American Idol Round of 11: A Horseplayer's Perspective

[brianwspencer]

For what it's worth, I was interested in how the "phone-in votes" ranking system I've been using would rank the final 11 based on their performances since I started ranking them, which was the round of 20 I believe. These are the cumulative totals and rankings through four weeks of ranking them. I think it's pretty darn close to how I feel overall -- the top is very obvious, the bottom couple are very obvious, and everyone in the middle is a crapshoot!

Totals:

1. Melinda -- 39.0 phone-in votes
2. Jordin -- 38.0 phone in votes
3. Lakisha -- 35.0 phone-in votes
4. Stephanie -- 32.0 phone-in votes
4. Blake -- 32.0 phone-in votes
6. Chris S. -- 30.5 phone-in votes
7. Gina -- 30.01 phone-in votes
8. Chris R. -- 29.0 phone-in votes
9. Haley -- 27.0 phone-in votes
10. Phil -- 26.0 phone-in votes
11. Sanjaya -- 21.0 phone-in votes

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

For what it's worth, I was interested in how the "phone-in votes" ranking system I've been using would rank the final 11 based on their performances since I started ranking them, which was the round of 20 I believe. These are the cumulative totals and rankings through four weeks of ranking them. I think it's pretty darn close to how I feel overall -- the top is very obvious, the bottom couple are very obvious, and everyone in the middle is a crapshoot!

Totals:

1. Melinda -- 39.0 phone-in votes
2. Jordin -- 38.0 phone in votes
3. Lakisha -- 35.0 phone-in votes
4. Stephanie -- 32.0 phone-in votes
4. Blake -- 32.0 phone-in votes
6. Chris S. -- 30.5 phone-in votes
7. Gina -- 30.01 phone-in votes
8. Chris R. -- 29.0 phone-in votes
9. Haley -- 27.0 phone-in votes
10. Phil -- 26.0 phone-in votes
11. Sanjaya -- 21.0 phone-in votes

Well, the only problem is that this will come down, as most contests do, to what have you done lately. I was bored today so I went to some news sites that had articles on last night, some interesting things I noted...those who wrote in (and I assume folks writing in are likely to vote)...mentioned Sanjaya more than all the others combined...about 60% favorably (the other 40%, in touch with reality, saw him for what he is). I'm afraid that this kid will be around awhile...he has a huge teenybopper following! A lot of attention to the little girl crying with lots of insulting remarks but one poster who claimed that she was there as part of Make a Wish Foundation...wonder how folks who see the necessity to poke fun at her will feel if that's true? Then again, they will probably feel nothing...as usual. People making fun of Melinda for not having a neck...interesting! All in all, it appears from the comments that Phil, Stephanie and Gina could be in trouble tonight...we'll see!