# American Idol down to three **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887 "2006-05-15T19:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 17, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/21 "2006-05-17T00:16:51Z")
Dang it! I’ve missed everything up until now. “You are my eyes, Oscar!”\* Got to see Paula diss Kat. ---
**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 17, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/22 "2006-05-17T00:18:26Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Dang it! I’ve missed everything up until now. “You are my eyes, Oscar!”\* [QUOTE] If you get this reference, we must meet for lunch. ---
**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 17, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/23 "2006-05-17T00:19:32Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > Nobody watching? Not me. Tell me what you thought of the performances. Please! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/24 "2006-05-17T00:20:29Z")
Taylor still scares me… Simon looks younger than him… Paula is drunk, right?? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/25 "2006-05-17T00:21:17Z")
I think Randy and Paula just want it to be the two men in the final. My wife and I can not believe Taylor gets these positive reviews. He sucks! Oh, and is Paula drunk again? ---
**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 17, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/26 "2006-05-17T00:21:29Z")
So far, everyone has been boringly okay. Not great. Not terrible. Just meh. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/27 "2006-05-17T00:21:56Z")
I’m not paying attention to the performances… I want to see if they give out horrific songs so that they can botch them up. Kat apparently didn’t do good with Clive’s song choice, and Randy told her. Paula couldn’t quite diss her, and Simon defended her. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/28 "2006-05-17T00:29:25Z")
Is Simon giving Kat a backhanded compliment with the song choice? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/29 "2006-05-17T00:31:19Z")
And she’s on her knees again… She’s doing well… ---
**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 17, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/30 "2006-05-17T00:32:21Z")
That was great! Really. I knew it was right up her alley and she really sang the shit out of that song. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/31 "2006-05-17T00:32:25Z")
Miss California! ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/32 "2006-05-17T00:40:23Z")
Elliott’s first two songs were hard to judge. I think he sang beautifully but I don’t like either song, so that makes it hard to like. I hope he does well in song 3. Kat’s first song was very blah. Nothing really bad, but nothing to jump and shout about. She sure looked gorgeous though. Over the Rainbow was just awesome. Best performance ever. Taylor’s first song was not that good. He sounded kinda hoarse or strainy. His second song he looks so uncomfortable singing! I hate the way he hunches over and tightens his knees up. I’m not impressed with him at all. Can’t wiat for their own choices! ---
**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 17, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/33 "2006-05-17T00:40:37Z")
I liked Kat better than Taylor. Kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/34 "2006-05-17T00:41:47Z")
Wow, Kat sung a song without grinning! I actually liked it! Maybe I should always watch her with my eyes closed. Her mannerisms in the first song made me want to shoot my TV. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/35 "2006-05-17T00:46:22Z")
Hmm…I think I should have said sang instead of sung above. But is it swam or swum? I am bummed that Taylor didn’t do the voice-crack at the end. And I just can’t take that song seriously ever since something I heard on This American Life…Ira Glass (I think) calling that song the “backhanded compliment” song. It starts off so nicely, “You are so beautiful”…then a pause…“well, to me, anyway”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/36 "2006-05-17T00:49:05Z")
So I wasn’t the only one who thought Taylor didn’t look too happy singing the second 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 17, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/37 "2006-05-17T00:49:31Z")
Sadly, I agree with Simon about Elliot. ---
**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 17, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/38 "2006-05-17T00:51:20Z")
Back on the hate wagon. You CANNOT sing “I ain’t got nuttin but the blues” and smile. Hate. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/39 "2006-05-17T00:58:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Back on the hate wagon. You CANNOT sing “I ain’t got nuttin but the blues” and smile. > > Hate. THANK YOU! Damn, woman\*, do you have no clue? “Ain’t got no telephone numbers” wink waggle waggle. “I ain’t got nothing but the blues” Grin grin!!! Kat has no soul. \*Err, Kat, not Biggirl. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887/40 "2006-05-17T01:01:58Z")
Elliott was singing “What You Won’t Do For Love” to me. At least I’m pretty sure he was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-down-to-three/356887.md?page=3)