# 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:** 14
**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 10, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/261 "2006-03-10T01:48:41Z")
I don’t believe it! Neither does Kevin! ---
**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 10, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/262 "2006-03-10T01:48:46Z")
Who let the twins out of jail? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/263 "2006-03-10T01:49:14Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I get the feeling that Ayla isn’t used to failing at anything. She’s taking it pretty hard. [/QUOTE] Yeah. It almost makes me feel bad that I didn’t vote for her. Then I remember she’s the kind of girl who would have made fun of me in high school, and I feel a _little_ bit better about it. My lord, I am a _terrible_ person. ---
**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 10, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/264 "2006-03-10T01:50:04Z")
I hope it’s not Gedeon. I was just warming up to the kid. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/265 "2006-03-10T01:50:50Z")
I only started watching this show last year – are there often really painful singouts like that one? Ouch, I couldn’t watch. I really didn’t want Melissa to go because I felt so bad for her the way it seemed that Simon had predetermined her leaving. But I was a bit sad to see Ayla go when she did. She finally didn’t seem robotoic in the last song. ---
**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 10, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/266 "2006-03-10T01:53:58Z")
Bucky over Gedeon? That’s a surprise. ---
**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 10, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/267 "2006-03-10T01:54:17Z")
Can’t say I’m too sad or surprised. ---
**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 10, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/268 "2006-03-10T01:55:30Z")
I think Gedion is a better singer than some in the final 12 but it’s not about only the voice. He creeped a lot of people out. Me included. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/269 "2006-03-10T01:56:55Z")
I’m surprised. Darn that Kevin. I was sad, until Gedeon started asking us to pray for him. Think it was intentional that Seacrest talked over the proclamations of being saved? ---
**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 10, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/270 "2006-03-10T01:57:07Z")
Awesome sing out. Gedeon is a way better singer than Kevin. That’s too bad. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/271 "2006-03-10T01:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] I think Gedion is a better singer than some in the final 12 but it’s not about only the voice. He creeped a lot of people out. Me included. [/QUOTE] Well, there is that too. I’m sure he is a nice guy, but he somehow reminds me of a serial killer… ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/272 "2006-03-10T02:00:02Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s a surprise but she’s probably better off with her basketball scholarship anyway. Agreed. I was shocked too. I was expecting Melissa to go home. Well, Melissa won’t last long in the finals anyway. Whatever happens, I don’t doubt that this will be a men’s final. I can see most of the women being voted off one by one. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/273 "2006-03-10T02:03:23Z")
OK, what in the _hell_ just happened? Bucky over Gedeon? _Kevin_ over Will? I mean, I like Kevin and think he’s adorable, but … _what?_ I am so confused. And a little disappointed, actually. Melissa, Kevin, and probably Bucky are just cannon fodder, I think. Or else Kevin is the new A-Fed. Or the new John Stevens. Or … **gasp!** … _the new Clay_. I’m scared. Somebody hold me. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/274 "2006-03-10T02:05:12Z")
Durn it. I thought for sure Kevin or Bucky were going home tonight. Gedion may have been a little creepy, but he was way more talented than those two. I’m utterly flabbergasted. I actually liked Wills performance last night. He sang well and seemed to be enjoying himself. Still, he wasn’t in the same league as the rest. No surprise that Kinnik and Ayla went home. Kinnik had the goods, but she couldn’t put them together for one solid performance. Ayla just picked the wrong song. ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/275 "2006-03-10T02:08:16Z")
Kevin looked more shocked than anyone to hear that he’d made it through. I felt sorry for Ayla. I mean, she’s just a kid, and she just got what is probably the first real disappointment of her life on live TV. Poor thing. Hubby and I giggled, though, when seacrest announced that either Ayla or Melissa would be leaving. Did y’all see the way they looked at each other? No huggy, hand holdy, good luck stuff there. Each of them was clearly thinking “Die, bitch!” You could practically hear them hissing. ---
**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 10, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/276 "2006-03-10T02:15:14Z")
[QUOTE=Nightingale] Hubby and I giggled, though, when seacrest announced that either Ayla or Melissa would be leaving. Did y’all see the way they looked at each other? No huggy, hand holdy, good luck stuff there. Each of them was clearly thinking “Die, bitch!” You could practically hear them hissing. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that went along handily with Seacrest’s “You all a little close and almost became friends.” Dunno why I thought that was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/277 "2006-03-10T02:17:16Z")
[QUOTE=aceyoung] I made it! So what happens now? Does one contestant leave each sbusequent week? or two? I was shocked also-Kevin, Ayla (did any other contestants cry when they left?) and Bucky. What? Was it offensive for Gedeon to mention being saved? Mandisa did (back when) [/QUOTE] Congrats! Can you do Franky Valli next week? And yeah, I think it’s one down at a time from here on out. ---
**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 10, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/278 "2006-03-10T02:17:40Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Yeah, that went along handily with Seacrest’s “You all a little close and almost became friends.” Dunno why I thought that was hilarious. [/QUOTE] You all _are_ a little close and almost became friends. is what he said. ---
**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 10, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/279 "2006-03-10T02:27:16Z")
[QUOTE=aceyoung] I made it! So what happens now? Does one contestant leave each sbusequent week? or two? [/quote] One a week. > [@](#): > > What? Was it offensive for Gedeon to mention being saved? Mandisa did (back when) I wasn’t offended by Gedeon but I WAS offended when Mandisa did it. Gedeon is just a really God-happy kid. I don’t think he meant to sound arrogant or anything. Also, his dad just died so that might have had something to do with it. When Mandisa pulled out Jesus it was in the context of a sanctimonious “I’m such a better person than you” forgiveness speech to Simon. ---
**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 10, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435/280 "2006-03-10T03:22:04Z")
Well, on to next week. It’s time to make your predictions/preferences known. Wouldn’t it be cool if we got some old school Stevie instead of “I just called to say I love you,” and “Part Time Lover” all night? - Chris oughta sing (and will sing, I’m sure) “Higher Ground.” He’ll know the song because the Red Hot Chili Peppers did it, and I think he’ll do it justice. - Kevin should sing “You are the Sunshine of My Life,” for the grannies. - If Mandissa sings “Boogie on Reggae Woman,” I’ll be all at once a fan. - Taylor should sing “Living for the City,” it’s totally his kind of song. - Paris can sing “Don’t You Worry About a Thing,” because her name is in the lyrics. - Does Elliot have the balls to sing Fingertips? Is that an instrumental? Well, that’s what I meant by balls. Ok, how about “Superstition”? - Lisa… oh, somebody has to sing “I Just Called to Say I Love You.” It’s a Star Search song for a Star Search contestant. - Ace can sing “Isn’t She Lovely,” and get back into the upper registers so he can make our ears bleed. - Kellie can sing “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,” and work in a story about writing her Daddy who’s in prison. I’m having trouble with Bucky and Melissa. Bucky’s too country, and doen’t have the range for Stevie. I’ll give him, “I Was Made to Love Her,” done country. Melissa… “A Place in the Sun.” Katherine… get this. She can sing “Get Happy.” Yes, the one Judy Garland sang. Yes, Stevie does it too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-american-idol-thread-yet/347435.md?page=15)