# American Idol Top 36 Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733 "2009-02-06T18:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/41 "2009-02-18T14:56:12Z")
Ok, according to the admin interface the following still need to put their picks before 8:00 Eastern tonight: **Blue Mood** , **DudleyGarrett** , **Kolak of Twilo** , **Millit the Frail** , **Rebo** , **even sven** and **wvmom**. However, the admin interface only shows me if someone put their weekly picks in. So for everyone else, if you haven’t put your overall pick in, then go click on the “Overall Pick” link and choose who you think will be the eventual American Idol Season 8 winner. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/42 "2009-02-18T16:26:00Z")
I screwed up when I made my user-id for “Rebo.” Can you eliminate it? rebo1026 is the correct one and I have my picks in. (I hit enter by accident, and didn’t put in a password or something, and then I couldn’t access it again.) I’m sorry! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/43 "2009-02-18T16:57:35Z")
Done – **Rebo** is gone, **rebo1026** is still in. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/44 "2009-02-18T17:06:59Z")
Keeping my original pick. I’m very pleased with his performance last night. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/45 "2009-02-18T18:11:04Z")
I missed the show last night (totally forgot, somehow) – so I’m basing my picks on what friends are saying. Let’s hope I have representative friends! ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/46 "2009-02-19T04:13:24Z")
This is fun, but clearly I’m not employing the best strategy. At least I got both bonus questions right! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/47 "2009-02-19T12:58:59Z")
Well, strategies are going to have to change – I, like many others, put all my points on Danny and got the fat payoff. However, I guess the folks who run the pool wanted to toss a wrench in the works, so they changed the rules: For these next three weeks (until we have the Top 12 set), you can only put a maximum of seven points on any one person. I’m ticked, because it’s not really hard to pick one person who is a lock to go through and put all 20 points on them in an “all or nothing” play – I was fully expecting to hit the Top 12 with 80+ points. However, this will definitely introduce more of a strategy element into the next few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/48 "2009-02-19T14:43:12Z")
I thought Anoop was a shoe-in, so I lost a bunch of points there. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/49 "2009-02-19T14:46:12Z")
Well, it wasn’t going to last anyway. I doubt the next few weeks will have such an obvious home run. Is there any way to see the picks other people made after the fact, by the way? or just their scores? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/50 "2009-02-19T15:09:03Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > Is there any way to see the picks other people made after the fact, by the way? or just their scores? Go to the “Results” page, and then click “Voting Details: Girls” and/or “Voting Details: Guys”. This gives a breakdown of who assigned how many points to which contestant. Very useful for finding who to point and laugh at for doing things like giving points to Stevie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/51 "2009-02-19T15:20:41Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Go to the “Results” page, and then click “Voting Details: Girls” and/or “Voting Details: Guys”. This gives a breakdown of who assigned how many points to which contestant. Very useful for finding who to point and laugh at for doing things like giving points to Stevie. 🙂 Ah yes, thanks. in that case, congrats to **lilyofthevalley** for being the only person to get all 20 points _without_ dumping them all on Danny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/52 "2009-02-19T15:33:49Z")
Sorry guys, I’m gonna have to back out. The timing is just too off for me. Is there anything special I need to do? Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/53 "2009-02-19T18:40:59Z")
> [@WVmom](#): > > I thought Anoop was a shoe-in, so I lost a bunch of points there. I lost a lot of points on him too. If he doesn’t make it in the Wild Card week, I’m going to be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/54 "2009-02-20T17:30:41Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Sorry guys, I’m gonna have to back out. The timing is just too off for me. Is there anything special I need to do? > > Have fun! No, I can remove you from the game. Sorry to see you go! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/55 "2009-02-26T13:13:25Z")
Don’t forget, everyone – picks are due in before the show airs tonight! Also, keep in mind that they’ve messed with the rules a bit – no more dumping all 20 points on one shoo-in contestant. Now you can put no more than seven points on any one contestant. Makes the whole thing tougher, but more interesting as well. If you want to pick up 20 points tonight, then you’ve got to pick the whole top-three correctly…eep! ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/56 "2009-02-27T02:47:09Z")
w00t - 3 out of 3 tonight plus both bonuses! after not understanding last week’s rules and getting burned by Anoop, I now feel vindicated 🙂 (by “not understanding” I didn’t realize I could change my picks AFTER they sang- /d’oh!) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/57 "2009-02-27T10:58:52Z")
Oh come on! I have to disagree with how they scored the 2nd bonus. The question is worded “How many people are told they are NOT in the Top 12 BEFORE someone finds out they are?” While Allison was the first one called down, she was NOT the 1st person to learn her fate - the other two were instead named as NOT moving on. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/58 "2009-02-27T12:56:47Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Oh come on! I have to disagree with how they scored the 2nd bonus. > The question is worded “How many people are told they are NOT in the Top 12 BEFORE someone finds out they are?” > > While Allison was the first one called down, she was NOT the 1st person to learn her fate - the other two were instead named as NOT moving on. I agree on all counts there – they blew that one. I’ve already e-mailed the site admins and asked them to issue a correction. But in the meantime – woohoo! Hit all three perfectly for twenty points! First place, baby! _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/59 "2009-02-27T15:55:56Z")
Congrats to those of you who knew who to pick. I got a measly six points. 😛 I had no clue who to pick; the singers were all bad this week. ---
**Author:** ![judikium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@judikium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/judikium)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/60 "2009-02-27T23:40:16Z")
I’m tied for fourth (with half the pool)…just waiting to pounce! This is fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733.md?page=4)