# Squee!! American Idol 4 premieres tomorrow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242 "2005-01-17T21:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/1 "2005-01-17T21:27:27Z")
I’ve seen a bunch of teaser commercials so far…we have the wretched girl saying “Not too shabby” when asked how she thinks she did, and Simon making a horrible face. We have Paula doing a spit-take. We have a horrendous rendition of the National Anthem. We have three really sluttly looking girl doing pretty fair harmony on It’s Raining Men. So…what do you think this season has in store? Any comments on the previews? I hope it’s better than last year’s…I think the field that made it to the finals was pretty weak overall, and I hated hated hated Fantasia. Guh. I love the early audition weeks…nothing like a good healthy dose of schadenfreude!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/2 "2005-01-17T21:46:06Z")
[American Idol scuttlebutt](http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news/14291569) So they’re going to guarantee half of the semifinalist spots to men. As long as they’re good men, that’s fine by me. I got a little sick of every week turning into a diva-off anyway. That article also says celebrity judges will be a part of the audition process, and I believe I saw a clip of Mark McGrath participating on something this morning. Bring on Simon in his tight v-necks, I say! I’ve been missing his chesticles. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/3 "2005-01-18T02:33:15Z")
I liked the promo where a guy was caterwauling his way through “All By Myself.” After he was done “singing,” Simon said, “Keep singing like that and you _will_ be.” ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/4 "2005-01-18T03:14:30Z")
I can’t wait! The only crummy thing is I have a class from 6 to 9 every Tuesday night, and I’ll have to tape it. Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/5 "2005-01-18T14:18:38Z")
I canceled my cable subscription six months ago. _Today_ I am overwhelmed with a crushing wave of regret! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/6 "2005-01-18T19:47:43Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > I canceled my cable subscription six months ago. _Today_ I am overwhelmed with a crushing wave of regret! ☹ Since when is American Idol on cable? Get a cheap antenna at Radio Shanty and hook it up man! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/7 "2005-01-18T20:02:20Z")
If I _wa_s a man, I would no doubt know what you are talking about. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/8 "2005-01-18T20:26:45Z")
**Dung Beetle** , are you in Tallahassee? I’ll be watching all alone but I’d love have someone to snark with. And no, I’m not creepy, lonely, or crazy. I just don’t have any friends that watch this show. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/9 "2005-01-18T20:37:16Z")
Actually, **Susie** , if I did live in Tallahassee I’d accept your offer with glee. But Gainesville’s just too far away to drive up there twice a week, even for American Idol. I figure I’ll miss out on the early shows, but get some kind of plan together by the time it really starts rolling. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/10 "2005-01-18T20:44:27Z")
Heh, s’ok. You don’t want to hear me singing along, anyway. Every time someone gives a particularly horrendous audition, I sing aloud just to prove I could have done better. Which…no. Not usually. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/11 "2005-01-18T21:02:48Z")
You should come visit _me_…and my karaoke machine! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/12 "2005-01-18T22:50:37Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6827114/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6827114/) > [@](#): > > While celebrity judges will still be around, with the likes of LL Cool J, Brandy, and Gene Simmons weighing in, now they’re relegated to the audition phase of the competition. Wait, Gene Simmons? That might be okay if this were a wet T-shirt contest. But singing? Heck, even other members of Kiss are more qualified. Was Paul Stanley not available? That right there is nearly the end of the show for me. This used to be a show for real singers, of which “The Demon from KISS” is the antithesis. What moron in programming came up with this? What’s the ol’ tone-deaf wonder going to say? “Well, your vocal control is very nice, but this is rock’n’roll, not La Scala, so you need to tease your hair more & learn to spit blood onstage.”? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/13 "2005-01-18T22:59:36Z")
The celeb judges are relegated to the auditions only? Does that mean I won’t get to see my long wished for metal night with Ozzy as the guest judge? ---
**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:** [January 19, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/14 "2005-01-19T01:25:46Z")
So far I like that music teacher with the dreads. I agree with the judges that it’s nice to hear someone just sing the melodies without all those damn runs. ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/15 "2005-01-19T01:53:45Z")
Hee!! Simon just called the horrific performance that wouldn’t end “bizarrely dreadful”. 😃 I never cease to be amazed by the people who think they’re really, really good and actually suck. Like the heavyset girl towards the beginning who got rejected and came out crying that she was one of the good ones who got passed on, because she totally wasn’t one of those idiots who can’t sing who come down and are in denial about how good they are. Ummm…wow. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/16 "2005-01-19T01:59:02Z")
Toni Braxton should have run into the audition and slapped that fool. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/17 "2005-01-19T02:02:48Z")
I hate “God Girl” already. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/18 "2005-01-19T02:15:18Z")
She thinks she looks like Sharon Stone? If only you could harness the delusion in these people… ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/19 "2005-01-19T02:16:33Z")
The spanking was great, the singing not so much. Bwahahahaha 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242/20 "2005-01-19T02:23:56Z")
“You sound like you’ve _got_ something.” 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squee-american-idol-4-premieres-tomorrow/285242.md?page=2)