20.  Screen Name: cobabycmw
Eliminated on March 28:   Phil Stacey

And I'll be at the results show with Vadia - CoDia will be in da house watching this live!!  Oh, just watch it be Sanjaya who is eliminated - I'll let out a scream of joy and probably get glared down by the Teeny Bops.  CoDia will write a full recap of how everything went down. 

BTW, I was able to get tickets because I signed up last season for the list to get AI tickets.  Apparently, my name was up and they sent me an e-mail, I had 3 choices to choose from 1) The rehearsal show on Tuesday at 12:30 PT; 2) The live show on Tuesday; or 3) The Wednesday Results show.  I missed my opportunity for the live show because I waited to long to reply, so I chose the Results Show since Gwen Stefani, Akon and Pink are performing - plus the whole drama of being there live will be intense, I can't wait!    Oh and FYI - You only get this one chance each season to get tickets, if I passed up this opportunity I would have to sign up again to get back on the list for tickets. 

Alright, once again all of our picks totally sucked.  Only one point will be awarded this week and that's to Spree for having Chris Sligh in 8th place.  Everyone else had him at least 7th which isn't good enough to get anything this week.  And then nobody got the elimination pick right either.  So another uneventful week of scoring here.

Spree moves from tied for 7th to tied for 3rd.  The group that was tied for 7th is now tied for 8th and everyone else is in the same spot.  Let's hope next week is more successful.  I'm not where to go for an elimination pick.  Tony Bennett songs?  Hmm...here's the scoreboard:

Rank	Player	Semis	Top 12	Top 11	Top 10	Totals
1	sjwolves	7	2	0	0	9
2	bcollan	6	2	0	0	8
3	cobabycmw	7	0	0	0	7
3	Marmie467	7	0	0	0	7
3	Spree	6	0	0	1	7
3	Vadia	7	0	0	0	7
3	zzyzx	7	0	0	0	7
8	Katatonic Fan	6	0	0	0	6
8	Proof	6	0	0	0	6
8	sirdoug	6	0	0	0	6
11	AI12345	5	0	0	0	5
11	ASiriusObsession	5	0	0	0	5
11	Barlo	5	0	0	0	5
11	Gregoriancant	5	0	0	0	5
11	Margarethsuherman	5	0	0	0	5
11	Misty	5	0	0	0	5
17	Collette_Leyton	4	0	0	0	4
17	Mattsie	4	0	0	0	4
19	Je_suis_jess	3	0	0	0	3
19	Shinamarih	3	0	0	0	3
21	Misha515	0	0	1	0	1
22	Bian	0	0	0	0	0
22	BigShady	0	0	0	0	0
22	KatBBall06	0	0	0	0	0
22	Kate4Chris&Kat	0	0	0	0	0

OK, some thoughts about this week's show.  I think the best performance goes to Gina.  I was almost ready to send her packing too.  I need her to stick around since I picked her for 4th place after her inspiring rendition of that Evanescence song.

Most chancy performance:  Jordin.  I don't think it was a great vocal by Jordin's standards but I give her points for taking a risk by doing "Hey Baby".  She could have done with Lakisha & Melinda did and do something so predictable like Donna Summer but she didn't.  I actually thought Jordin was going to sing "Don't Speak" but she decided to have some fun instead.

And then more credit to Blake for singing songs I don't believe have ever been thought of being sung before on Idol.

I thought the bottom three was going to be Chris S, Haley and Phil with Phil going home.  I've given up on Sanjaya.  I'm not sure how long this can happen but I wouldn't be shocked if he made Top 5 at this rate.  If one of the Elite Four (despite my dislike for Lakisha...she's in that group) goes before Sanjaya.  They need to dramatically revise the rules.

But surprisingly it was Chris Sligh.  I think we all thought he was going to be more popular than he turned out to be.  His personality doesn't come through in his singing.  That's a major problem unless you a majorly great singer.  And even then it's a problem.

I actually thought Phil did a pretty good job this week but I didn't think he had much of a fanbase so I figured he was going anyway.

And that leaves me with Haley.  Oh Haley.  Maybe it's the Kat Curls dangling from her head but...I have to admit I was rooting for her to stay tonight.  Is she a great singer?  No, she's alright.  I think Diana Ross said she'd be better in a recording studio than performing live.  But...if we can't have a total package like Katharine around this year at least we can get her by taking pieces of everyone.  So you have to have Haley around to accomplish that.   I think I'm just a sucker for that Kat hair. 

Just a note on the scoring for next week.  I anticipate points going on the board.  Here's the parameters:

4 points available for the Top 12 picks:

If the person you picked 9th goes home....a perfect 4 points for you.

If who you picked 8th or 10th goes home...3 points.

If your 7th or 11th place pick goes home...2 points

6th or 12th place...1 point.

If the person was in your Top 5...0 points.

And then of course the elimination point will be out there as well.  So the scoreboard SHOULD get moving next week.  I sincerely hope so.