# American Idol auditions 1/20-21 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214 "2009-01-20T21:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/1 "2009-01-20T21:22:49Z")
I believe they’re showing these two nights in a row this week. See you back here later. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/2 "2009-01-20T21:51:17Z")
Don’t forget to watch Fringe afterward! 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/3 "2009-01-20T21:57:55Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > See you back here later. Yes, you shall. I must say, one of the biggest reasons not to start watching this show is that it demands four friggin’ hours a week. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/4 "2009-01-20T23:28:06Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I believe they’re showing these two nights in a row this week. > See you back here later. I’m puzzled by this. What I mean is, don’t they always show two nights in a row. And the 20th and 21st-- aren’t they in a row? What I mean is: Is this week different than the rest? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/5 "2009-01-20T23:30:55Z")
I guess a better way of putting that would have been “I believe that they’re not pre-empting tonight’s show with coverage of inauguration balls.” You know I’ll be here. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/6 "2009-01-20T23:53:26Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I guess a better way of putting that would have been “I believe that they’re not pre-empting tonight’s show with coverage of inauguration balls.” > > You know I’ll be here. Ah! Sorry for being so dense, **viva** ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/7 "2009-01-21T01:08:06Z")
Except for not being able to participate in the thread in real time, TIVO is the way to watch this show. Last week I watched every audition, skipped the human interest stories and the commercials, and it took about ten minutes. I don’t like the new judge. By the second day, she was taking over like she’d been there from the beginning. Seems like Randy, Paula, and Simon are okay with her doing that though. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/8 "2009-01-21T01:08:14Z")
Jesus, Paula, what the hell is wrong with you? The ass is strong in this one. I can’t believe they let her through. [[[[[[HATE]]]]]]]]]] ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/9 "2009-01-21T01:24:44Z")
I wonder if they put through slightly crazy mermaid girl in retaliation for bikini girl. Now they get to have a wet-n-wild catfight. ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/10 "2009-01-21T01:27:26Z")
WTF is that nonsense with bringing the children in? That’s a new height of putridity for AI. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/11 "2009-01-21T01:31:41Z")
> [@Sublata](#): > > WTF is that nonsense with bringing the children in? That’s a new height of putridity for AI. They needed SOMEWHERE else to go after blind guy and dead wife. All that’s left now is the Holocaust. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/12 "2009-01-21T01:36:56Z")
No it’s not- there was the large girl with the morbidly obese mom last year; they actually went outside to tell her what an awesome kid she had, even though she didn’t make it through. And they’ve done the kid thing before- the woman with the severely disabled kid (was that last year too?), Fantasia, etc. Kids are the ticket, really. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/13 "2009-01-21T01:39:28Z")
Timeshifting…coat guy = Zoolander ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/14 "2009-01-21T01:40:30Z")
Ten more minutes and then I’m bagging this for the season. ---
**Author:** ![Sublata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sublata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublata)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/15 "2009-01-21T01:42:17Z")
That is one fugly top Kara’s wearing. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/16 "2009-01-21T01:48:41Z")
I want Reynaldo back! ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/17 "2009-01-21T01:51:05Z")
Has Cara WATCHED this show? Seriously,what the hell was she expecting Simon to be like? Don’t think Wicked guy will make it through Hollywood. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/18 "2009-01-21T02:02:10Z")
Okay, so semi-longhair who came out with the golden ticket in his mouth was good! ---
**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:** [January 21, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/19 "2009-01-21T02:07:33Z")
Ok, Bohemian Rhapsody guy had a good voice and Sad Story II was decent but both were cruise-shippy. Not a great show tonight. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214/20 "2009-01-21T02:11:26Z")
The guys have it all over the girls this year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-auditions-1-20-21/482214.md?page=2)