# American Idol: 5/9-5/10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117 "2006-05-09T20:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/41 "2006-05-10T00:35:43Z")
**swoon!!** ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/42 "2006-05-10T00:35:53Z")
I hate “In The Ghetto” But I LOVE Taylor’s version. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/43 "2006-05-10T00:36:13Z")
Taylor did much better with this song. It’s nice to hear him sing without the spastic dancing. ---
**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 10, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/44 "2006-05-10T00:37:26Z")
Not feeling too well and typing is too much trouble. But I feel like I’m letting my friends down by not commenting. P.S. I hate everybody today. Everybody sucks. They should be making me feel better and yet I still feel like shit on a stick. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/45 "2006-05-10T00:37:27Z")
Taylor … _the hell?_ I know _this_ song, and I hardly recognize it. I don’t like this arrangement _one teensy bit_. It’s very Marc Cohn, and not in a good way, either. Gaaaah. Not that “In the Ghetto” is one of Elvis’s best songs anyway, but ewww. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/46 "2006-05-10T00:37:36Z")
I missed the first half of the program, how was it? I can say I give props to Taylor for singing “In the Ghetto”… That’s the one I said in the previous thread I’d be psyched if someone sang it. But the chrous was not as high pitched as I expected… He still creeps me, especially with his movements. And he can stop saying “Soul patrol”. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/47 "2006-05-10T00:39:58Z")
I’ll satisfy Chris… Diogenes, sadly, Taylor didn’t sing it in Cartman’s voice, that would have been hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/48 "2006-05-10T00:40:30Z")
I didn’t particularly like Chris’s performance that much. ---
**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 10, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/49 "2006-05-10T00:40:41Z")
I thought that was a little listless and humorless for Chris. It’s weird but I felt his performance was kind of overshadowed by JPL. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/50 "2006-05-10T00:43:09Z")
_Oooooh_ … Chris did my #1 and #3 all-time favorite Elvis songs (in order). His diction on “A Little Conversation” is impeccable. Good on him. Not a great performance, but not terrible – I like to think he is saving something for next week, and hopefully the week after. Since these spoilers are turning out to be right on, I am a little disappointed that nobody is singing my #2 favorite Elvis song (which is actually sometimes my #1 favorite, depending on my mood at the time): “It’s Now or Never.” It would have been a good choice for Elliott. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/51 "2006-05-10T00:43:18Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > …JPL. Jet Propulsion Labratory? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/52 "2006-05-10T00:44:38Z")
Yes, I do know how to spell laboratory. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/53 "2006-05-10T00:46:46Z")
Underwhelmed by Taylor. Just didn’t care for the second song at all. Chris was amazing right up until his weird ending. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/54 "2006-05-10T00:47:21Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > > > …JPL. > > Jet Propulsion Labratory? [Jon Peter Lewis](http://www.jplewismusic.com/), the “pen salesman” from Season 3. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/55 "2006-05-10T00:47:46Z")
All of Elliott’s songs sound the same. And once again, I just don’t care to hear anymore. ---
**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 10, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/56 "2006-05-10T00:48:34Z")
Awwww poor **Biggirl**. I hope you get all the motrin, chicken soup and chocolate ice cream you need to feel better soon, we’ll need you here tomorrow! Elliot did metric assloads better with song 2. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/57 "2006-05-10T00:48:51Z")
I think Gomer sounded good. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/58 "2006-05-10T00:49:19Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > [Jon Peter Lewis](http://www.jplewismusic.com/), the “pen salesman” from Season 3. Thanks. This is my first Idol season, so I don’t get most of the references to previous contestants. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/59 "2006-05-10T00:49:22Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > All of Elliott’s songs sound the same. And once again, I just don’t care to hear anymore. And, furthermore, there is not a rebellious bone in his body. I also think the judges need to have their hearing checked… best performance? PUH-LEEZE! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117/60 "2006-05-10T00:50:52Z")
BTW, I like whoever dressed up Elliot tonight, he looks better than other occasions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-5-9-5-10/356117.md?page=4)