American Idol Results Week 2 - it's Diana Ross week!

In what was one of the craziest Tuesday nights in history, it all boiled down to one thing - can you remember your lyrics?

For Brandon, the answer was "no", and so he saved the horrible performances of the creepy freak, the glassless Coldplay imitator, the sobbing girl, and, dare we say, the musical genius who decided to make "You Keep Me Hangin' On" not so much contemporary, but more circa-1983. Disagree? Watch it again here. It's the casio hand claps in the beat that makes us think early 80s. Plus, upon re-listening, he really sang that poorly.

Tuesday's show also featured the seemingly scheduled bi-weekly banter between Ryan and Simon about who is gayer....Is this funny anymore? Was it ever? Anyone? Does your attention span not go back to last night's show? Then, watch that clip here, but we can save a minute of your life by letting you know that Simon thinks that Ryan keeps high heeled shoes in his closet. Fabulous!

And, of course, the great Diana Ross tutored (we guess) what is now called the master class where she seemingly told almost everyone that they have to find their center or sing from their heart.

Then, she took the stage during Wednesday night's show and promptly had a major wardrobe malfunction when her giant red cloud cape came undone from her cloud cape hook on her left shoulder....She eventually was able to drop it to the floor where it sat like a giant red sofa of cotton candy for the rest of her performance. In an effort to separate herself from it, Ross eventually decided to meander over to the contestants where she put her arm around Melinda (extra screen time for her!) and let Chris R. sing a few words into her mic.....If someone knows how to find her center and sing her song from the heart, it's Diana Ross when she lets Chris R. sing it for her.

When it was over, she wouldn't shut up about how motivational the show is to America's youth. If you can't tell, we here at AI Pool HQ hate her.



ANYWAY, on to how Brandon's boot affected our pool!!!

Congratulations to the 7 entries who correctly named Brandon as their #12 - Jon, Julie, Kendra, Marsha, Rich, Will, and Zach & Sarah!

No one is 11 for 11. And no one is 10 for 11. The best people are now 9 out 11 (pretty pitiful), and there are 17 of them (1/3 of the pool!!!). They are Amy York, Brian, Brooke, Christy, Damian, Jane, Jen (not Jennie), Katy, Kendra, Lance, Lisa W., Mandy, MB, Matty, Rich, Will, and Zach & Sarah. So congrats to you peeps!


Looking at the leaderboard:


Lisa Wagner was able to retain her hold on 1st place even though she had Brandon out at #9. That is how strong her picks were last week. Lisa was 9 for 11 and had 18 points for the week giving her 28 for the season and a max score of 351.

But look out for Kendra!!! Kendra correctly named Brandon out this week giving her 9 for 11, too, which ALSO gives her 28 points for the season and a max of 351.

So, we now have a two-way tie for 1st!

And, breathing right down their necks are the 3 people tied for third - Amy York, Marybeth, and Matty! They also have 28 for the season and can max out at 348, just off the pace of the leading duo.

Right behind those three are Jane and the team of Zach & Sarah in a tie for 6th. Like the rest, they also have 28 points and can max out at 346.

So, you can see, it's still anybody's pool.....In fact, in addition to the 9 people listed above, there are 5 more who still can max out at 340 points or more (Chris S. at 347, Jen at 345, Julie, Lisa B., and Mike at 340), so everyone is still in it!!

Actually, that's not entirely true. Chris S.'s picks take a nose dive when creepy Sanjaya gets the boot next week. Right now, it seems like there are only 3 people out supporting Sanjaya: Chris S., marpo357, and Sabrina Sloan. Oh, and India.

Unfortunately, our youngest participant's picks took a nasty hit this week. Milly had Brandon #2, and even though she currently has 26 points, she can only max out at 272. Milly, it's time for you to start rooting for people like Blake and Stephanie to get out right now!!!!

Have any thoughts about the top 11, Diana Ross, who's gay, or aid for Africa? Post it here!!!!!

Week 2 Standings Here!!!!

Talk about Week 2 Here!

Well, the pool this week says Phil is going out, so he gets this week's picture....But we all know who it should be - Chris Serico's best buddy, Sanjaya. And seriously, does anyone but Serico want to hear Sanjaya sing a Diana Ross/motown song?

It's almost like the judges knew Sanjaya was going to make the top 12 way back when, so they scheduled motown/Diana Ross for Week 1 as an insurance policy for him not getting any further.

Anyone have any predictions as to who would sound good on what? Here's what I think is the key (I'm assuming Diana Ross is here because it's motown week and not stand on one leg week) - some motown songs don't go anywhere musically. I'll give you some examples off the top of my head of just Superemes songs that don't do much melodically - "You Can't Hurry Love", "Baby Love", "Stop! In the Name of Love"....those old motown songs are great, but they're horrible for a singing competition unless someone has some really creative ideas for them. If someone like Gina (who doesn't have an old school R&B voice) or Blake sings one of those songs, it could be an early exit.

But, not to fear, because Sanjaya sucks. Bad. Ugh. PS, my "India's voting for him" theory is holding water! The Times of India has an interesting story about him here including a bit of information that Simon has threatened to quit the show if Sanjaya wins. Has anyone heard that before, or is The Times of India making stuff up again?


So, looking at our picks, first place Lisa Wagner has 10 points, and last place Crystal Boyle has 8, so it's still anyone's pool! Lisa has Jared going out this week, so she needs one of the 2 people she was wrong about to go out. Unfortunately, she has Sanjaya still alive (why, Lisa?!), so she's really pulling for Haley or Phil to show up wasted, trip over the band, swallow the mic, and then give Paula sass.

That goes for almost all of you. What you want is to have as many people as possible still alive...It's way too early to pull for popular people to go out to try to make your move. So, if someone's in the top 12 that you didn't have, you obviously are rooting for that person to get out.

The only exception is for you people who had unconventional top 12s with people like Melinda, Blake, Jordin, or Stephanie out of the top 12. You would shoot up the standings if those people actually leave this week because they are very popular picks in our pool, and you are the only ones with them already out.


One last administrative thing - Mr. JoJo reports he has received almost everyone's $10 payments, and he and I thank you. If you haven't heard from JoJo, that's a good thing - it means he has received your payment. Believe me, you don't want to hear from him, and that's what I understand has happened with 6 or 7 of you. You do not want JoJo after you, so we strongly suggest you get your $10 in immediately.

Enjoy Tuesday's show!

A Look at The Pool's Entries

The Competition Committee has gone over everyone's entries, and we thought it would be fun to post some trends found in all your picks.

The first thing we did was average out all of the Idols' scores on all 51 of our sheets. This is how the Idols averaged out according to the 51 2007 American Idol Pool picks:

1. Melinda
2. LaKisha
3. Chris R.
4. Chris S.
5. Blake
6. Jordin
7. Stephanie
8. Sabrina (whoopsy)
9. Sundance (whoopsy)
10. Gina
11. Brandon
12. Phil

13. Jared
14. Antonella
15. Sanjaya (whoopsy)
16. Haley (whoopsy)


Going by the list above, here are the people in the pool who have each of these finalists the highest and the lowest...One key note here - there are only 3 people that everyone had in their top 12 (LaKisha, Chris R., and Chris S.). This means that there is a great amount of diversity in all the entries:

1. Melinda
35 people have her #1 (no winners pool payout if she wins). Chris Fitzgerald had her out of the top 12.

2. LaKisha
9 people (Chris F., Christy, Darby, Dina, Karen, Lisa W., Mark, Marsha, and Will) have her #1. Chris S. and Adele have her the lowest at #8.

3. Chris R.
Dave and Jen have him #1. Paul Fioretti has him at #12.

4. Chris S.
Matty and Brooke have him #1. Heather has him at #12.

5. Blake
Paul Peters and Jennie have him #1. 3 people (Chris Fitzgerald, Mark, and Suzanne) had him out of the top 12.

Yes, this means Chris Fitzgerald has neither the pool's #1 nor their #5 choice in his top 12.

6. Jordin
Chris Fitzgerald has Jordin the highest out of everyone at #2. Mike and Kendra had her out of the top 12.

7. Stephanie
Adele has Stephanie the highest at #2. 9 people had her out of their top 12.

8. Sabrina
Liz had Sabrina at #2, so that certainly hurts right out of the gate. 10 people had her out of the top 12 - great calls for you 10!

9. Sundance
Damian and Brooke had Sundance at #2 which hurts just as hard as Liz having Sabrina at #2. 6 people had the foresight to not include him in their top 12.

10. Gina
Meredith is the biggest Gina fan. She has her at #1. 10 people had her out of the top 12.

11. Brandon
Milly, the pool's youngest contestant this season, has Brandon the highest at #2. 9 people had him out of the top 12.

12. Phil
Mark has Phil higher than anyone else at #2. 26 people had him out. So, about 1/2 the pool was wrong on Phil.

13. Jared
Last year's #51, Peter B., had Jared the highest at #4. Unfortunately for Peter, Jared didn't make the top 12. 21 people had him out of the top 12.

14. Antonella
Mark had Antonella the highest at #6. She didn't make the cut, though, and 25 people called that correctly.

15. Sanjaya
Chris S. is the biggest fan of the little creepy freak Sanjaya. He has him at #7. 35 people, about 2/3 of the pool, had him out.

16. Haley
Only 4 people had Haley in the top 12 - Brooke, Chris F., Kendra, and Mark. No one has her higher than Brooke, who has her at #5. The remaining 47 people were dead wrong about Haley. Amazing.

Have any questions about peoples' picks? Post it here, and we'll address them.