Suggested Questions For Viewers to Call In To American Idol To Enliven The Show

News Type: Other — Thu Apr 3, 2008 9:18 AM EDT

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As with Vacelts I find the weekly phone call questions on American Idol pretty insipid.

I decided to suggest some questions that would liven things up on the show.

Here are about ten. Feel free to suggest your own below

Question to Randy: You do realize most people – even clueless white people - stopped saying "dawg" and "yo" at least 3 years ago, right?

Question to Paula: What the hell does "pitchy" mean and are you sure you understand that your job as a judge is not to be a cheerleader for every single contestant right?

Question to Simon: Do you act more annoyed and irritated than you actually feel?

Question to David Cook: How do you respond to these complaints about not giving proper credit to the arrangers of the songs you did?

Question to David A.: How do you respond to the allegations your dad is, well, a bit of an asshat?

Question to Kristy – Did you choose the patriotic song because you feel particularly patriotic or because you knew it'd keep your chances on the show alive for the next two weeks?

Questions to the contestants (all must answer): What is the stupidest thing a judge has said to you so far in this show?

Which of the remaining candidates do you like least and why?

Which of the remaining ones do you consider least talented and why?

What musician would you least like to be your next mentor? 50 Cent? Weird Al?

Related: My American Idol Drinking Game

A Recap of Randy's Mangling of the English Question

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

(This one from Vacelts): Judges, what do you do to prepare for each show?

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2 votes

#1 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 9:18 AM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

11. Do you read the snarky commentary on this show from sites like
Television Without Pity? Because I'd love to hear the contestants reactions to this rant.

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2 votes

#2 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 9:36 AM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

The Television Without Pity recap of Tuesday's show is now up.

And I see my link didn't work right above so this was the rant I was referring to.

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#2.1 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 12:27 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Television Without Pity provides the best summary of the problem with David A.:
"So, as always with David Archuleta, the self-consciousness of the performance overwhelms what remains an impressive and precociously strong voice. I would probably like these performances so much better as straight-up audio. 'Course, nothing will make his little "hoo-ooo-ooo" tail on the end of this song sound anything less than cheesy. The crowd screams and the judges freak out, of course, but I wonder about this kind of praise becoming rote. More and more, I can see the Archuleta fanbase getting complacent one week and something weird happen. Or else we'll all be rendered deaf by his screaming mosh pit fans. I can't wait for the week the Jonas Brothers come to town and nobody's around to scream for him."

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#2.2 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:53 AM EDT

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vacelts

12. To those with records under the belt, do you think your past experience has given you an advantage on the show?

Good questions Scott.

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#3 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 9:56 AM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Ah, good one!

Similarly, what do you see as the purpose of American Idol? Is it to find amateur talent if so, see above. If it's to start a recording career they noted on Today, er, today that several past winners had their recording controls dropped - Ruben was one - and what they figure is when you're not on tv week after week fans "forget" how much they liked you.

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1 vote

#3.1 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 11:10 AM EDT

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Adam Hobson

Question to Paula: What the hell does "pitchy" mean and are you sure you understand that your job as a judge is not to be a cheerleader for every single contestant right?

She won't know, "pitchy" was Randy's thing.

Question to David Cook: How do you respond to these complaints about not giving proper credit to the arrangers of the songs you did?

People are stupid and don't pay attention when the songs are introduced. I've heard David or Ryan give credit to each and every song in the introductions whenever the arrangements were taken form someone else. It's just that the judges don't pay attention or do their homework at all, so they keep assuming they are original, and confusing the rest of the viewers.

Question to David A.: How do you respond to the allegations your dad is, well, a bit of an asshat?

You know his dad beats him after ever performance for not being better.

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1 vote

#4 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 10:20 AM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Paula has used "pitchy" as well. Even Jeopardy has made a "pitchy" question regarding Paula.

David was given an extra chance this week to thank those whose arrangements he used and I noted that in the seed I linked to. I'd still like to hear him talk about it, though.

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1 vote

#4.1 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 11:45 AM EDT

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Stacie-262456

Question to David Cook: If you make it to the finals, you'll be the first legitimate rocker to do so. What on earth are you going to do with the mandatory cheesy song that is undoubtedly going to be written for a prepubescent pop singer?

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2 votes

#5 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 2:40 PM EDT

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vacelts

Or to TPTB, will you let David Cook take that mandatory cheesy song in the finals and make it rock?

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2 votes

#5.1 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 3:59 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

What is TPTB? Hopefully he'll turn cheese into golden rock (sort of the music equivilent of alchemy).

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1 vote

#5.3 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 11:24 AM EDT

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vacelts

TPTB = The Powers That Be.

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#5.4 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 12:39 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Ah, ok.

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#5.5 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 12:46 PM EDT

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Tricie-262481

What song would you like to sing that has not been on any list you have been given that you believe if America heard you sing it, we would definitely vote for you?

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#6 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 3:41 PM EDT

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vacelts

That's a good question. Or how about which song did you sing and knowing how it turned out, you'd go back and change it if you could?

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1 vote

#6.1 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 4:01 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Excellent question. While some of my questions were half-kidding (meant more to cause trouble) yours is one I'd like hear them answer.

Why can't they ask them questions like that instead of having them tell us their damn astrological signs? Or maybe that's how Ramielle lasted so long, those of he rsign were supporting her en masse?

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#6.2 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 11:19 AM EDT

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Delores-262500

Why do Randy and Paula always interupt Simon when he gives his opinion and Simon never
interupts them? I think that is so rude and why doesn't someone give Paula talking lessons?
She is so painful to listen to when she tries to give her opinion of the singer she has a hard
time getting her remarks out it is so painful listening to her

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#7 - Thu Apr 3, 2008 4:38 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Excellent question. Related question: Why does Simon get tagged as the mean rude one when he's not only polite in not interrupting - except when Paula goes past the five minute mark about how unique someone is (note to Paula: everyone is unique) he even apologizes when the crowd disagrees with him, as a caller noted this week.

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#7.1 - Fri Apr 4, 2008 11:22 AM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

If you could choose the theme night/week what would you choose? Would it be one of the ones proposed at Vacelt's article?

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1 vote

#8 - Sun Apr 6, 2008 10:33 AM EDT

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vacelts

Scott asked me to add the following for him since he's offline:

Question to Producers: Why do you put people like Mariah Carey on Idol? The last thing we need is more divas.

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1 vote

#10 - Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:05 PM EDT

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