# American Idol week of 3/2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034 "2010-03-02T20:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/101 "2010-03-03T22:35:53Z")
Ugh, I hate to be _that_ poster, but does Hulu or any other online repository (like FOX) have the performances online anywhere? I missed last night and I’d like to catch up. Quick check of [AmericanIdol.com](http://AmericanIdol.com) only shows a recap of the episode, not the full performances. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/102 "2010-03-03T23:59:12Z")
Yeah, I hope Crystal is okay, too. I find her irritating, too, but I want her to lose fair and square, not be disqualified by a stupid health condition. ---
**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 4, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/103 "2010-03-04T00:50:47Z")
Usually you can find some on Youtube. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/104 "2010-03-04T01:03:59Z")
From about halfway down her neck down, Ellen looks like an 80-year-old. It’s very disconcerting. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/105 "2010-03-04T01:07:53Z")
This song already has a gospel feel to it. That’s not a “spin.” This is very ordinary. It’s a song with no range. very easy to sing. She’ll sail through by milking the diabetes angle, though. John Fogarty walks all over this bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/106 "2010-03-04T01:08:22Z")
HOW much time do they allow for the songs in these rounds? It seemed like Crystal sang for about 30 seconds. That was so many miles ahead of everyone yesterday. It’s just a whole different league. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/107 "2010-03-04T01:10:29Z")
If these judges knew anything about music, they’d know what an easy, lazy song choice that was. That tune has a difficulty level close the floor. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/108 "2010-03-04T01:14:18Z")
So were 90 percent of the songs last night. The difference is that she was actually good and engaging with it. The guys sang easy songs and sucked at it. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/109 "2010-03-04T01:15:37Z")
Thanks, **Drain Bead**. I figured FOX would be all over anyone who posted their stuff on YT. Crystal: Very good performance. I don’t really like this type of music, but she does it well. Much, much better than the crapfest from last week, which was the first time I’d watched AI this year. I honestly didn’t hear any talent in her whatsoever, and couldn’t figure out what people were hearing when they said she was good. But this was definitely good. “Misunderestimated?!” Simon, you’ve gotta be kidding me. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > John Fogarty walks all over this bitch. WTF? Is there really a need to call her a bitch? ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/110 "2010-03-04T01:15:56Z")
I thought the guys sucked too. I generally expect to see people who can perform a song better than I can. That was competent, yes, but ordinary. No better than anyone playing at any piano bar at any hotel. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/111 "2010-03-04T01:17:46Z")
I really hate this song (it’s a truly amateurish composition), but it’s not so annoying when Haeley’s singing it. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/112 "2010-03-04T01:19:27Z")
No 16-year-old of mine will ever wear a skirt that short. Haeley sounds like cats in heat running up a chalkboard. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/113 "2010-03-04T01:20:41Z")
That was much more entertaining than Bowersox. She just has a much more pleasant personality. I think the judges just don’t get her. She’s over their tiny heads. Kara really doesn’t know anything about music and should not try to express opinions about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/114 "2010-03-04T01:21:10Z")
When Haeley thinks she won’t hit a note, she tends to just not sing it. Until she gets to the big, soaring choruses and then she’s just all over the place. Yes, Kara, Haeley needs about a year of work on her voice. So they never noticed this in several weeks’ worth of auditions? Bastards. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/115 "2010-03-04T01:22:10Z")
I don’t get the criticism at all. It’s just way too harsh. She wasn’t that bad. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/116 "2010-03-04T01:23:14Z")
> [@Rachael\_Rage](#): > > When Haeley thinks she won’t hit a note, she tends to just not sing it. Until she gets to the big, soaring choruses and then she’s just all over the place. > > Yes, Kara, Haeley needs about a year of work on her voice. So they never noticed this in several weeks’ worth of auditions? Bastards. That’s a good point. If they thought she wasn’t ready, then why did they put her through? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/117 "2010-03-04T01:25:54Z")
Crystal-Great, best of the season maybe. Haely-Nice kid, send her home please. Over my tiny head too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/118 "2010-03-04T01:27:22Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Ugh, I hate to be _that_ poster, but does Hulu or any other online repository (like FOX) have the performances online anywhere? I missed last night and I’d like to catch up. Quick check of [AmericanIdol.com](http://AmericanIdol.com) only shows a recap of the episode, not the full performances. Try [rickey.org](http://rickey.org) too. I just saw Crystal’s song there because I tuned in late. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/119 "2010-03-04T01:29:51Z")
Yeah, listening to Haeley when we could have had Angela Martin in her last year of eligibility sucks. I don’t like what Lacey is doing with this song at the beginning, but once the music picked up it got a bit better. Still not good, though. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034/120 "2010-03-04T01:32:17Z")
Bah, I didn’t think Lacey conveyed any emotion of the song at all. Apparently I’m alone, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-week-of-3-2/531034.md?page=7)