# American Idol March 13-14 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798 "2007-03-13T21:22:01Z")\ **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:** [March 13, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/1 "2007-03-13T21:22:01Z")
Okay, you know the score: The Twelve perform tonight. Tomorrow, one goes home. And on that note…See you later! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/2 "2007-03-13T22:00:12Z")
As good a place as any to make mention: You’ve got two hours before the entry deadline in the [American Idol Results Prediction Contest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=411767). Get those submissions in! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/3 "2007-03-13T22:22:15Z")
In case you were wondering, or living under a rock for the past week (as apparently I was), tonight’s guest judge-slash-mentor-slash-shill is Diana Ross. From [AmericanIdol.com](http://www.americanidol.com/news/view/?pid=336): > [@](#): > > \*World-renowned artist Diana Ross will work with the Top 12 finalists this week on AMERICAN IDOL tonight 8/7c, and will perform on the results show tomorrow 9/8c. The contestants will perform songs from the Diana Ross and the Supremes songbook. > > In a remarkable career spanning four decades, Ross has proven to be the consummate music artist, as well as one of the iconic female singers of all time. Beginning in the 1960s as lead singer of the world-renowned group the Supremes, and later as a solo performer, Ross achieved the unprecedented feat of 18 No. 1 singles in the U.S., rivaled only by the Beatles for the position of the biggest hit group of that generation. > > In 1970, Ross moved to a solo career and for over three decades has continued to produce chart singles and sell-out tours, at the same time showing herself to be a successful business woman. Her many accomplishments include an Oscar nomination for her first film role, an extraordinary performance as Billie Holiday in “Lady Sings the Blues.” She recently returned to the U.S. charts with her highest-debuting album in two decades, “I Love You.”\* I’m not going to try to guess who’s singing what, but I hope it will be good. For reasons alien even to me, there is a special place in my heart for Miss Ross. I just really hope she doesn’t give anyone the Li’l Kim treatment tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/4 "2007-03-13T23:12:25Z")
Gonna have to TiVo and watch later, as I have to go to my kid’s band concert tonight. Can’t wait to see the Diana Ross treatment, though. My gut tells me she’s gonna be HARD on those kids! BTW, if you want a good laugh, go to iTunes and look at her “Celebrity Playlist”. It’s where celebrities offer up a list of their favorite songs. It can be really interesting to see what they like to listen to (_Harry Connick, Jr. likes The Clash?!?_). Diana Ross’ list: All Diana Ross songs! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/5 "2007-03-13T23:21:07Z")
If anyone refers to her as “Miss Ross” I think I’ll puke. That shit needs to stop. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/6 "2007-03-13T23:21:49Z")
Please, please, please, I said it last week and I’ll say it again, and maybe that will work: NO “Stop! In the Name of Love”. And NO “You Can’t Hurry Love” either, not even the Phil Collins version. Especially not the Phil Collins version. OK, what are the chances neither will be sung? Not good. OK, one or the other, but not both. PLEASE. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/7 "2007-03-13T23:30:30Z")
[QUOTE=rockle] For reasons alien even to me, there is a special place in my heart for Miss Ross. [/QUOTE] I hold a warm place for her as well. But I don’t like her elitist attitude. Maybe the last few years have brought her back down to Earth. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/8 "2007-03-13T23:48:11Z")
[QUOTE=Girl Next Door] (_Harry Connick, Jr. likes The Clash?!?_) [/QUOTE] Well, don’t we all? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/9 "2007-03-14T00:07:26Z")
I never noticed exactly how much Diana Ross sounds like Barbara Walters. My back was turned and I thought it was Barbara. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/10 "2007-03-14T00:13:46Z")
Brandon was kind of boring and forgot the words. He’s still pretty likeable, though and there are others who suck a lot more than he does. I think he’ll survive the 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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/11 "2007-03-14T00:14:08Z")
Well, at least we got Can’t Hurry Love over with. I can’t believe Brandon forgot the words. That wasn’t good at all-- even beyond the fact that I don’t like his voice. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/12 "2007-03-14T00:14:48Z")
Brandon: Oh dear, tonight is off to an inauspicious start. Flat the whole way through, screechy on the high notes, and even forgot the words. This does not bode well… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/13 "2007-03-14T00:18:10Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Please, please, please, I said it last week and I’ll say it again … NO “You Can’t Hurry Love” [/QUOTE] Sorry, **gigi**. That being said, I actually kind of liked Brandon. He’s very understated. Although I’m afraid he might be _too_ understated. Still, I thought the judges were a little harsh, although not _entirely_ wrong. At least give him _some_ credit for going first, or something. I think he would have done a better job with a “smaller” arrangement – more piano, maybe an acoustic guitar, and less “big band.” Also … I apologize for perpetrating a fraud. I thought Diana Ross was going to be a guest judge this week, but she was only a mentor. Disappointing, because her hair is _fabulous_. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/14 "2007-03-14T00:21:51Z")
Melinda _sounds_ great but this song blows. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/15 "2007-03-14T00:23:16Z")
Uh oh. Pauler is blubbering. Is she off the wagon already? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/16 "2007-03-14T00:23:20Z")
Brandon was bad. Not quite Antonella bad, but not worthy of the Top 12. For a guy with performing experience it was even worse. I think the Seacrest - Cowell riffing was scripted, but… whoa, fellas! Not a fan of the Melissa song choice. What the hell song is this? I have a crapload of Diana Ross here and I’ve never heard that one. Meh. Diana’s greatest work was from the early 80s, with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Get off the crack, Paula, please! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/17 "2007-03-14T00:25:46Z")
**Hippy** , the song is from The Wiz. I do not like this song at all. Why was Melinda crying? Are those shoes hurting that bad? ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/18 "2007-03-14T00:26:01Z")
Maybe someone will sneak in something from _Lady Sings the Blues_. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/19 "2007-03-14T00:27:47Z")
Sligh is doing “Endless Love?” This song eats ass. He’s trying to do it more up-tempo but his pitch is off. Better in the chorus but not enough to keep the song from sucking. I like Sligh, but this is horrific. This is cruise ship bad. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798/20 "2007-03-14T00:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] **Hippy** , the song is from The Wiz. I do not like this song at all. Why was Melinda crying? Are those shoes hurting that bad? [/QUOTE] Should have done “Ease On Down The Road.” Sligh is destroying “Endless Love.” The Coldplay treatment isn’t working at all. Big bowl of suck so far. Diana has a great catalog, what are these people doing with it?!? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-march-13-14/395798.md?page=2)