# American Idol - Final Two (SPOILERS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069 "2005-05-23T11:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/21 "2005-05-24T23:46:49Z")
> [@Queen Tonya](#): > > Hmm, I dunno, I never detected any sort of ‘anyone but her’ vibe Ooo! Ooo! Pick me! Pick me! I would go for anyone but her – except Scott Savol. I might skip the finale because I know he’ll be there. But, anyway, I don’t care for Carrie, but I don’t actively hate her, either. She’s just meh. ---
**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 24, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/22 "2005-05-24T23:58:07Z")
What is this dreck that Bo is singing? He was getting drowned out by the band at first but picked it up at the chorus. A decent job with an insipid song. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/23 "2005-05-24T23:59:49Z")
Hmm. I really DO NOT like this “Long, Long Road” song. I love Bo, but he sounds terrible. Am I a bad person? Wait … Randy doesn’t like the song either. If I am not mistaken, these songs were “assigned” by the producers, right? Please tell me Bo did not choose that mess. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/24 "2005-05-25T00:03:24Z")
I think in the finals they always start with something that was written for the show. They always suck and the judges always blame the contestants for the suckage. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/25 "2005-05-25T00:06:38Z")
Gads, this is even worse than the Bo song. She’s bombing with it too. She sounds screechy and out of key. Unusual for her. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/26 "2005-05-25T00:07:23Z")
Ooof … Carrie does not sound as good as normal. I mean, she is not my favorite, but she is a good singer, and it’s hard to tell right now. She’s flat all over the place. Is it nerves? A bad arrangement? Weird acoustics from being in a different theater? What in the heck is going on here? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/27 "2005-05-25T00:08:27Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Gads, this is even worse than the Bo song. She’s bombing with it too. She sounds screechy and out of key. Unusual for her. **Dio** , get out of my head! I don’t even like it in there. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/28 "2005-05-25T00:10:54Z")
Poor Carrie. Her relative lack of professional experience is showing. She looks like she’s going to cry, or yack, or wet herself, or all of the above at once. Of course, I imagine I would feel the same way, so close to all that Seacrestness. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/29 "2005-05-25T00:10:59Z")
What was Bo singing? And what was Carrie singing? And, is it me, or do they both not sound as good as they usually do? ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/30 "2005-05-25T00:12:51Z")
On preview, I see that Dio has explained all. > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I think in the finals they always start with something that was written for the show. They always suck and the judges always blame the contestants for the suckage. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/31 "2005-05-25T00:13:32Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > so close to all that Seacrestness. 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/32 "2005-05-25T00:17:02Z")
Drowned out by the band again. I wonder if they’re trying to sabotage Bo by mixing him way down. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/33 "2005-05-25T00:17:14Z")
I also hope they get a better band next year. They sound like the band at Disneyworld. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/34 "2005-05-25T00:18:29Z")
Bo: That was YUMMY! Much better. You know, I never heard this song before Bo did it. Whoever said reality television had no redeeming qualities? ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/35 "2005-05-25T00:18:51Z")
Damn it **Dio**? ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/36 "2005-05-25T00:23:32Z")
Nails on a chalkboard. I hate this yodelly, country-pop junk. I can’t judge it impartially. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/37 "2005-05-25T00:23:38Z")
I was hoping she wouldn’t do “Independence Day” again. Hee, Bo’s family is wearing sunglasses. ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/38 "2005-05-25T00:25:02Z")
That should have been “Damn it, Dio!” with an exclimation point, not a question mark. For reading my mind again. I thought Carrie was very off-key. What’s going on with her? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/39 "2005-05-25T00:25:18Z")
You have never heard of Vehicle? I’m not a pro at these, but they’ve played that song in many 70’s inspired shows and movies. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069/40 "2005-05-25T00:25:20Z")
Does it sound to anyone else like Carrie is singing completely through her nose? Or is it just me? The tone of that vocal didn’t do much for me. She didn’t sound very good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-final-two-spoilers/305069.md?page=3)