GENERAL RULES
During the period of March 9 and 10th the top 16 performers will compete. On March 11, 2 men and 2 women will be eliminated and the top 12 will be announced.
By 3PM EST on Thursday, March 11th, you MUST email me your picks for the season. Your picks must be ordered from #1 to #12. #1 is your American Idol. #2 is your runner-up.
When that night's American Idol airs, you will receive 1 point for every correct finalist in your top 12.
On Wednesday, March 18, one person is eliminated. Accordingly, for every person you have correct in your top 11, you get 2 points.
The next week, for every person you have correct in your top 10, you get 3 points....so on, and so forth until the finale where, if you named the American Idol correctly, you will get 12 points.
The person with the most points wins!
DOUBLE ELIMINATION SCORING/JUDGES SAVE SCORING
This is how your entries will be scored during a double elimination episode. These are the same rules we used during the double elimination week during Idol Gives Back Week 2007 and during the first elimination episode in 2009 and the judges' save episode of 2009.
There are conceivably two ways the show will kick off two people:
1. The show eliminates two contestants at different points (e.g. - kick somebody off half way through the show and then the 2nd person at the end, or kick somebody off towards the end of the show and have him/her sing his/her song, and then kick out the other to end the show)
2. The show eliminates two people off together simultaneously (e.g. - at the end of the show, there are three people on stage, and the judges tell one person he/she has advanced meaning the other two have been kicked out)
If #1 happens, this is how we score it:
We run the scores as if the first person was eliminated in the previous week and the 2nd person was eliminated in the current week.
If #2 happens, this is how we score it:
Since it's impossible to tell who would have gotten kicked off first, we will score your sheet as if your lowest selected contestant who was eliminated was voted out in the previous week. Then, we will resume normal scoring.
PAYOUTS FOR FINISHING IN THE TOP 12
1st Place - $350
2nd Place - $200
3rd Place - $150
4th Place - $100
5th Place - $50
6th Place - $40
7th Place - $35
8th Place - $20
9th Place - $20
10th Place - $20
11th Place - $15
12th Place - $15
TIEBREAKER
If there is a tie in the final standings, this is the tiebreaker we have used for multiple seasons - when looking at two tied entries, the person who had called the most recent elimination correctly will win the tiebreaker.
So, if two people are tied at the end of the season, and person #1 correctly guessed the contestant who went out in Week 6 (when the field goes from 7 contestants to 6), and person #2 correctly named the contestant who went out in Week 3 (when the field goes from 10 contestants to 9), then person #1 hold the tiebreaker. That person called the more recent elimination correctly. Make sense?
SIDE POOL #1 - THE LOSER
To incentivize returners, we award the last place finisher $15.
SIDE POOL #2 - GUESSING THE AMERICAN IDOL RIGHT
There is a side pool of $200 for the person(s) who guess the American Idol correctly. If more than one person correctly guesses the American Idol, the pool $ is split evenly between/among them.
The side pool becomes void if more than 20 people correctly guess a contestant who ends up winning American Idol. This year, the pool is open for everyone who guessed their American Idol was anyone but Crystal and Mike.
This is no small feat:
In 2009, 2 of 106 entrants picked Kris Allen.
In 2008, 7 of 78 entrants picked David Cook.
In 2007, 0 of 51 entrants picked Jordan Sparks.
In 2006, 1 of 51 entrants picked Taylor Hicks.
In 2005, 2 of 17 entrants picked Carrie Underwood.
If you have any questions about scoring, please feel free to comment below or send and email to idolpool@gmail.com.
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