. Won’t somebody think of the children? _Confidential to Seacrest_: If you call him “Scotty the Body” one more time, **I am going to rip your 'nads out through your eye sockets**. Assuming you have any (nads, not eye sockets). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/27 "2005-05-04T00:06:51Z")
He’s not leaving until he’s a star, says Scott… Please… please, let him go… And why is Simon laughing? ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/28 "2005-05-04T00:07:07Z")
This is turning out to be Scott’s best performance by far. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/29 "2005-05-04T00:07:26Z")
It’s good to watch this show with your back turned. Scott sounds fantastic and looks bad. A-Fed sounded like crap but looked good. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/30 "2005-05-04T00:07:43Z")
Hey. Scott did okay with that song. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/31 "2005-05-04T00:10:45Z")
I’m not liking Vonzelle. I’m not liking not liking Vonzelle. Somebody better do worse. Perhaps A-Fed. Be he seems charmed. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/32 "2005-05-04T00:12:44Z")
Can someone please tell me what the “look” is that Scott is going for? Pillsbury doughboy on crack? What? And maybe it’s just me, but I find the cross obnoxious. Although it is less obnoxious than, oh, _everything about Scott_. Urg. I have such a visceral hate for him that I can hardly see straight. Is there a 12-step program for people like me? I think Vonzell is doing an OK, but not spectacular, job. Can’t tell because I don’t recognize the song. Tell me, if you know: Is the music of Leiber & Stoller very vocally challenging? Because it doesn’t sound as tough as some of the songs that have already been performed, but nobody seems to be doing a particularly good job. Show Tune Night was better. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/33 "2005-05-04T00:14:46Z")
No, I wouldn’t call their music challenging. Of course, that might make it harder to sing in a kinda spectacular way. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/34 "2005-05-04T00:17:46Z")
Oooh, now comes Bo… ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/35 "2005-05-04T00:18:26Z")
Bo is underwhelming me. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/36 "2005-05-04T00:19:02Z")
Now that I think about it… in his wedding-singing gigs… He probably has sung that song a few times before. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/37 "2005-05-04T00:19:27Z")
Okay, I just love Bo’s voice. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/38 "2005-05-04T00:19:32Z")
Hmm. Not what I would have expected Bo to pick. But he’s doing an OK job. He looks like an extra from the acid trip scene in “Almost Famous,” though. Can I join whatever cult he is The Leader of? I’d be willing to have The Leader’s babies. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/39 "2005-05-04T00:21:01Z")
Stand By Me is far to repetative. It was boring. We are now at the point where I like everybody-- yes, even Scott-- so I’ll be upset by whoever is voted out. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-3/302170/40 "2005-05-04T00:21:26Z")
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