# American Idol Top 13 3/10... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969 "2009-03-10T16:00:27Z")\ **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 10, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/1 "2009-03-10T16:00:27Z")
This week, the top 13 singers compete and one is sent home. Which one will it be? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/2 "2009-03-10T18:28:55Z")
The theme is Michael Jackson songs. Try to come up with a better theme than that… you can’t beat it! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/3 "2009-03-10T18:34:06Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > The theme is Michael Jackson songs. Try to come up with a better theme than that… you can’t beat it! Michael Jackson songs from 2000 - Present :eek: ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/4 "2009-03-10T19:11:27Z")
this theme has all the makings of a bad karaoke train wreck! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/5 "2009-03-10T19:24:17Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > this theme has all the makings of a bad karaoke train wreck! Isn’t that the whole point of American Idol? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/6 "2009-03-10T21:43:28Z")
You guys are right… it’s bad! (Eventually you’ll catch on to what I’m trying to do and play along, I hope.) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/7 "2009-03-10T21:51:51Z")
Oh, I see. You wanna be startin’ somethin’? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/8 "2009-03-10T21:52:34Z")
Nah, I just want to rock with you. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/9 "2009-03-10T22:27:47Z")
So has there been any news about WHY there is a top 13 this year? I mean, it’s not like the talent pool is so amazingly awesome, like it has been some seasons. I really don’t understand it, though I heard that tonight they are going to explain how they will vote the extra person out. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/10 "2009-03-10T22:42:08Z")
I think it smacks of desperation. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/11 "2009-03-10T22:54:34Z")
I think they just enjoy screwing with Anoop’s head. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/12 "2009-03-11T00:01:26Z")
I don’t think the decision’s quite so black or white. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/13 "2009-03-11T00:03:26Z")
What did Simon do on the entrance that Ryan was talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/14 "2009-03-11T00:06:51Z")
THIRTEEN CONTESTANTS TOTALLY SHAKES UP THE COMPETITION!!!1! …and tomorrow night, two will be voted off, giving us the status quo after one week. ---
**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 11, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/15 "2009-03-11T00:15:05Z")
Pretty horrible theme. Not exactly a thriller. Lil Rounds (I still keep wanting to put an apostrophe in there) did about as well as she could with a POS song. It’s going to be a long night. ---
**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 11, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/16 "2009-03-11T00:21:12Z")
Scott is doing ok…in key, but kind of meh…ouch. He missed on the falsetto. Pretty mediocre, but he’s probably safe. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/17 "2009-03-11T00:23:13Z")
“It’s fine being artistic, just not on this show.” -Simon Cowell ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/18 "2009-03-11T00:23:48Z")
Paula said that it was really wonderful to see him with his instrument at his fingertips. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/19 "2009-03-11T00:28:14Z")
Lil can definitely give a performance, even if her white pants are weirdly poofy around the hips and butt. I liked her version of the song, even though Simon was right about the beginning. I remain ticketless for the Scott train. 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:** [March 11, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969/20 "2009-03-11T00:28:29Z")
> [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](#): > > “It’s fine being artistic, just not on this show.” > -Simon Cowell Translation: 90% of the people who vote for this show are brainless teenage girls. You have to play something simple and easy to recognize. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-13-3-10/488969.md?page=2)