American Idol :Who will be the next American Idol?

After 38 episodes of American Idol and lots of predictions by me (some right some wrong), we are left with the 2 most popular contestants. In the words of Ryan Seacrest, we have the acoustic rocker versus the glam rocker, Conway versus California, the guy next door versus the guy liner (lol). It now comes down to Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. 2 opposites with their own unique appeal. Who will win this season’s American Idol? This is …. My final prediction of the season.

Adam and Kris each sang 3 songs, one favorite of the season, one chosen by Simon Fuller and one new song co-written by Kara DioGuardi. I felt that both contestants did very well in their first 2 songs but struggled with “No Boundaries” the song Kara co-written. So performance wise I feel that it is a draw. I’m surprised how Kris upped his game and gave his best performances of the season. This season is definitely a close one. Who do I think will win?

As usual let us see the iTunes Review Rankings (which is sometimes accurate heh)

1) Kris Allen – Apologize (1347 ratings) Heartless (3286 ratings) Total: 4633
2) Adam Lambert – Crying (1319 ratings) One (1497 ratings) Total: 2816

Oh my god! For the first time ever, Adam Lambert does not have the highest number of ratings. Kris Allen has so much more ratings this time round. Maybe fans of the ousted idols have all decided to support Kris Allen. Adam Lambert now has only his own fans to count on. Will this reflect the number of supporters Adam and Kris have? If it does, Adam is in deep trouble. I’m not sure if its real, but last week, only 1 million votes separated these 2 guys. Kris Allen has turned from a dark horse to a legitimate contender for the top prize. I have predicted against Kris Allen for the past 2 weeks and have been proven wrong. What should I do now?

I know! I should predict that Kris Allen will win and my unlucky streak in predictions will make Adam the winner he he. If Kris Allen wins my prediction is correct, if Adam Lambert wins I will be happy cause I like him better lol. Both ways I win! Woo hooo.

Okay, final prediction: Kris Allen to win American Idol!

After tomorrow's results, I will be eagerly waiting for the start of the third season of our very own Singapore Idol!! This time, I can actually vote for my favorites!

P.S: What a stupid final prediction by me. I should be ashamed of myself. Go Adam Lambert!

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site, iTunes, watchingamericanidol.com, examiner.com)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 4

I got it wrong last week. I'm shocked that Allison got out, American Idol seems less lively without her. Why Allison why??

Being handicapped without the iTunes Review Rankings made my predictions less accurate heh. Fortunately for me, this week the amount of ratings and reviews can be seen and hopefully the numbers reflect the positions (like most weeks) of the 3 musketeers left, which will make my predictions more accurate.

One think for sure, without any help for the iTunes Review Rankings, anyone can predict that Adam Lambert will be in the finals with another round of outstanding performances. Simon predicted that Adam Lambert will win American Idol on Oprah! I think he totally outclassed Danny Gokey and Kris Allen and most of the previous contestants of past seasons. His range is just amazing. Although I must say all 3 of them gave great performances.

Okay, without further ado, let us see last week's iTunes Review Rankings so that I can predict who will join Adam Lambert.

They changed the iTunes American Idol download page for the top 3 and I must say it looks very nice.

iTunes Link - Support your favorites and order this week's performances now!

Here is your iTunes Reviews Ranking base on last week's performances

1) Adam Lambert - 1549 ratings / 225 review (avg 4.5 stars) Duet - 1078 ratings, 148 reviews
2) Danny Gokey - 635 ratings / 152 reviews (avg 3 stars) Duet - 396 ratings, 67 reviews
3) Kris Allen - 565 rating / 115 reviews (avg 4.5 stars) Duet - 396 ratings, 67 reviews

Adam's amount of ratings shows just how popular he is. These high numbers have been consistent throughout the season. As for Danny and Kris, they have been up and down almost every week. So despite Danny's horrible last note last week, he is still higher than Kris Allen. Maybe most of them are bad ratings ha ha. He has an average of only 3 stars. Duet wise Danny and Kris share the same numbers because they sang together (duh). I think Simon is worried that Adam's fans will get complacent and not vote as much so he reminded them to vote heh. This will surely ensure Adam's safety. As for the fate of Danny Gokey and Kris Allen, both gave great performances, but I guess I will just follow the the rankings and predict that .....

Kris Allen will go home (sorry girls again)

He is the best looking out of the 3 I know, but I think he is the weakest vocally. As what the judges say, this is a singing competition after all. I'm sure all 3 will go on to make their own albums though.

I predicted that he will go home last week and was wrong :( Maybe he will prove me wrong again but I will stick to my prediction. Let's see if I'm right later.

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site, iTunes)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 4

Yes I got it right again last week! Buuuuttttt ...... hmmm something weird has happened to the iTunes ratings and reviews. It has too little ratings that no amount is listed! It's either
1) Out of a sudden
2) Nobody in America likes all the contestants anymore
3) There are some technical problems on iTunes
4) They did it on purpose as they do not want to disclose the number of ratings and reviews because it is such an accurate indicator of who will be out!

Now that my most powerful tool is gone, I have to give my weekly prediction based on my gut feeling. Oh well, I guess I have to drink my can of Coca Cola to make me smarter. Gotta love those product placements in shows heh.

This week is rock week and I think Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta must be delighted. Adam was of course the best performer of the night (what a surprise ..) and Allison in my opinion is the second best of the night so I'm sure both of them will be save this week. The Adam and Allison duet was also very good. (I wonder why they added duet into the competition, are they following Taiwan's version of American Idol, "One Million Star" where they have duets every now and then. Maybe they will have duets with superstars in future season just like "One Million Star".)

I think Kara is in love with Adam. Last week she said something like she opens her mouth whenever Adam Lambert is infront of him (which reminded me of a recent south park episode featuring the Jonas Brothers heh), and this week, she wears the same jacket as Adam. I won't be surprised if she rushes to buy his album when it comes out in the future.

The other 2 contestants Danny Gokey and Kris Allen showed that rock isn't their thing today. Danny's final note/scream was like a girl screaming for help! Kris Allen didn't do much better, I thought his performance was quite boring. Their duet was quite nice though, although not as good as the Adam and Allision show.

I don't have the iTunes Reviews Ranking due to the reason stated above so I can't see who is the least popular last week :( Let me just put the iTunes Reviews Ranking of the week before (minus Matt Giraud) and see if its helps.

1) Adam Lambert - 1428 ratings / 326 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) Kris Allen - 1240 rating / 348 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) Allison Iraheta - 602 ratings / 211 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
4) Danny Gokey - 428 ratings / 128 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)

*Matt Giraud was last

Adam was surprisingly in the bottom 2 last week (fake?), so I guess all his fans will be panicking and will call and sms till their fingers get blisters. His performance was amazing so that would help too. Allison would be safe too due to her performances and the image transfer of Adam to her after their duet. The 2 who are in danger are as stated before, Kris and Danny. If you look the rankings, Danny is last and should be out, but that ranking is the ranking 2 weeks ago and is quite outdated. Now that there is only four of them, Kris's voice seemed weak as compared to the other 3, and based on previous rankings where Kris has always been yo-yoing up and down. So I think it should be Kris Allen at the bottom instead of Danny.

My Prediction: Kris Allen to go Home (Sorry girls)

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 5

Now that there are only 5 contestants left in the competition and all 5 of them performed well last night, it will be harrrrrrrd to predict anything base on the performance. So this week, I will just base my prediction solely on the iTunes Review Ranking. Simon predicted that Allison Iraheta might be in trouble tonight. Will he be right? Or will the iTunes Review Ranking be as spot on as last week (damn should have predicted base on that last week).

Here is your iTunes Review Ranking based on last week's performance ....

1) (1) Adam Lambert - 1428 ratings / 326 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) (2) Kris Allen - 1240 rating / 348 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) (3) Allison Iraheta - 602 ratings / 211 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
4) (5) Danny Gokey - 428 ratings / 128 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) (4) Matt Giraud - 267 ratings / 82 reviews (avg 4 stars)

Adam Lambert must be feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeliiiinnnnggg good right now. He has been ranked number 1 in the iTunes REview Ranking for like forever! His has been consistently performing brilliantly every week which really justifies his top ranking every week. I have never seen any idol contestant perform so well every single week before. I've said before and I will say it again. He will win this season's American Idol for sure heh, the finals will be the easiest to predict. So it's a fight between the rest of the 4 contestants to join him in the finals. At the moment Kris Allen seems to be the favourite to join Adam Lambert in the finals.

One of the 4 potential runner-up to American Idol will be going home later tonight, and the contestant I predict will be Matt Giraud. This prediction is based on my usually reliable iTunes Review Ranking. Sorry Matt Giraud and fans.

Will the ranking system once again proof to be an accurate indicator?

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 7 part 2

Last week Matt Giraud was saved by the judges so we still have 7 contestants this week. However, 2 contestants are going home later today. Will Matt Giraud be safe this week? Or will the other contestants "safe" him?

This week's theme is disco, but not many of the contestants sang upbeat songs which kind of disappointed me. It seems like everyone wants to be Adam Lambert, all trying to be special and make a disco song slow heh. No one can surpass him though. Adam Lambert is definitely going to become the American Idol this season, unless something dramatic happens.

Because this week's show was rather boring, I realized I was more interested with some other things that happened during the show rather than the contestants singing. I'm not sure if I've seen Danny Gokey's sisters in the show before, but I just realized how hot they are. I also noticed that when they are showing Adam's supporters, the caption was "Adam's Family", you know like the movie The Addams Family? The Addams Family snap snap ... Lol! Adam Lambert's fans can call themselves "The Adam's Famly"! Hey, it sounds better than claymates right? Allison Iraheta also did her usual "before the break" funny routine, this time with Danny Gokey. She looks so funny with his specs on lol. The Allison funny routine has been a lucky charm for contestants. Those paired with her will always be safe which means this week Allison and Danny will stay in the competition. Who will join them in the safety seat?

Lets see last week's idol iTunes ranking ...

1) (1) Adam Lambert - 964 ratings / 254 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) (6) Kris Allen - 926 rating / 189 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) (2) Allison Iraheta - 339 ratings / 75 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
4) (4) Matt Giraud - 316 ratings / 96 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) (3) Danny Gokey - 296 ratings / 69 reviews (avg 4 stars)
6) (5) Anoop Desai - 251 ratings / 84 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
7) (7) Lil Rounds - 160 ratings / 49 reviews (avg 2.5 stars)

The ranking is pretty much the same except for Kris Allen's usual yo-yoing around. One week's he's hot another he's not! Luckily for him, this week he's hot and together with his great performance will guarantee his passage into the top 5. Seems like Danny Gokey is getting a little boring and has dropped to 5th spot, he should be safe this week though. I think it's quite obvious that the 3 contestants who are in danger are Matt Giraud, Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds if you base it on their performance and rankings. They were all also in the bottom 3.

Matt Giraud is becoming more like a Justin Timberlake wannabe, Lil Rounds is at her usual unoriginal self and Anoop had a very bad last note. These 3 contestants I think will all be out by next week, but I wonder which 2 will go out this week. Last week I was choosing between Matt and Anoop to go out and flipped a coin to decide. The coin made me choose the wrong guy so this week I will make a guess base on my gut feeling heh. Hey gut, who will be out this week?

Okay, my gut tells me that the 2 guys will go home this week and Lil Rounds will survive and sing "Survivor" by Destiny's Child if it is allowed in next week's theme. However, she will still be out heh.

So final prediction: Matt Giraud and Anoop Desai to hold hands and go home this week.

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 7

This week, due to time constraints, they only allowed 2 judges to comment for each performance which I think is quite unfair. Those who don't have to listen to Simon might have a slight advantage heh. Adam once again proved that he is the next American Idol (I think I can copy and paste this sentence every week). I think they can compile all the recordings of his performances and come out with an album which will easily sell millions. Other than Adam, I don't think there are other outstanding performances. I think currently, the only 2 idols I look forward to seeing every week are Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta.

How did the idols fare last week on iTunes?

American Idol: iTunes Top 10 Chart (the numbers in bracket are the positions they were in last week)

1) (1) Adam Lambert - 2975 ratings / 540 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) (5) Allison Iraheta - 486 ratings / 89 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) (3) Danny Gokey - 293 ratings / 63 reviews (avg 4 stars)
4) (4) Matt Giraud - 289 ratings / 54 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) (6) Anoop Desai - 276 ratings / 85 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
7) (2) Kris Allen - 161 rating / 34 reviews (avg 4 stars)
8) (8) Lil Rounds - 109 ratings / 25 reviews (avg 3 stars)

As usual, Adam is at the top and Lil at the bottom. But for Lil, I think the iTunes ranking don't matter much as seen on previous weeks. Allison is back to number 2 (go Allison!). Danny and Matt are seating safely on the 3rd and 4th spot respectively. Wow (I used it again for Kris lol), seems like not many people like Kris's last performance, he dropped from 2nd to 7th! He is like a yoyo. I think he will be safe this week, but more bad performances from him and it will be the end of the road for him.

This week the only safe contestants I think are the top 3 in the iTunes ranking, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey. Lil Rounds might still be safe as she was in the bottom 3 last week and her fans will work extra hard to vote for her. Too little female contestants left in the competition for one to be out this week too.

So the 3 contestants who are I think are in danger of going home are Matt Giraud, Kris Allen and Anoop Desai. Based on the iTunes ranking Kris is in danger, but after surfing around and looking at some polls he seems too popular to be out this week. All his female fans will definitely make lots of calls. The bad comments the Randy made will surely make his fans work extra hard. So it's now narrowed to Matt Giraud and Anoop Desai. Coincidentally, both guys sang songs by Bryan Adams and received comments from the Randy and Kara ha ha. Matt was on the receiving end worse comments from the judges but Anoop is lower in the iTunes Ranking. Damn it's a tough choice!. Okay I'm going to flip a coin now, heads for Anoop, tails for Matt ......................... okay done.

Anoop Desai will be going home this week.

(Images Taken From: Official American Idol Site)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 8

Yay! Finally .... After many days of studying, drinking coffee, dozing off, drinking extra strong coffee, dozing off, eating sweets, dozing off, extra smoking, studying and very little sleep .... I have finally finished all my papers!! I also finished watching the very nice mei-chan no shitsuji and quite a lot of celebrity apprentice 2 (which I like a lot by the way).

Okay enough about my studying, its that time of the week again ... Idol prediction time! There were quite a lot of good performances today. I really liked the performances from Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta and Matt Giraud. The 3 of them should be safe today despite Allison and Matt being in the bottom 3 last week. It's too early for either of them to go home. if unfortunately one of them gets the lowest number of votes, I think the judges safe will be used.

Lets see the iTunes ranking before I carry on with my prediction

American Idol: iTunes Top 10 Chart (the numbers in bracket are the positions they were in last week)

1) (1) Adam Lambert - 977 ratings / 233 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) (6) Kris Allen - 743 rating / 111 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) (3) Danny Gokey - 670 ratings / 162 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
4) (4) Matt Giraud - 370 ratings / 102 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) (2) Allison Iraheta - 251 ratings / 74 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
6) (7) Anoop Desai - 187 ratings / 61 reviews (avg 4 stars)
7) (8) Scott Macintyre - 175 ratings / 62 reviews (avg 3.5 stars)
8) (9) Lil Rounds - 98 ratings / 26 reviews (avg 3.5 stars)

Wow seems like Kris Allen is getting very popular, he has jumped from number 6 to 2. Too bad Allison's dropped from 5 to 2, I hope she won't be in danger again this week. She does not deserve to go home so early. Scott and Lil have been occupying the bottom 2 for a long time, but it seems like the both of them have been rather safe, except for that one time when Scott was in the bottom 3. Adam Lambert will definitely be the next American Idol, no need to wait till the finals for me to predict that. If Simon gives you a standing ovation, I think you will definitely stand a high chance of winning. Even if he doesn't win, he will get a recording deal for sure.

Let me skip the whole splitting them into 2 groups thing and just announce who I think will be out this week. (Okay I'm getting a little lazy... heh)

There is a possibility that Lil Rounds will go home, but I think it won't happen since there are only 2 girls left. So there is only one other choice I could make base on this week's performance and the popularity factor. The person who will be going home this week is Scott Macintyre. Sorry but I think your performance this week is not good enough and you are not as popular as Kris who did quite badly this week too.

I was pretty close last week, correctly predicting the bottom 2 but chose the Anoop to go home instead of Megan. Will I be correct this week?

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 9

I got to make notes for my exams soon so I will make it brief this time.

Last week I got it right again. So who will be out this week?

First the iTunes Review Ranking

American Idol: iTunes Top 10 Chart (the numbers in bracket are the positions they were in last week)

1) (1) Adam Lambert - 1730 ratings / 671 review (avg 3.5 stars)
2) (7) Allison Iraheta - 382 ratings / 84 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) (2) Danny Gokey - 334 ratings / 90 reviews (avg 4stars)
4) (6) Matt Giraud - 333 ratings / 79 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) (5) Megan Joy Corkey - 320 ratings / 112 reviews (avg 3 stars)
6) (3) Kris Allen - 295 rating / 53 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
7) (4) Anoop Desai - 217 ratings / 61 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
8) (8) Scott Macintyre - 167 ratings / 49 reviews (avg 3 stars)
9) (10)Lil Rounds - 104 ratings / 28 reviews (avg 3.5 stars)

This week's predictions

The safe group (based on alphabetical order)

1) Adam Lambert - No brainer
2) Allison Iraheta - Did a funny snatch the mike thing with Danny before the break. this will get her through like the arm wrestling thing she did with Kris Allen
3) Danny Gokey - Same as Allison
4) Kris Allen - Best performance of the night
5) Lil Rounds - Too early for her to go home
6) Matt Giraud - Not a great performance but his fans will work hard today due to last week's shocker
7) Scott Macintyre - Judges love him today

The In Danger Group

1) Anoop Desai - Usher song with no Usher moves?
2) Megan Joy Corkey - Another bad performance

So based on the iTunes Reviews Ranking, My prediction is Anoop Desai will be out later today.

Will I be right again? Lets find out ...... after the break.

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 10

Another week of American Idol, which means another week of predictions! I got it wrong last week but it was pretty darn close. Should have used my common sense that Lil Rounds will not be out so soon.

Let's start of first with the iTunes Review Ranking which I forgot to post earlier this week heh.

American Idol: iTunes Top 10 Chart (the numbers in bracket are the positions they were in last week)

1) (1) Adam Lambert - 2173 ratings / 606 review (avg 4 stars)
2) (2) Danny Gokey - 542 ratings / 122 reviews (avg 4stars)
3) (6) Kris Allen - 461 rating / 93 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
4) (7) Anoop Desai - 448 ratings / 100 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) (3) Megan Joy Corkey - 436 ratings / 77 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
6) (6) Matt Giraud - 377 ratings / 80 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
7) (4) Allison Iraheta - 273 ratings / 60 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
8) (10) Scott Macintyre - 262 ratings / 104 reviews (avg 3.5 stars)
9) (11) Michael Sarver - 152 ratings / 45 reviews (avg 2.5 stars)
10) (9) Lil Rounds - 140 ratings / 35 reviews (avg 3.5 stars)

Idol fever is getting hotter with more ratings and reviews then last week. It seems like Adam Lambert is the undisputed number one ranked idol with 2173 ratings! This is 4 times more than second placed Danny Gokey. Kris Allen has joined the top 3 now knocking Megan Joy Corkey out. Anoop Desai's ranking has also improved due to his great performance last week. I'm sad to see Allison Iraheta and Lil Rounds dropping in the rankings. Alison was in the bottom 3 last week, scary....

Now for this week's predictions ...

Just realised that there are only 3 girls left in the competition lol. The guys are certainly stronger this season. 2 guys in the top 2 again this season?? Okay lets do the usual thing again. Splitting them up based on their performances.
The safe group (based on alphabetical order)

1) Adam Lambert - After last week's weird performance, this week he is definitely back! Best performance of the day from Adam. 110% going to stay in the competition. Even the iTunes ranking favors him. There is no stopping him!!

2) Allison Iraheta - Don't know why she was in the bottom 3 last week. This week I'm sure she won't be there after a great performance. Singing last would help her gain extra votes.

3) Anoop Desai - Getting better every week this noop dog. Wooooo huuu huuuuu baby baby ...

4) Danny Gokey - Maintained his high standards today, like Adam, he is super safe.

5) Kris Allen - Definitely deserves the spot in the itunes top 3. Good looking and great voice, defnitely will have lots of female votes. I wonder if his wife will be jealous heh

6) Lil Rounds - Despite what the judges say, I thought her performance was great today. I dare not put her in the danger zone like I did last week. She is last in the iTunes ranking, but common sense tells me she won't be the last in terms of getting votes. I have learnt my lesson!

7) Matt Giraud - Another solid performace and like most of the guys, getting better every week! Second best performace of the day?
The In Danger Group

1) Megan Joy Corkrey - No more sick excuses for her this week.

2) Michael Sarver - Didn't like his performace this week and most of the week. He was sick but Megan already played the sick card last week, so I'm not sure if it will work this week.

3) Scott Macintyre - My favorite song (You can't hurry love) of the week, but I didn't like his performance. His attempt to get some votes for his pink pants might save him though heh.

Michael and Scott are very close in the rankings so it will be tough. But since Michael is lower than Scott in the rankings, I say he will be out this week! Will I be correct this week, or will I be wrong 2 weeks in a row for the first time.

Final Verdict: Michael Sarver to go back to home sweet home.

(I have already pre-ordered Adam's performance on iTunes!)

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 11

Lots of good performances this week on American Idol. It seems like some of the weaker contestants have stepped up. Even Micheal Sarver gave a good performance which might give him a chance to stay on for another week. He is lucky that this week is country music week. Some of the better ones like Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds were rather disappointing today. So what's my prediction this week? Who will be out?

As usual I will split the contestants into 2 groups.

The Safe Group (in alphabetical order)

1) Allison Iraheta - Another solid performance from her.
2) Anoop Desai - Best performance I've heard from him so far which could save him this week.
3) Danny Gokey - Good but not great. Getting more popular than ever based on the screams I heard.
4) Kris Allen - Again, best vocals from him so far. His adorable sexiness will keep him in the competition for a few more weeks at least.
5) Matt Giraud - You've guessed it, another best performance so far from a contestant. Glad that the judges love him this week. Best contestant this week.
6) Megan Joy Cockrey - She souded weird, but then its becasue she is sick. Her moves will keep her in the competition.
6) Michael Sarver - Country music saved him this week.
8) Scott Macintyre - Good performance, and his sales pitch will gain him some votes.

The In Danger Group

1) Adam Lambert - Like what Simon said, what the hell is that! He tried to be original, but it was a mess.
2) Alexis Grace - Another average performance from her this week.
3) Lil Rounds - Not a comfortable genre for her this week.

Based on the iTunes ranking I posted on Monday, this week Lil Rounds will be out! It's a risk to predict that one of the power singers will go home so early but I have to stick to my formula ha ha. So Lil Rounds will be "out"! Why the inverted commas? It's because the judges will definitely use the "Judges Save" this week if she goes out.

So final verdict: Lil Rounds gets the least votes and is saved by the judges!

2 out of 2 last week. Will I be right this week?

American Idol : iTunes Top 11 Chart

(Number 1 based on Last week's performance)

As promised here is the current iTunes ranking for the top 11 contestants on American Idol 2009. The ranking plays an important part on who goes home as shown in my previous prediction. Unless some rich person is supporting one of them, this should be pretty accurate I think. I wonder if it will work this week.

1) Adam Lambert - 1062 ratings / 190 review (avg 4.5 stars)
2) Danny Gokey - 600 ratings / 90 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
3) Megan Joy Corkey - 364 ratings / 91 reviews (avg 4 stars)
4) Allison Iraheta - 338 ratings / 60 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
5) Alexis Grace - 320 ratings / 52 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
6) Kris Allen - 266 rating / 37 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
7) Anoop Desai - 261 ratings / 80 reviews (avg 4 stars)
8) Matt Giraud - 256 ratings / 56 reviews (avg 4.5 stars)
9) Lil Rounds - 153 ratings / 28 reviews (avg 4 stars)
10) Scott Macintyre - 143 ratings / 39 reviews (avg 3.5 stars)
11) Michael Sarver - 106 ratings / 24 reviews (avg 3.5 stars)

As expected Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey are your top 2 idols based on last week's performance. Kind of surprised Megan Joy Corkey is in the top 3 while Lil Rounds is number 9. I think people are getting to like Megan's dancing. Michael Sarver is in danger of going out this week if he doesn't give a brilliant performance.

American idol : My usual extremely accurate predictions

Wow, seems like the "Sean's itunes Review Theory" worked! Yesterday I predicted that Jorge Nunez and Jasmine Murray =( were going out and it happened! So far my record in predicting American idol this season is really good =) I wish I could have been that accurate in the stock market or horse racing! In case you want to read on how I managed to make this accurate prediction yesterday, refer here. Will my hot streak continue next week?

On the results show today, they also announced the twist they talked about. If I remembered correctly, the twist is that the judges can now save a contestant if they feel he or she deserves to stay on. However, they can only use it once in the whole competition and it must be used before the top 4 are chosen. The week they use it, there will be no one eliminated but the next week there will be 2! Hmmm, okay I think its quite a good move but you kinda know that out of the top 11, no matter what happens, they will only attempt to save either, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey or Lil Rounds, depending on who gets the lowest votes first. We'll see ....

I was thinking of posting the "American Idol itunes Reviews Rankings" today, but I think I should wait till Monday to start posting the rankings. The reason for delaying is that people who are busy on weekdays might give some reviews on the weekends thus making Monday a more accurate indication on the popularity of the idols. If you have read my previous post, you will realize that these rankings play a significant role in my predictions.

Wow cool, just realized that there is an American Idol App for iPhone. MUST GET ITUNES GIFT CARD NOW!

American Idol Predictions: Who will be out in the top 13

Some performed brilliantly, some were disappointing ... so who will be out later today?

There is another twist today when Simon announced that there will be 2 contestants instead of 1 who will be out. That certainly made everyone more nervous than they already are! So now I can choose 2 out of 13 which makes my chances of getting one correct higher heh. In order to predict who will go out, I will split the top 13 into 2 groups, the "Safe" ones and the "In danger" ones. Just in case you don't what the two terms mean (as if), let me explain. The "Safe" one are those whom I think will definitely come back next week. The "In Danger" ones are those who stand a high chance of going home today. So which of the contestants are in my "Safe" and "In Danger" groups?

The Safe Group (In alphabetical order)

1) Adam Lambert - With a reaction like that, how can he be out? I don't care if he is gay or not, he is really good and is definitely one of my favorites.

2) Allison Iraheta - Another solid performance from her. I like the going to the break arm wrestling thingy she and Kris Allen did, that alone will ensure a safe passage for the both of them heh.

3) Danny Gokey - He is back! Much better performance than his previous one. A little PR work is done by focusing on his family and friends instead of his wife. Having lots of kids in the clip is a good thing lol.

4) Kris Allen - Reason mentioned in Allison's part. Agreed with what Simon said that he mentioned his wife too early heh. I wonder how his wife felt when Simon said that! That will certainly break lots of girls' heart, but he should still get enough votes to go through with his adorable sexiness.

5) Lil Rounds - Same as Allison, another solid performance. She will definitely be in the top 4 at least.

6) Matt Giraud - Finally played his piano and gave a great performance.

7) Megan Joy - Her cute dance alone will get her enough votes to get through.

8) Scott Macintyre - Like Matt he was better with a piano. Will last a few more weeks I think.

The In Danger Group

1) Alexis Grace - Singing last can be a double edge sword. If you have performed badly everyone will remember not to vote for you.

2) Anoop Desai - Didn't like him then don't like him now.

3) Jasmine Murray - A shaky performance from the sweet looking girl.

4) Jorge Nunez -A boring performance which made me pick up my newspaper to read while he was singing.

5) Michael Sarver - He was lucky in the group stage, I don't think he will be that lucky now.

So how will I choose the 2 from the 5 in the "In Danger" group? I will base my choice on the number of itunes reviews they have! The more number of reviews should mean they have more supporters! If they are willing to write reviews for their songs this means they have noticed them and bothered to comment, which might lead to them voting.

So based on the itunes reviews the 2 contestants with the lowest number of reviews and I predict will go home are Jorge Nunez and sadly Jasmine Murray. I will be having another post on the "itunes reviews ranking list" soon. I wonder what twist will be announced later? Judges playing a part in who stays and who goes? So many twists it's turning into survivor!

American Idol: Wildcard Results

Great ... even when I guessed blindly I got 2 out of 3 correct! Actually it should be 2 out of 4 since they "decided" last minute that it would be the top 13 instead of the top 12. I thought they would choose the contestants based on their performance, but I think they went with who they liked. The performance was just for show. Although I like Jasmine Murray, I did not think she sang well but lucky for her she got through based on her personality and cuteness I think. Matt sang well and deserved the spot, when it was between him and Anoop, I was afraid he would be out but luckily they like Matt. Can't wait to hear him sing while playing the piano! I guess we will see more of Megan Joy Cockrey and her interesting dance too heh. I wonder whats the hype with Anoop, did not think he sang that well, I think it must have something to do with Slumdog Millionaire winning the Oscars. I thought Jesse Langseth would be a better pick to go through.

Tatiana performed great again but this time she switched to her irritating personality again which killed her chances of going through. Okay I admit, even I am getting irritated with her and am sort of relieved she is not through.

So now we have the top 13 instead of the top 12. Most of my favorites are still in the competition. Adam Lambert, Matt Giraud and Jasmine Murray do your best! I'm kind of sitting on the fence on Danny Gokey at the moment, have been influenced by the cynical people on some websites and forums saying how he makes use of his dead wife to gain votes. Didn't realize this till I read those stuff but I feel that it might be true. It might be unintentional, cause the death happened quite recently and he still misses her a lot. But if he shows or mentions her again in the top 13 without anyone asking, he will definitely be in my hate list. I'm going to add one person to my favorite and she is Allsion Iraheta. I don't know why, but these few days her performance last week has been playing in my head and I unintentionally start singing the song Alone lol. I'm so going to get an itunes gift card soon so that I can download their performance.

Next week, it will be though to predict since now I can only choose 1 out of 13. Its like horse racing, at first I could choose the placing (top 3) but now I can only choose the winning horse. The odds are definitely narrowed down here. Can't wait to see everyone perform next week!

American Idol : 2 out of 3 aint that bad plus Wildcard round predictions

My love for Kristen McNamara clouded my judgment in my top 3 predictions, but correctly predicting 2 out of 3 is not too bad heh. Seems like latino support is strong which means Jorge Nunez would probably last a few more rounds at least. Kind of disappointed that Kristen McNamara did not get through, I'm surprised that she didn't even make it to the wildcard round. I thought she was one of the better performer of group 3. I wonder why was Von Smith was chosen instead of Kristen McNamara, Ju'Not Joyner and Felicia Barton? Just becasue he reminded Simon of Clay Aiken doesn't mean he will the next Clay Aiken.

Anyway, here are the 8 contestants given a second chance to appear in the wildcard round.

1) Anoop Desai
2) Jasmine Murray
3) Jesse Langseth
4) Matt Giraud
5) Megan Joy Cockrey
6) Ricky Braddy
7) Tatiana Nicole Del Toro
8) Von smith

I knew Jasmine, Matt and Tatiana would be in the wildcard round!

Since this time, the judges will make the decision instead of votes by viewers, I can't make predictions based on their performance. I will just make a blind guess based on my favorites who are in the wildcard round.

Jasmine Murray, Matt Giraud and Tatiana Nicole Del Toro (previously not my favorite, but I think she has a nice voice and if she repeats her group 1 performance, will be one of the stronger ones in the group) will go through!! Cry Tatiana, Cry!!

Lets see what happens later.

American Idol : Hardest Group to Predict

Oh my god. Its really hard to predict which 3 contestants will go through to the next round. The only contestant who will go through is Lil Rounds. They sure like to position the favorites as the last singers. Group 1 Danny Gokey, group 2 Adam Lambert and now Lil Rounds. The last person who sings will surely get through if he or she gives a decent performance. Lil Rounds did not disappoint, so I'm 100% sure on this one. With a name like Lil Rounds, she definitely have a chance to be famous in the future.

Okay Lil Rounds is the only certain one. Who are the other 2 who will join her? Its so close between at least half of the group 3 contestants .... I think I need a little bit of luck to be able to predict it. Lets see ... we have ..

1) Jorge Nunez - who will have all the Spanish speaking people's support
2) Scott Macintyre - who might have a little sympathy votes (he did give a good performance though, so if he goes through, I think he deserves it)
3) Kendall Beard - who has the country music loving folks' support
4) Felicia Barton - who will get votes from people who likes a great comeback story hoping for a fairytale ending
5) Ju'Not Joyner - who based on performance, should be the one who goes through, but theres so quite a few great personalities in this group who might take his place

And last but not least

6) Kristen McNamara - One of my favorites and sang really well heh

Too bad Arianna Afsar's performance wasn't really good. Don't think she will get through this round or get to the wildcard round.

After 1 min of thinking ............. hmmmmm ..... I'm going to put my favorite, Kristen McNamara as the contestant who will go through based on having the next highest number of votes. Sorry a little bias here he he.

Okay the last one needs to be a guy. And that guy would be .......... drums rolling ......... Scott Macintyre! Why I think he will go through?? My decision app "Mr. Tap" told me heh. Could not decide to I assigned numbers 1, 2 and 3 to Jorge Nunez, Scott Macintyre and Ju'Not Joyner respectively and got this result.

Lol Scott Macintyre will get through according to Mr. Tap. My last 2 prediction were pretty accurate .... I wonder how many will I get correct this time.

My extremely accurate American Idol Predictions

My predictions are getting better and better! The week before I got 2 out of 3 correct, choosing Danny Gokey and Alexis Gracie to go through. Last week, I got 2.5 out of 3 correct!!

This were my predictions last week for the 3 who would be going through to the top 12.

Top Male - Adam Lambert
Top Female - Allison Iraheta
Next highest vote - Megan Joy Corkey/Kris Allen

Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta got through easily and like what I predicted, Megan Joy Corkey and Kris Allen were paired together when announcing the results with Kris Allen going through. Wow, I'm getting good at this prediction thingy. The reason I gave myself 2.5 is because I should chosen only 3 contestants to go through but I chose 4. This week I will only choose 3 contestants. Who will go through, will I get 3 out of 3 this time??

This week there are 3 days of American Idol!! I think the third day is for the Wildcard round. Hope my favorites who didn't make it make it through the group stages get selected for the wildcard round.

This week I will be rooting for 2 contestants. They are:

Arianna Afsar

Kristen McNamara

All the best!!

American Idol : Group 2 Predictions

Yay mid semester examination is over! Can rest my brain for a while. Only for awhile casue I have presentation on Monday and more assignments to hand in the the next few weeks wooo hooo.

Just watched the American Idol Group 2 performance a while ago and although it might be a little late, here are my weekly predictions on who will go through.

The show started with some not so inspiring performance from the first four contestants, the worse being the very lame performance from Nick Mitchell or better known as Norman Gentle ... I really hope he does not make it through although there would definitely be some jokers voting for him just for fun. Matt Giraud and Jasmine Murray were one of the first 4 contestants unfortunately. Don't think either of them will make it through this week. However, based on the judges comments, i think both of them stand a high chance of coming back for the wildcard round. Hope they get the chance and please choose a better song the both of you.

After Norman Gentle's joke of a performance, Allison Iraheta made the first decent performance of the night .. okay actually it was a great performance heh. She I think will be the top girl who will go through. Another girl who impressed me was Megan Joy Corkrey ... I thought with that fierce looking tattoo on her right hand she would be those rocker kind, but she is actually quite sweet. Not sure I liked her dance though he he.

For the guys side, there is no contest for the top male. It will definitely be Adam Lambert! His performance was great, even better than Danny Gokey! He was the last contestant too, always an advantage.

Watch the video of his performance! (Not sure how long it will be up on youtube its removed though)


Love the new youtube borders, no need to go through the troublesome process of adding my own now he he
Here are a few more links in case this gets removed.
Adam Lambert sings Satisfaction
another link


This won't get removed I think. Only can hear his voice though.
If he does not get through, I will donate $5 (paypal only) to the first person who sees this and post the comment "Adam Lambert didn't go through, please give me my 5 bucks" =|

So my predictions are ....

Top Male - Adam Lambert
Top Female - Allison Iraheta
Next highest vote - Megan Joy Corkey

Kris Allen might have the chance of being the contestant with the next highest vote too. His performance was good and he is good looking. Sure to have lots of votes from teenage girls.

Got 2 right last week. How many will I get right this time?

American Idol : Tatiana Will Be in the Top 12!

Not bad, I got 2 out of 3 correct, it was quite obvious Danny and Alexis were going through though heh. I can't believe Michael went through to the top 12 man. His performance wasn't that great, in fact it surely is worse than Tatiana whom I believe deserves to go through. Although she is a drama queen (as she showed again yesterday by crying non stop after the results are out), you got to admit her performance on Wednesday was one of the better ones, the camera also loves her, trying to capture all her drama mama crying moments he he.

Here is my bold prediction: Tatiana will make it to the wildcard stage where she will go through and reach at least the top 5!

Looking forward to group 2 next week, this only Danny Gokey was in my favs list, this week there are 3! The 3 contestants (click for my favs) I hope will go through are:

Adam Lambert

Jasmine Murray

Matt Giraud

All the best!!

My American Idol predictions

I'm actually testing to see if this app "iblogger" i'm using now works. If you can see this post then yay it works!

Let me take this oppurtunity to use my bo liao analysis to predict who will go through later today. My picks are ....

Guy: Danny Gokey

Girl: Tatiana

3rd person: Alexis Grace

Danny didn't sing that well today but i'm sure the hype surrounding him will ensure he goes through. Tatiana really surprised me.. I think she actually sang very well today .. I think with that performance she could change Tatiana haters to lovers. Alexis will get through cause the judges love her today and like it or not the judges do play a part in infuencing votes.

I wonder how many i will get right. Okay time to sleep man .. Its almost 6am! Zzzzz.

Too bad i can't add pictures with this app. Should i try another more expensive app?

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