# The American Idol Results Prediction Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326 "2006-03-14T16:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/21 "2006-03-15T01:14:35Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Folks, remember: the cutoff is 8 EST on WEDNESDAY!!! You can vote even after tonite’s performances! > > Your phraseology makes it a bit confusing, but I am assuming you structured your list the way everyone else did and you are calling the whole enchiliada for the Pickler, with Melissa being the Season 5 weasel. Please correct me if by some insane circumstance I am wrong. Yes, I think The Pickler will win it all. I hope not but there are many, otherwise rational people, who love her. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/22 "2006-03-15T02:05:12Z")
1. Mandisa 2. Chris Daughtry 3. Taylor Hicks 4. Katharine McPhee 5. Paris Bennet 6. Ace Young 7. Lisa Tucker 8. Kellie Pickler 9. Elliot Yamin 10. Melissa McGee 11. Bucky Covington 12. Kevin Covais I am glad someone posted this. I thought about it, but was too lazy to think up a scoring scheme, much less to do it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/23 "2006-03-15T03:02:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Yes, I think The Pickler will win it all. I hope not but there are many, otherwise rational people, who love her. After tonight’s performance you may wanna consider a re-entry. She lost some momentum. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/24 "2006-03-15T03:12:24Z")
1. Chris Daughtry 2. Taylor Hicks 3. Mandisa 4. Katharine McPhee 5. Ace Young 6. Paris Bennett 7. Kellie Pickler 8. Lisa Tucker 9. Elliott Yamin 10. Bucky Covington 11. Melissa McGhee 12. Kevin Covais ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/25 "2006-03-15T03:19:57Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > After tonight’s performance you may wanna consider a re-entry. She lost some momentum. Yeah, she’s trying to sabotage me, the little faker. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/26 "2006-03-15T04:31:23Z")
1. Chris Daughtry 2. Paris Bennett 3. Mandisa 4. Taylor Hicks 5. Ace Young 6. Elliot Yamin 7. Katharine McPhee 8. Kelly Pickler 9. Kevin Covais 10. Bucky Covington 11. Lisa Tucker 12. Melissa McGhee ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/27 "2006-03-15T04:36:59Z")
Heh, I’m in. Dare I ask if the OP is up for the admin headache of scoring? 1. Chris Daughtry 2. Mandisa 3. Katharine McPhee 4. Paris Bennett 5. Lisa Tucker 6. The Pickler 7. Ace Young 8. Taylor Hicks 9. Kevin Covais 10. Elliot Yamin 11. Bucky Covington 12. Melissa McGhee ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/28 "2006-03-15T04:45:33Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > Heh, I’m in. Dare I ask if the OP is up for the admin headache of scoring? I have an Excel spreadsheet that would give you the biggest boner, you have no diea. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/29 "2006-03-15T05:01:40Z")
Well, here goes nothing: 1. Chris 2. Mandisa 3. Taylor 4. Paris 5. Katharine 6. Kellie 7. Ace 8. Elliott 9. Lisa 10. Bucky 11. Kevin 12. Melissa ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/30 "2006-03-15T08:07:20Z")
Shot in the dark here: 1. Chris Daughtry 2. Katharine McPhee 3. Kellie Pickler 4. Paris Bennett 5. Lisa Tucker 6. Taylor Hicks 7. Ace Young 8. Just Mandisa 9. Elliott Yamin 10. Kevin Covais 11. Bucky Covington 12. Melissa McGhee ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/31 "2006-03-15T09:29:17Z")
Well, hell. I guess I’ll jump onto this bandwagon after all. 1. Taylor Hicks 2. Katherine McPhee 3. Chris Daughtry 4. Paris Bennet 5. Mandiva 6. Elliot Yemin 7. Kelly Pickler 8. Lisa Tucker 9. Ace Young 10. Bucky Covington 11. Kevin Covais 12. Melissa McPhee Not my choice by a long shot, just the way I think it’ll shake out. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/32 "2006-03-15T14:23:23Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I have an Excel spreadsheet that would give you the biggest boner, you have no diea. Different strokes… ---
**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/33 "2006-03-15T14:49:55Z")
I’m in, and I’m going to go optimistic 🙂 1. Chris Daughtry 2. Taylor Hicks 3. Katharine McPhee 4. Mandisa 5. Paris Bennett 6. Elliot Yamin 7. Lisa Tucker 8. Kellie Pickler 9. Ace Young 10. Bucky Covington 11. Melissa McGhee 12. Kevin Covais ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/34 "2006-03-15T15:17:40Z")
1. Katharine McPhee 2. Chris Daughtry 3. Paris Bennett 4. Kellie Pickler 5. Lisa Tucker 6. Taylor Hicks 7. Mandisa 8. Ace Young 9. Elliott Yamin 10. Bucky Covington 11. Kevin Covais 12. Mellisa McGhee ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/35 "2006-03-15T17:09:50Z")
1. Chris Daughtry (The Chosen One.) 2. Mandisa 3. Taylor Hicks 4. Katharine McPhee 5. Ace Young (Second shocker.) 6. Paris Bennett 7. Kellie Pickler (Sigh of relief.) 8. Elliot Yamin 9. Kevin Covais (The revenge.) 10. Lisa Tucker (First shocker.) 11. Bucky Covington 12. Melissa McGhee Of course, there’s some wishful thinking going on, but I think I’m keeping my head on straight. I did pretty well last year (different board). Here goes… ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/36 "2006-03-15T17:28:01Z")
I may have to go back and change this. I’m not totally happy with it. But here it is for now… 1. Chris 2. Katharine 3. Taylor 4. Paris 5. Elliott 6. Kellie 7. Mandisa 8. Lisa 9. Bucky 10. Kevin 11. Ace 12. Melissa (And what do I want to happen? Chris, Katharine, Elliot, Taylor, Bucky, Mandisa, Paris, Lisa, Kellie, Melissa, Kevin, Ace) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/37 "2006-03-15T18:47:07Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > 1. Chris Daughtry > 2. Mandisa > 3. Katharine McPhee > 4. Taylor Hicks > 5. Paris Bennett > 6. Kellie Pickler > 7. Lisa Tucker > 8. Ace Young > 9. Melissa McGhee > 10. Bucky Covington > 11. Elliott Yamin > 12. Kevin Covais 1. Chris Daughtry 2. Mandisa 3. Katharine McPhee 4. Taylor Hicks 5. Paris Bennett 6. Kellie Pickler 7. Lisa Tucker 8. Ace Young 9. Bucky Covington 10. Kevin Covais 11. Elliott Yamin 12. Melissa McGhee ---
**Author:** ![hawkeyejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hawkeyejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawkeyejo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/38 "2006-03-16T00:12:33Z")
1.Katharine McPhee 2.Mandisa 3.Taylor Hicks 4.Lisa Tucker 5.Elliot Yamin 6.Kellie Pickler 7.Chris Daughtry 8.Paris Bennet 9.Ace Young 10.Kevin Covais 11.Melissa McGhee 12.Bucky Covington ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/39 "2006-03-16T01:20:54Z")
Did it start yet? Am I too late? (I never watch the results shows on TV, I just get the info off the Internet later.) 1. Paris Bennett 2. Taylor Hicks 3. Chris Daughtry 4. Mandisa 5. Katharine McPhee 6. Elliott Yamin 7. Lisa Tucker 8. Ace Young 9. The Pickler 10. Bucky Covington 11. Kevin Covais 12. Melissa McGhee ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/40 "2006-03-16T01:30:13Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Did it start yet? Am I too late? Nope. You’re dandy. Still 30 minutes left, and I’ll even accept any up to 9:05 EST. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326.md?page=3)