# Idol finale **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728 "2009-05-17T06:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/101 "2009-05-21T01:32:02Z")
Wow! I thought their Ford Music Video song was very well done. And KISS!!! SANTANA!!! And now Steve Martin?!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/102 "2009-05-21T01:44:45Z")
I thought Rod Stewart was going to fall down the stairs. He is hammered. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/103 "2009-05-21T01:46:21Z")
I really think they should do another spin-off of American Idol for the under 50 crowd. Have it so the contestants sing more modern songs and the guest performers aren’t old enough to be my grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/104 "2009-05-21T01:49:28Z")
God, I missed Tatiana!! 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/105 "2009-05-21T01:50:21Z")
> [@dgrdfd](#): > > I really think they should do another spin-off of American Idol for the under 50 crowd. Have it so the contestants sing more modern songs and the guest performers aren’t old enough to be my grandfather. They did. It was called Rock Star. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/106 "2009-05-21T01:51:40Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I thought Rod Stewart was going to fall down the stairs. He is hammered. I wasn’t thinking that he’s hammered, just that he’s OLD. Seeing that performance makes ME feel old. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/107 "2009-05-21T01:54:02Z")
I’m not watching live, but I think I just had a heart attack. Whoa!!! I vote for age over young beauty, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/108 "2009-05-21T01:57:27Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > I’m not watching live, but I think I just had a heart attack. Whoa!!! > > I vote for age over young beauty, if you know what I mean. Just saw **Kara the bikini girl** vs. **bikini girl** , did you? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/109 "2009-05-21T01:58:56Z")
A pro pos closing song. “We are the Champions” I think Adam will be doing a Show in Vegas in 5 years. Kris can have a solid but unspectacular career. I would rather watch Adam, would rather listen to Kris. But I would buy an album from Allison. Congrats to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/110 "2009-05-21T02:00:58Z")
Feel free to spoil it for those of us at work, please. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/111 "2009-05-21T02:01:15Z")
Ok, on more useless remark. Steve Martin and John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on AI? This show might just have hope yet. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/112 "2009-05-21T02:01:58Z")
And the winer is Kris Allen!! ---
**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 21, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/113 "2009-05-21T02:02:53Z")
Fucking fundies. ---
**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 21, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/114 "2009-05-21T02:04:26Z")
Wow! ---
**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 21, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/115 "2009-05-21T02:04:38Z")
YAY!!! I would’ve been happy either way but… YAY!!! ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/116 "2009-05-21T02:04:46Z")
Dio, do you have any evidence that “fundies” made the difference? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/117 "2009-05-21T02:05:00Z")
Reallllllly??? Huh, I had a hunch it would go that way. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/118 "2009-05-21T02:05:45Z")
They sing head to head and Adam crushes him. But it is about votes ,isn’t it? A popularity contest. ---
**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 21, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/119 "2009-05-21T02:09:16Z")
Kris really isn’t a tenth the singer that Adam is. I honestly don’t get him at all. He’s completely bland and ordinary. He sounds like every dude you see playing in a cofee shop. I honestly don’t think he’s any better than I am, and I’m completely average as a singer. I don’t have anything against him personally, but he’s the least deserving winner they’ve ever had. Adam didn’t deserve to get screwed like that just because bigoted fundies think they have a duty to stop a homo from winning. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728/120 "2009-05-21T02:10:12Z")
if you haven’t figure it out, ITS KRIS!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idol-finale/496728.md?page=7)