# What!? No Idol thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209 "2007-01-31T01:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 31, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/1 "2007-01-31T01:41:06Z")
_tap, tap_ Hello? Is this thing on? I hate the baby-talking newlywed and the Pickler wannabe with the “Mah Daddy shot hisself in the throat and now he’s paralyzed” schtick, but I love the muppet-headed boy that wants to make David Hasselhoff cry. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/2 "2007-01-31T01:47:09Z")
I don’t understand how the Pickler wannabe got through. I also like the guy who wants to make David Hasselhoff cry. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/3 "2007-01-31T01:47:58Z")
I missed something - why is Paula not there? ---
**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 31, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/4 "2007-01-31T01:49:20Z")
I don’t think they said why, actually. Hair girl had a perfectly lovely voice, not right for the competition but I rather wish they’d been nicer to her. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/5 "2007-01-31T01:49:35Z")
[QUOTE=KSO] I don’t understand how the Pickler wannabe got through. I also like the guy who wants to make David Hasselhoff cry. [/QUOTE] What you said. I also liked the 17 year old performing arts school girl. ---
**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 31, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/6 "2007-01-31T01:51:05Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Tonya] _tap, tap_ Hello? Is this thing on? I hate the baby-talking newlywed and the Pickler wannabe with the “Mah Daddy shot hisself in the throat and now he’s paralyzed” schtick, but I love the muppet-headed boy that wants to make David Hasselhoff cry. [/QUOTE] My son’s comment on The New Pickler-- Your dad caught your wife cheating and he shot himself and now he’s crippled? That’s sooo southern! I liked helium-voiced girl and her husband. She seemed genuine and I like that in an AI contestant. I do not like all the fake attitude or the fake cry-for-me-my-life-sucks-crap-flavored-lemons-- and I liked her voice. P.S. I was gonna start the thread but I didn’t wanna seem like an AI whore-- even though I am. And then naked Harry Potter distracted me. . .. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/7 "2007-01-31T01:53:30Z")
I had already started two TV threads for tonight and didn’t want to hog the third. AI, can’t wait! ---
**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 31, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/8 "2007-01-31T01:54:34Z")
I hadn’t even realized until now, but we just don’t hear enough vintage Madonna on this show! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/9 "2007-01-31T01:55:05Z")
Another Pickler. _Whoooo-ee!_ Could somebody _please_ shoot me now? But not in the throat. ---
**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 31, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/10 "2007-01-31T02:06:48Z")
I read in Entertainment Weekly that there will be a songwriting competition for the song the winner will sing (they mentioned the god-awful song Taylor was forced to sing last year and that the only good song was Kelly’s A Moment Like This, the only song Simon chose) AND that 24 contestants will remain after Hollywood Week. This made me question exactly how much control Simon has. It seems he can and has been overridden by the show producers-- if you read the article it is obvious he doesn’t like that at all. Also, those 24 have to sing in front of the 3 judges again and then they pick the final 16, right? ---
**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 31, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/11 "2007-01-31T02:07:30Z")
“She crumbled right in my chubby little hand.” I liked that dude. ---
**Author:** ![turtle\_dove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@turtle\_dove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtle_dove)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/12 "2007-01-31T02:09:51Z")
I also like the mop haired young man who mentioned Hasselhoff. Clever, and could sing. Idol’s shouldn’t have to be model attractive. Why on earth did they let the yellow woman in there? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/13 "2007-01-31T02:21:33Z")
OK, _seriously?_ Birmingham scares me, a little bit. And it pains me to admit that My Favorite Moppet Mr. “Hasselhoff” bears _more_ than just a passing resemblance to my fellow high school choir nerd and arch-nemesis (Who Knows Exactly Who He Is). Which makes me wonder, lo these many 15 years later, if I actually had a _crush_ on him back then. … I’m sorry. _What_ was I talking about? Oh. _Yeah._ This episode was sub-par, for your average Bad Idol Audition Show, which leads me to secretly suspect that there are going to be quite a few Semi-Finalists who make it through from Birmingham. (What? The X-Files was on Fox – my conspiracy theories have to come from _somewhere_.) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/14 "2007-01-31T02:51:13Z")
I liked blond crippled daddy girl… with the blue T-shirt and ripped jeans. Jack Osbourne, too.(I don’t remember what he was wearing) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/15 "2007-01-31T03:25:45Z")
They said Paula had a “family commitment”. Not sure if that means someone was institutionalized or there was a wedding. I liked the Hasselhoff guy too, but when I try to picture him, Al Franken pops in my head. I think his name was Chris Sly, or something like that. The blonde with the family history that should be a country song – she didn’t say if the cheatin’ wife survived the shooting, did she? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/16 "2007-01-31T03:48:33Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] This made me question exactly how much control Simon has. It seems he can and has been overridden by the show producers-- if you read the article it is obvious he doesn’t like that at all. [/QUOTE] I think that’s why they don’t have Pop Idol in the UK any more. They replaced it with X-Factor, where Simon is a producer and calls all the shots. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/17 "2007-01-31T06:12:21Z")
Big Bird’s Grandma was amusing, Chunky Guarini was great, Brandy cracked me up, and the young, large gal towards the beginning of the show sounded like she was crying/grunting instead of singing. I didn’t care much either way for Helium Gal. Tomorrow, it’s L.A. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/18 "2007-01-31T06:16:12Z")
I said in an earlier thread that they ask for proof of age. I still don’t think I’m wrong about that on the young end of the spectrum, because they could never afford the legal hassles. But it appears that they’re lenient towards overage contestants for the freak factor. And Chris rocks. And I liked Helium Gal; she was as cute as a bag full of buttons. And Pickler 2.0 could bring it vocally, although I’m dreading having to hear her story again and again. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/19 "2007-01-31T06:48:14Z")
I didn’t catch the whole show. I was switching between Idol and the Perverts on NBC. But I think the highlight of tonight’s show would have to be Simon trying to open the locked door at the end of the show. After smirking at all the contestants who do the same thing. What goes around comes around Simon. And why the fuck is everybody (the media, not you guys) getting on Paula for drinking? So she has a few drinks. So what! She’s not impaired. She can do what she needs to do, and it probably loosens her up a bit to deal with all those assholes. (contestants _and_ Mr. C) Actually I think she’s kinda cute when she’s a little bit tipsy. Ha! Sometimes a sig just seems so pertinent. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209/20 "2007-01-31T07:20:19Z")
[Chris Sligh’s blog](http://americanidolmusing.blogspot.com/) (Jack Osborne dude). Eh, I’m not liking him so much after reading that. I thought he was hilarious on the show. That website – a bit arrogant. [His band’s myspace page](http://www.myspace.com/theexcitingmrbrown). He’s got a good voice, that’s for sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-idol-thread/390209.md?page=2)