Idol Contestant Begs for Votes Due to Her Advanced Age

Jeanine Vailes, Bartender

Knows how to make a whiskey sour

How does Jeanine Vailes make a whiskey sour? Just by singing to it.

In American Idol last night, Ms. Vailes sang (and we use the word loosely) the Maroon 5 song, "This Love." It was truly awful and the judges critiqued it as such.

Jeanine, who evidently has no pride, literally begged them to say something positive about her performance. Randy Jackson obliged by telling her the best part was when it was over.

Jeanine then went on to repeatedly mention that she is the oldest contestant (at 28 she is obviously just days away from receiving her first Social Security check), as if she should be in contention just because she can't come back next year and try again, you know, unless they make the cut-off age 62.

Begging like that is really unseemly, and even though Ms. Vailes has terrific legs she does not have any singing talent. How she got this far is a mystery.

Oh, and note to all contestants: When Ryan Seacrest gives the phone number that your adoring fans can call to vote for you, don't hold up your fingers indicating the last digit; i.e. three fingers for the number 3. If you do that, I don't care how good you sang, I won't vote for you. Just sayin'.