# What, no American Idol thread yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435 "2006-03-07T22:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/1 "2006-03-07T22:08:53Z")
Here it is, Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. EST, and the latest _American Idol_ thread is on page 4 of Cafe Society. Until now, that is. I shouldn’t be starting the thread this week, people; I’m hardly even following the show this season. But I will say I’m glad of two things: first, that the character most reminiscent of Mackayla Gordon is gone already; and second, that I missed her farewell rendering of “Last Dance.” Seriously, is there going to be a thread today, or is everybody just going to buy a DVD of _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_ and blow off the show tonight? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/2 "2006-03-07T22:13:31Z")
Well, it’s women’s night. Paris will disappoint. Mandisa will save the day. And then the rest. What’s there to say? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/3 "2006-03-07T22:22:21Z")
I dunno. How 'bout: > [@](#): > > I HEREBY DECLARE THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT OPEN!!! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/4 "2006-03-07T22:59:54Z")
No Potter here. I just got the DVD of a BBC series, North and South, and will be watching that. I’ll be TiVo’ing Idol, and probably fast-forwarding to the judges’ comments. ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/5 "2006-03-07T23:24:29Z")
I’m a little post-shy after the crabiness of last week, but I expect I’ll be back after the to say that your favorite singers all suck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/6 "2006-03-08T00:55:00Z")
I’m here, getting on with my bad self. Just made some fresh Kool-Aid, so this will be fun! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/7 "2006-03-08T01:04:18Z")
Interesting… Doing Miami Sound Machine… I like her vocals, and she looks more youthful… She’s not disappointing… ---
**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 8, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/8 "2006-03-08T01:04:54Z")
Paris Sound Machine. This isn’t really a singer’s song. It’s just ah’ight for me. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/9 "2006-03-08T01:05:48Z")
**Lib** was right – Paris disappointed. Not a good song choice. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/10 "2006-03-08T01:09:26Z")
I’m having trouble remembering why I was so gung-ho about Paris originally. She’s been so mediocre. Can’t she find a middle ground between “Bubbe Ruth works up the nerve to sing her favorite song at Danny’s Bar Mitzvah” and “Dancing with the Stars”? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/11 "2006-03-08T01:11:00Z")
I am _not_ a fan of the dress-over-jeans look. It makes her look inexplicably and tragically hippy. (And anyway, didn’t Nina Garcia tell Kara Saun it was “over” _last_ year at about this time?) But I do appreciate how well Paris can pull off the turquoise eye shadow. That is _not_ a fashion statement for the weak. She’s cute, and an OK dancer. I wish she sang a little better tonight, but I already know she’s not the worst we’re going to hear. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/12 "2006-03-08T01:11:35Z")
What did it for me with Paris initially was her Billie Holiday during her audition; it was amazing, but she hasn’t lived up to that moment. ---
**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 8, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/13 "2006-03-08T01:12:38Z")
Cool. Lisa is about the last person I would have expected could pick up a guitar and play “Purple Haze.” Hendrix is my all time favorite musician. Lisa just got bumped up a notch in my esteem. She’s singing pretty well too. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/14 "2006-03-08T01:13:02Z")
Lisa… I liked her ballad… Nice… and sounds older… ---
**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 8, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/15 "2006-03-08T01:13:47Z")
Just got in so I missed Paris. And Lisa is underwhelming me. Also, I’d say why I didn’t start this week’s thread but civility prevents. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/16 "2006-03-08T01:14:02Z")
Simon is _exactly_ right about Lisa: She keeps singing all these too-old, grown-up songs, and right now she looks like she’s about 35 years old. What Lisa _really_ needs to do is crack open the Debbie Gibson catalog. Is she adverse to dancing or happiness or something? All her songs are so _serious._ ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/17 "2006-03-08T01:16:26Z")
I like Melissa… She looks so much better today than the other week… If she likes fast cars, she should sing Prince’s “Little Red Corvette”… ---
**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 8, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/18 "2006-03-08T01:16:27Z")
I always hated this song. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/19 "2006-03-08T01:17:33Z")
Is it just me or does the musical accompaniement sucks this week? Or perhaps I didn’t notice before? It sounds so bland… ---
**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 8, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/20 "2006-03-08T01:17:48Z")
Simon always says “karaoke,” but THAT was totally karaoke. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435.md?page=2)