# 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:** 7
**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:** [April 16, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/121 "2009-04-16T13:07:56Z")
Points put on Matt this week count. Next week, you get credit if you put points on _either_ eliminated contestant. Meaning we can expect a lot more 20+ point performances from players next week. I split mine between Kris and Anoop, both of whom laid down gut-wrenchingly horrible performances. I can’t fathom how Kris wasn’t even in the bottom three after that crock of shit. Unfortunately, that result gave me my second 0-point performance in a row (not counting bonus points, which fortunately I got on the nose). > [@Rachael\_Rage](#): > > and wow, DialIdol was _especially_ useless this week. I intentionally didn’t look at it before the results show aired, but I see they had Matt second-to-last. Not all that inaccurate. Of course, they also had Lil in second place, so… ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/122 "2009-04-16T13:43:25Z")
I distributed my points the same way as I did last week (half for the person with the lowest # of votes, half for Kris), and got the same results as last week. With the SAVE gone now it takes away some of the complications, but I was wanting some padding so that I could still win even if Adam ends up winning-- but it’s still way too close to call and I could probably end up in last place somehow I bet. Very exciting. Also, **Rachael Rage** , have you gotten every bonus question right so far or what? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/123 "2009-04-19T05:46:56Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > Also, **Rachael Rage** , have you gotten every bonus question right so far or what? I had a 100% streak going for a while there, but I have missed a couple in the last few weeks. Since I seem to be sort of crap at picking the people who actually get voted out, I’m hoping to at least get the prize for best on the bonuses, if I can keep this up! ---
**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:** [April 22, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/124 "2009-04-22T20:58:18Z")
Four hours left to get your picks in. We’ve got two people going home, so you’ve got double the chances to pick up points tonight! > [@Rachael\_Rage](#): > > ETA: and wow, DialIdol was _especially_ useless this week. I’m so pissed at myself for peeking at them this week. Apparently they tracked the phone calls that came from BizzaroWorld Idol…talk about a clusterfuck. But, hell with them – I’ve got my points put out there, and I’m going to take my chances that the Worsters don’t have the influence that DialIdol is saying they do. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/125 "2009-04-23T02:05:27Z")
D’oh, I messed up, and I thought this week was going to be SOO easy to get points on too!!! ---
**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:** [April 23, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/126 "2009-04-23T02:35:34Z")
\ Those DialIdol results had me nervous (has a “top pick” ever been eliminated before?), but I’m glad I stuck with the Lil pick. Incidentally, I’ve removed from the roster everyone who hasn’t put in picks for at least a month – that’d be Sateryn76, Quasimodem, jali, DudleyGarrett, critter42, antist and aliskined. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/127 "2009-04-23T02:53:25Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > D’oh, I messed up, and I thought this week was going to be SOO easy to get points on too!!! You and me both. I am soooooooo crushed. I mean, as far as the show goes I’m glad it turned out the way it did, but I was SURE the safe thing was to put all points on Matt and I _still_ got nuthin! I would have been better off sticking with the points I put in before the performance show because I thought I might forget to put them in later. I really thought Lil had some sort of weird secret fan base that was keeping her in the game. I think this dashes all hopes of repeating my performance last year. :smack::smack::smack: ☹ ---
**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:** [April 23, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/128 "2009-04-23T03:08:31Z")
Almost forgot about my close call – when the Top 36 were announced and the pool was launched, I picked Adam as my overall pick. Then, the day before the Top 12 were to perform, I switched to Anoop – I thought he was going to be the dark horse winner. With about an hour to spare before the deadline, I chickened out and switched back to Adam. \ again… ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/129 "2009-04-23T03:18:07Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > D’oh, I messed up, and I thought this week was going to be SOO easy to get points on too!!! Tell me about it. Last week I was 3rd for the week and this week I ended up at 28th. Blech!!! I should have realized DialIdol would be goofy with 2 contestants going…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/130 "2009-04-23T12:49:20Z")
I can’t even bring myself to look. I had to work late and so my biological clock got all messed up. I went to make my choices thinking it was about 7:10, but it was really 8:10! So I missed everything. I hope the defaults were lucky… _sigh_ ---
**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:** [April 23, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/131 "2009-04-23T13:45:07Z")
Defaulting got you 12 out of a possible 25. I guess the question to ask would be “would you have put all your points on Matt”? If so, then that was one lucky default… ---
**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:** [April 23, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/132 "2009-04-23T13:57:54Z")
Middle of the pack as usual. I’m too chicken to put all my eggs in one basket (heh!) so I had 5 backup points on Matt. I only got one of the bonus questions right this week. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/133 "2009-04-29T23:59:11Z")
Whoops – meant to post this earlier, but I was out. One hour to get those picks in! ---
**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:** [April 30, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/134 "2009-04-30T11:50:34Z")
Number one for the week, baby! Tied with 14 others, but… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/135 "2009-04-30T11:54:24Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Number one for the week, baby! Tied with 14 others, but… 😃 Hey **Dolores** , the pool site is blocked for me at work; what place am I in? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/136 "2009-04-30T12:01:38Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Hey **Dolores** , the pool site is blocked for me at work; what place am I in? You’re part of a 15-player group who all dumped 20 on Matt and got the 3-point bonus correct, for a total of 23 for the week. Overall, you’ve got 190 points, good for second place behind **phungi** who has a total of 192. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/137 "2009-04-30T12:02:38Z")
Thanks, **Hal**. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/138 "2009-04-30T17:06:56Z")
The bad thing about being on a roll and picking the last three to exit is that there is no one to boast to… ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/139 "2009-04-30T18:59:46Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > The bad thing about being on a roll and picking the last three to exit is that there is no one to boast to… Oh, go ahead, boast. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733/140 "2009-05-06T13:03:46Z")
Just shy of 12 hours remaining to get your picks in. Personally, I don’t see any way Adam can survive this week after those terrible performances. I highly recommend everyone just dump their full 20 points on him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-top-36-pool/484733.md?page=8)