Dear God, please give Megan the boot ASAP. Thanks for helping me out in season 2! Love, Ruben.
WEEK 3 STANDINGS
T1. Carol - 93 pts. (352 max)
T1. Katie - 93 pts. (352 max)
3. Becky - 93 pts. (346 max)
4. Denis - 93 pts. (331 max)
5. Julie H. - 93 pts. (322 max)
6. Damian - 92 pts. (345 max)
T7. Janene - 92 pts. (321 max)
T7. Will - 92 pts. (321 max)
T9. Stephanie B. - 92 pts. (300 max)
T9. Tom R. - 92 pts. (300 max)
11. Jonathan - 91 pts. (350 max)
12. Jane G. - 91 pts. (337 max)
13. Matty - 91 pts. (299 max)
14. Scott - 90 pts. (354 max)
T15. Mandy - 90 pts. (349 max)
T15. Tom L. - 90 pts. (349 max)
T17. Adele - 90 pts. (336 max)
T17. Brett - 90 pts. (336 max)
T19. Amy Y. - 90 pts. (328 max)
T19. Mark K. - 90 pts. (328 max)
21. Stephen - 90 pts. (309 max)
22. Kristin M. - 89 pts. (322 max)
23. Suzy M. - 89 pts. (308 max)
24. Mike L. - 89 pts. (307 max)
25. Emily - 88 pts. (347 max)
26. Team 'Tini - 88 pts. (329 max)
27. Jennie L. - 88 pts. (321 max)
28. Lisa S. - 88 pts. (312 max)
29. Corona - 88 pts. (308 max)
T30. Brian - 87 pts. (340 max)
T30. Team Wich - 87 pts. (340 max)
32. Stephanie S. - 87 pts. (333 max)
33. Jan M. - 87 pts. (320 max)
34. Kara - 87 pts. (316 max)
35. Stephanie H. - 87 pts. (306 max)
36. Jon - 86 pts. (339 max)
37. James - 86 pts. (319 max)
38. Dave L. - 86 pts. (305 max)
39. Jaime - 86 pts. (293 max)
T40. Jhonmar - 85 pts. (349 max)
T40. Melissa - 85 pts. (349 max)
42. Jan W. - 85 pts. (331 max)
43. DeDe - 84 pts. (325 max)
44. Brooke - 84 pts. (304 max)
45. Shelly - 84 pts. (303 max)
46. Amy L-P. - 84 pts. (280 max)
47. Anh - 84 pts. (277 max)
T48. Elizabeth - 83 pts. (336 max)
T48. Youssef - 83 pts. (336 max)
T50. Joelle - 83 pts. (331 max)
T50. Julie R. - 83 pts. (331 max)
T50. Lance - 83 pts. (331 max)
T50. Lauren - 83 pts. (331 max)
54. Tiffany - 83 pts. (324 max)
55. Lindsay - 83 pts. (321 max)
T56. Lisa B. - 83 pts. (318 max)
T56. Meredith - 83 pts. (318 max)
T56. Ryan - 83 pts. (318 max)
59. Kirk - 83 pts. (310 max)
60. Dave S. - 83 pts. (307 max)
61. Michael F. - 83 pts. (302 max)
T62. Karen - 83 pts. (301 max)
T62. Sue T. - 83 pts. (301 max)
64. Caroline - 83 pts. (294 max)
65. Ian - 83 pts. (291 max)
66. Harvey - 83 pts. (286 max)
67. Team Ringey - 83 pts. (253 max)
68. Cory - 81 pts. (334 max)
69. Joey - 81 pts. (329 max)
70. Jean Claude - 81 pts. (327 max)
71. Cathleen - 81 pts. (322 max)
72. Paul P. - 81 pts. (319 max)
73. Jess - 81 pts. (314 max)
74. Peter - 81 pts. (305 max)
75. Jenny M. - 81 pts. (289 max)
T76. Cindy - 81 pts. (282 max)
T76. Kristin & Taylor - 81 pts. (282 max)
T76. Paul F. - 81 pts. (282 max)
79. Mark N. - 81 pts. (278 max)
80. Marie - 81 pts. (272 max)
81. Team Menlis - 80 pts. (321 max)
82. Andy - 80 pts. (302 max)
83. Yvonne - 79 pts. (312 max)
84. Jabbar - 79 pts. (297 max)
85. Team O'Brien - 79 pts. (292 max)
86. Suzanne - 79 pts. (290 max)
87. Don - 79 pts. (282 max)
88. Marcia - 78 pts. (316 max)
89. Derick - 78 pts. (289 max)
90. Todd - 78 pts. (274 max)
T91. Jen S. - 78 pts. (248 max)
T91. Kendra - 78 pts. (248 max)
T91. Sheila - 78 pts. (248 max)
94. Madison - 77 pts. (291 max)
95. Mylisa - 77 pts. (269 max)
96. Jane L. - 77 pts. (262 max)
97. Judy - 77 pts. (256 max)
98. Marybeth & Lucy - 74 pts. (307 max)
99. Anne - 74 pts. (304 max)
100. Laurie - 74 pts. (296 max)
101. Shira - 74 pts. (294 max)
102. Kevin - 74 pts. (292 max)
103. Josh - 74 pts. (274 max)
104. Chris - 74 pts. (253 max)
105. Missy - 74 pts. (214 max)
106. Barb - 70 pts. (292 max)
8 comments:
Adam's singing was ridiculously good on Motown night. Nice to see he toned out the theatrical over-doing it for once. He kicked everyone to the side with that performance.
VFTW kept Megan alive for another week, as I predicted. Damn, they're strong.
Lil et al sounded *much* better lip-syncing to a fixed-up studio track than live, esp. on the song Shira & I thought she should sing (You Keep Me Hangin' On). So if it's really recording artists they're after, then evaluating live performances might not be the best approach --although it's far more fun!
I still don't understand the level of love for Adam, but since VFTW has him in their sites once they lose Megan, he probably won't be leaving soon, no matter what I think.
Sorry Derick--it looks like all signs are pointing to an Adam/Lil Rounds face off in the finals. Just the way they were both featured in the group sing last night made that seem inevitable to me.
I have not been an ardent Adam fan, but he blew me away this week.
On the other hand, I do think that the fact that Megan is still there and Alexis is long gone proves that America votes for appearance and likeability over raw talent.
Is it too late to change my top 12 list?
Are any of the rest of you impressed with our Idol Master's grasp of math? I guess I have to trust you, IM, and finally believe that I will never in a million years ever win this thing. I mean, who thought Scott could hang on this long?!
The math...
Everyone's true interim standing is best reflected by his "maximum points" and not the far less informative points accrued to date -though these will finally coincide in the end. Here's how to calculate how many max pts you lose each week.
If i > j (i.e. contestant j leaves sooner than you predicted), the j-th contestant's departure costs you (i * (i - 1) - j * (j - 1))/2, where i is the week you predicted the j-th booted contestant would depart --and j is 1 for Jasmine, 2 for Jorge, 3 for Alexis, 4 for Michael, etc.
So if (like me) you ranked Alexis 4th, thus predicting she would be the i=10th contestant to depart, her premature departure cost you (10*9 - 3*2)/2 = 42 max pts.
The scores can range from 91 (if your top 6 contestants get booted in the 1st 6 weeks, in any order) to 364 (perfect prediction), while anything less than 182 is worse than expected by chance.
For me, I'm not sure that I care about the statistical mechanisms - I think that the pool has existed for 5 years and has been just fine. With all due respect, I think the average person in the pool (me) is just fine with how it works.
WADR, I was really just trying to explain exactly how it *does* work (providing a compact formula), not suggesting a change, per se; but whatever...
Thankfully, IPM nicely calculates everything (incl max pts) for everyone every week, so I agree you don't need to understand how it's done-unless you find it helpful to better understand the overall scoring system, which is why I derived it for myself.
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