# American Idol 5/5 to 5/6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461 "2009-05-05T21:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/101 "2009-05-07T01:28:26Z")
I hate Gwen Stefani so much I had to put this shit on mute. ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/102 "2009-05-07T01:31:54Z")
Man, I love Gewn Stefani, and I had to leave the room once she started doing push-ups. That was so pathetic and try hard. You aren’t “Just a Girl”, you’re a freaking mother of two who no longer has a voice and looks like an asshole up there. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/103 "2009-05-07T01:34:56Z")
Intro sounded _awful_, and considering the over-the-top-produced-sounding group sings this year, it’s obvious that was live. Soooo… Paula suffers every minute of every day with horribly debilitating back pain, has struggled with addiction to painkillers as a result, and can still be slung around on stage like a rag doll? Uh huh. Gwen sounded awful… clearly needed to spend a little more time building up lung power/endurance before going out on tour. Can we get to the results already?? ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/104 "2009-05-07T01:35:59Z")
> [@mariposalabrown](#): > > Man, I love Gewn Stefani, and I had to leave the room once she started doing push-ups. That was so pathetic and try hard. You aren’t “Just a Girl”, you’re a freaking mother of two who no longer has a voice and looks like an asshole up there. I’ve said for the last 5 years that she needs to act her age. She’s fucking 38 or 39 years old! Thirteen years ago, that outfit was cute and age-appropriate, but now (along with the push-ups), it’s just sad. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/105 "2009-05-07T01:37:58Z")
Oh, almost forgot- got to give Gokey props for coming back and laughing at himself over the Dream On Debacle. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/106 "2009-05-07T01:38:59Z")
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!! Kris is safe! ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/107 "2009-05-07T01:47:27Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Oh, almost forgot- got to give Gokey props for coming back and laughing at himself over the Dream On Debacle. If there’s something I doubt, it’s that he actually laughed about him sounding like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/108 "2009-05-07T01:48:41Z")
I don’t dislike Daughtry, but dawg, this is pitchy, dawg. ---
**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 7, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/109 "2009-05-07T01:51:37Z")
Daughtry was Gokey 1.0. > [@bobkitty](#): > > YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!! > > Kris is safe! That’s bad news, It means that dialidol is right about Allison going home. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/110 "2009-05-07T01:54:45Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > That’s bad news, It means that dialidol is right about Allison going home. I’d actually be okay with that; I really think she needs to incubate a bit more before hitting it big. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/111 "2009-05-07T01:55:20Z")
Maybe it’s Gokey! We can dream for a few more seconds. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/112 "2009-05-07T01:56:54Z")
Sad but predictable ---
**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 7, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/113 "2009-05-07T01:59:19Z")
That was pretty cruel to jerk the audience around like that, making us think Gokey might have been gone, then spitting in our faces. It feels like Election Night 2000 all over again. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/114 "2009-05-07T01:59:27Z")
Very good sing out. I hope to see her again. ---
**Author:** ![Barrett\_Bonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/115 "2009-05-07T01:59:35Z")
That kid is amazing. ---
**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 7, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/116 "2009-05-07T02:00:22Z")
She should have been in the F2. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/117 "2009-05-07T02:09:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > She should have been in the F2. Of course! But, I’m thinking that all of the talk about Chris Daughtry’s “MOST SHOCKING DEPARTURE…EVER!!” was foreshadowing to Allison’s departure. I voted for about 10 minutes and only had 2 busy signals, so I had a feeling that Allison was going home. ---
**Author:** ![judikium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@judikium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/judikium)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/118 "2009-05-07T02:09:46Z")
Gokey lives to sing another day, while Allison gives one of the best sing-outs in recent memory. There is no justice. (Additionally, I scored zero points in the pool this week, but at least I wasn’t the only one. Wishful thinking. Oh well.) ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/119 "2009-05-07T02:13:17Z")
Ugh, I was typing to fast up there, I promise I know how to spell Gwen. Allison sang the hell out of that song, and actually made me teary eyed. Lord do I hate Gokey. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461/120 "2009-05-07T02:18:58Z")
Next week I’m voting an hour for Kris and an hour for Adam. If enough concerned citizens team up… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-5-to-5-6/495461.md?page=7)