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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

DialIdol Rank	Idol	DialIdol Score	Margin Of Error	Actual Rank
1	Taylor Hicks	37.333	1.72	-
2	Katharine McPhee	28.589	1.836	-
3	Kellie Pickler	28.135	1.842	-
4	Chris Daughtry	26.915	1.857	-
5	Ace Young	23.787	1.897	-
6	Bucky Covington	23.113	1.905	-
7	Paris Bennett	19.035	1.955	-
8	Elliott Yamin	14.184	2.013	-
9	Mandisa	13.177	2.025	-
Margin of error: Per Idol; not scientific.

Here are DialIdol's stats from Tues. night. They were dead on this week in their predictions of the bottom three based on the frequency of contestants' busy signals. So I'm sure they were also right about Taylor being the top vote getter this week, as he has been every week dispite being stuck with a lousy song.. Taylor is not a country singer. "Country Roads" was not his song choice. He obviously would have preferred singing something else. But his fan base is so large and supportive that he could have sung "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and still been the top vote getter. Just wait til they let him do his thing. He will blow everyone away! And as contestants start being voted off he will get more of their votes than Chris, Kelly, or Katherine will.

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Lily,

You wrote: I thought the only one that sang really well last nite was Taylor Hicks..

Agreed! Of course. I can't imagine how Taylor could lose this thing. Get hit by a truck before the the finals maybe. Other than that he has it wrapped up. "DialIdol" http://dialidol.com/asp/predictions/Predictions.asp measures the busy signal frequency of each contestant's phone line every week. Taylor's line is always the busiest. Kelly is usually a weak second and Chris a distant third. As contestants are voted off Taylor will pick up more of their supporters than Chris, making Taylor stronger every week. Mike

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Also sending Kevin home, instead of Lisa, narrows the field to five gals and five guys, a very nice touring company. Kevin's gone, regardless of the vote.

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Taylor is gonna win thing two and a half months from now, no doubt! But what is going to happen tomorrow night is even more clear. Kevin will be sent home. A.I. producers have reserved the right to throw out any votes they believe were cast improperly, through "power dialers" etc. That means that regardless of how many votes Kevin gets (and he is sure to be somewhere near the bottom anyway) the show's producers will feel justified in sending him home since they can say that many of his votes were cast by those who felt he was the worst, not the best. ( Vote for the worst . com ) And they will very much want to send him home, tomorrow night more than ever. Why? Because the top ten go on concert tour. And Lisa, with her small fan base probably the person with the real lowest number of votes tomorrow night, is a pro who will handle that tour like a pro. She has toured with a production of "The Lion King" already in her young life. And she has a lot more talent than Kevin. So who will the producers send home? Kevin. No doubt about it. They have plenty of reason to send him home and a good excuse to do so even if he is several spots up from the bottom.

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Taylor's gonna win this thing. No question. But who is next to go?

Last week the bottom three were Ace, Lisa, and Mellisa, with Mellisa leaving.

But Dial Idol (now shut down by AI) said the bottom four was Mellisa, Kevin, Ace, and Lisa - in that descending order. (Mellisa's busy signal count was twice as high as Lisa's.)

The theory goes that Mellisa was sent home even though she did not get the lowest number of votes. However, her votes were low enough that AI could say she had the lowest number of votes and no one would doubt them.

The theory goes that she was sent home because she was judged by the show's producers to be the least important contestant to the show's ratings. Ace has the good looks. Lisa is more talented than Mellisa. And Kevin is a cute nerd who everyone loves to hate. So Mellisa had to go.

So now who is next to go? I can't believe that Lisa's fan base is now any higher than it was last week. Mandesa and Paris will get most of the Black vote. They both have more "soul" than Lisa. Plus Mandesa has the "plus size" vote. And Paris has the "cute" vote. So where does that leave Lisa? Out in the cold, I'd say.

She is still left with a very small fan base. We know she was bottom three last week despite a very strong performance. So even a strong performance this week won't help. At this point I see no reason why the producers would pull her out of the fire again. She adds little of value to the show.

I say she is gone. And Pinnacle Sports is giving 11 to 1 odds against it. Hmmmmmmmmm. I'm tempted.

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

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The final two, awaiting America's decision. Will we prefer gray hair or no hair?

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After America's decision has been announced, Taylor's expression reveals the outcome of this contest.
America prefers the Silver Fox over the Bald Eagle.

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Wed, you asked: where would a person go to bet on the show? Here are a couple places. http://www.pinnaclesports.com/default.asp http://www.bodog.com/sports-betting/tv-film-movie-props.jsp Remember, all things in moderation. Except betting on Taylor to win A I . That's not gambling. That's a sure thing. : )

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Dial Idol showed that Taylor's line has been far busier than anyone else's.

I do not believe Mellisa got the lowest number of votes. Dial Idol said her line was busy twice as often as Lisa's. Kevin, Ace, and Lisa were all under Melissa. But the show's producers wanted to toss Mellisa because they thought she deserved to go (especially after forgetting her song lyrics) and they thought keeping the three others below her in votes would be better for the show's ratings.

That's why Simon spoke very well of Mellisa after her botched performance. He figured, "Why not be nice to her? This was her last performance." Simon is one of the show's creators and producers. He knew they had already decided to send her home if she was anywhere near the bottom.

They wanted to keep Ace. (His good looks attract female viewers.) And they wanted to keep Lisa a little while longer anyway. (She is more talented than Mellissa.) They even preferred Kevin over Mellisa. (His continued survival adds controversy which increases ratings.) Mellisa added nothing much to the show. So they decided to cheat her and lie to America, saying she had the lowest number of votes when she did not.

They then had to shut down Dial Idol so they can continue to pull this kind of crap with no one being the wiser.

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Star,

We have a lot in common. But only one of us is smart of enough to have put a big bet on Taylor to win. : )

He's gonna run away with this thing I tell ya.

Mike

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I've got $500 on Taylor Hicks to win American Idol ( 10 to 1 odds ) : )

by a Christian in

i've got $500.00 on taylor hicks to win american idol.

at 10 to one odds ( pinnacle sports ) !

normally i'm not a gambling man.

a Christian

Taylor is the voters # 1 choice by far. There was a site called DIALIDOL.com It was just shut down by Idol lawyers with a court order yesterday.

They predicted Idol voting results very accurately. They predicted that both Ace and Lisa would be in the bottom three this week. Something that nobody could have guessed. They made their predictions based on how often they got busy sinals when dialing to vote for all the contestants. They had hundreds of phones across the country all dialing and recording busy signals. The more often they got a busy signal meant that more people were voting for a contestant. Taylor's line was busy 65 % of the time. Chris was the third busiest with his line being busy about half as often as Taylor's. As I recall. The bottom four were Kevin, Ace, Mellisa and Lisa. They were so accurate over the last few weeks Idol lawyers got them shut down to preserve their ratings and drama until the following night's "results show."