# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/81 "2006-05-25T05:57:11Z")
HEY!!! Whoooo!!! SOUL PATROL! _\_ I’ll take nailing the winner, even if I was tied for the lead after the first week… Go Taylor… _Soul Patrol!_ p.s. I avoided the main thread for the last few weeks, but I think Taylor deserved it. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/82 "2006-05-25T06:22:28Z")
I only got 14, by my count. ☹ Good game, everyone. Congratulations to the winner(s)! ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/83 "2006-05-25T08:14:02Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] **RickJay** , you around? Wanna do the honors for this one? [/QUOTE] I was wondering that myself… let’s see this cumworthy spreadsheet 😉 I could calculate my own, but it would be meaningless without knowing all the rest… … yeah… Anybody else notice I was the only one in this thread who nailed the top two? _\furiously pats self on back\_ ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/84 "2006-05-25T12:03:10Z")
Okay okay, let’s end the suspense… LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A WINNER! But first, a commercial break. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/85 "2006-05-25T12:15:39Z")
Okay… and the winner is… … … NOT! foolsguinea: 3 pts Happy Lendervedder, detop: 4 pts Brynda, Diogenes the Cynic: 5 pts marymargaret, Hal Briston, Dolores Reborn: 6 pts Reloy3: 7 pts MillitFrail, simply\_cats, vivalostwages: 8 pts RickJay, Biggirl, : 9 pts Only Mostly Dead, hawkeyejo: 10 pts MsWhatsit: 11 pts (YEAH BABY!) diecast cars, Mahaloth, Monster: 12 pts Yellowval: 13 pts jsgoddess, vaderspal, RachelChristine: 14 pts And now for another commercial break! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/86 "2006-05-25T12:18:32Z")
Due to the announcer having to drop her kids off at preschool, the suspenseful waiting part of this program is now over! You can all breath a sigh of relief… After this commercial break! … No, no, I kid. Okay. Are you ready? Really ready? Really really ready? OW! Who threw that brick? Okay. FOURTH PLACE: koeeoaddi, with a stunning 16 points! THIRD PLACE: Walter Windchill, with an even more stunning 17 points! SECOND PLACE: scotandrsn, a mega-whopping 20 points! And finally… this year’s American Idol Results Prediction Contest winner is… ELEUSIS! WITH an UNBELIEVABLE 22 points! _cue the balloons_ …Phew. I need to go take a nap now. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/87 "2006-05-25T14:05:09Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] …SECOND PLACE: scotandrsn, a mega-whopping 20 points!.. [/QUOTE] Does that mean I get to take Katharine home as a prize? ---
**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:** [May 25, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/88 "2006-05-25T15:16:07Z")
I tied for fifth place? I feel better now! 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 25, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/89 "2006-05-25T15:36:38Z")
I didn’t come in last! Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326/90 "2006-05-26T04:54:09Z")
Wow, this is just too much! I’d like to thank Ace, The Pickler, that CopaCabana guy, RickJay, MsWhatsit… if I’ve forgotten anybody just know that _I love you all!_ **scotandsrn** - sure, take her… she was grating on my nerves big time by season’s end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-idol-results-prediction-contest/348326.md?page=4)