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Player 15: shinamarih Weekly Elimination Selection (Top Three): Syesha Mercado Performance Show Date 5/13/08
Just thought I'd fill out the ballot for you so Co doesn't miss it when she updates the group list!
Thanks a lot Joe!
Joe, I voted for Syesha's elimination, why didn't I get a point last week? You missed!! I could not believe it! Two times in a row, I got it right, Joe, with Jason and Syesha, you got to count that, and I didn't forget to get my vote in every week, but you recorded it as a N/A defaulted=0 points, whoa! I won't win of course in the pool but I have to have that one point, you know. Jeez. LOL. I guess nobody noticed but me. Yes, I voted for Syesha for top 3, and I also voted for her elimination at the same time, really lame, but I knew she was to leave anyway so I felt like rooting for the underdog, like how Groucho did.
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When I voted for Brooke to go (twice) she stayed. Then when I voted for someone else to go, she left. Brooke screwed up my points.
I voted for Syesha to go (twice too) but she stayed. Luckily, when I voted for her to go this time, she indeed left. Still, Syesha screwed up my points.
I had put Carly on both ballots (1st on 12, and 3rd on 6) and I never voted for her to go, not once, and she left at 6th place. Carly screwed up my points too.
Lastly, Jason screwed up my points big time because I had him lower on ballot 12 and he finished 4th. Luckily, the last time I voted for him to go, he left indeed, but twice too I voted for him to go and he stayed, like Brooke and Syesha.
BTW, when Kristy Lee left at 7th place, I had her down on 4th, and of course I never would have voted for her to go, either, like Carly. I had put David Cook on 5th on ballot 12 but now he's top 2. That screwed me too.
Therefore, if Archie finishes 2nd, I would have nailed him correctly on both ballots, if not, I would not have been too far away. So, as far as all contestants are concerned, I have only been correct or nearly so correct, both times, with one single contestant, and that is with David Archuleta. If he wins, I would still be happy I had placed him to go to the finals.
Unfortunately, the tweens don't speak exactly the same way as I do or me and the rest of the 40-ish people didn't vote for Carly or Michael or Kristy as much as the tweenies voted for the 3 latino names, but still, that doesn't translate very well who really was the better singer until the final two now. Therefore, I am 11 points below Vadia, and my account for my losses in the scoring is laid out above. Joe didn't record my vote for Syesha last week correctly, though. How could you have missed my vote, Joe?"That was a lame cabaret", in the words of Simon Cowell.
Consistently, I had put Archuleta at #2 position on both ballots because I was convinced at the beginning that Carly would win, then after she got eliminated early, I jumped to David Cook as the better winner between him and Archuleta. After all, Carly is the most electrifying contestant idol has ever had, IMO. I believe she and David Cook have the most ranges. Just listen to "Shout to the Lord" and distinctly, David Cook and Carly were the true standouts. Of course the others did very well too. I also believe that Michael Johns is the best performer but he was cast out too early and that was a shame. I had him on #3 next to Archie on the ballot 12.
The manner of how words were said by the judges to influence voting mattered to a great degree. The show was kept alive by several important factors and one of those is the way the judges kept a record on paper what their critiques are even from the rehearsal alone, all done to condition a state of voting and to effect the desired outcome based on what has been discussed on the show and what the judges had to say.
With all due respect to the millions of young voters, I disagree with how the contestants were unfairly eliminated at some point because of too many unrealistic power voting on both Archie and Jason which had created a big difference between them and the other better singers.
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If I were to reconsider things now, after all of the performances, and based on their talent and song choices/performances, not basing on the public votes, this is how I believe the contestants should have finished (or finish).
1. David Cook
2. David Archuleta
3. Carly Smithson (I believe her "Superstar" song choice did her in, Greg. Carly should have won this year, like Melinda should have been winning last year, if only true talent is the key, not otherwise. Bcollan, I, too, have always voted for girls to win for 7 seasons now,)
4. Michael Johns
5. Syesha Mercado
6. Kristy Lee Cook (I still believe KLC had at least 1 more week on her belt but I hate to say that Carly or Brooke should have been the ones to go that round because they were way down on dialidol below KLC, so, maybe Jason or Syesha should have left instead of KLC.)
7. Brooke White (I had posted before that BW is the epitome of a real idol, being able to play the guitar and the piano, and still could sing very well. If she didn't commit the mistakes of false starts, I believe she could have finished third or second.)
8. Chikezie Eze
9. David Hernandez
10. Ramiele Malubay - (I had max points putting her on #9 finish and she left at #9)
11. Jason Castro (I hunched that JC was a decoy to prepare Archie for the top 2 postion, and so to keep fanning the tween votes in, JC had to be kept)
12. Amanda Overmyer
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Note: There is a grievance. I really think Amanda should not have been in the top 12. I also think Chikezie and David Hernandez should have surpassed Jason. I had enjoyed Jason with only performance, I think the top 12 performance, but he got this momentum going for some reason, maybe because of Paula, but Chikezie and David H have far better sounding cords than Jason, definitely. If not for the stripper issue, I think DH could have lasted longer. America is so unforgiving in that sense, but so forgiving of Archie's forgetting the lyrics, and so forgiving of Brooke's messing her starts TWICE, but so unforgiving of Chikezie's old fashioned-ness and failed to hear the very good sound of that boy's voice!!! America's power tween voters are not fans of beautiful-curvacious-statuesque-mature-smart-country singers either as to put KLC on a different perspective, and they failed to see the whole essence of the person because of "jealousy" for Carrie Underwood, that's pretty evil to me even more when I read bashings about her. The girl has a great sound and america failed to recognize that!!! I, too, am a victim of "song choices" of course because if I didn't have to consider that, this sequence of finishes would have been tweaked a little bit different maybe.
Joe, this was my vote. You didn't count me in!!
That's ONE VERY BIG POINT!!!! LOL. Yayyyyy, I'm 51 too, like your score!
You got it wrong on the tally, and I didn't even know it until now. Please correct, please. Thx.
Showdown - David vs. David!
This post is for the FINAL Weekly Elimination Selections for Pool Players in the CoJo Pool. All selections must be made by TUESDAY, May 20 at 4 p.m. PDT / 7 p.m. EDT. NOTE: For your final selection, please submit your entry for which David will WIN and take the American Idol Season 7 Crown. If you do not make a weekly elimination selection, it will default to whomever you selected to win American Idol on your Top 12 or Super Six Elimination Ballot. Player 1: barlo Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08: Player 3: Big Shady Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 4: DJ CoBaby Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 5: Maddie Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 6: Mattsie Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 7: sjwolves Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 8: uplink2 Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 9: Misty Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 10: Gregoriancant Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 11: KatPack1198 Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 12: Vadia Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 13: bcollan Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 14: kate4chrisandkat Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 15: shinamarih Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 17: Bian Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 18: pakatfan00 Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Archuleta Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 19: Collette_Leyton Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08 Player 22: trsf Who will win American Idol Season 7: David Cook Performance Show Date 5/20/08
Player 23: Je_suis_jess Who will win American Idol Season 7: N/A - Top 12 Pick eliminate Performance Show Date 5/20/08
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18 out of 19 entries posted at 2:00 p.m. PDT on 5/21/08 - The CoJo Pool
Here's the breakdown of selections for who will win American Idol:
David Cook - 10 David Archuleta - 8