Friday, March 24, 2006

American Idol Pool

The Rules:

Rank the contestants in the order you think they will finish. You'll receive a point (points are bad) for each position away from your prediction that the contestant finishes. For example if you pick Mandisa to finish third and she finishes fourth, you get one point. The entrant with the fewest points wins. You will owe the winner 1 dollar for every point by which you exceed his points. For example, if you have 12 points and they have 9, you owe them 3 dollars. Maximum loss is 10 dollars. No second place. No last place. One winner only. If you can't afford the entry fee, a major pharmaceutical company may be able to pay for you. Deadline for entries is the start of the next show on Tuesday. Place you entries in comments to this post. The names of the Idol contestants are Ace, Mandisa, Lisa, Paris, Chris, Bucky, Elliott, Catherine, Kellie, and Taylor. Tell you friends. You might be able to win 10 dollars from them and the more the merrier. Questions?

14 comments:

Dad said...

Please rank your entries 1 through 10, with 1 being the winner. Thus,

10. Paris
9. Ace
8. Elliott
etc.

Tiebreakers:

Starting with the #1 position, the winner would be the one who picks that one correctly. If there is a tie, we'll go down the list from 1 to 10 until we come to an incorrect pick. for instance if I tie with Mom/Cassie, and we both pick the winner correctly, but she picks the runner-up correctly and I don't, she wins.

Dad said...

I'm gonna use a dart board.

Caleb said...

I'll start things off. 10-5 was easy for me, 4-1 was much tougher.

10. Bucky
9. Lisa
8. Taylor
7. Kellie
6. Paris
5. Elliott
4. Ace
3. Catherine
2. Mandisa
1. Chris

Dad said...

10.Bucky
9 Lisa
8. Ace
7. Elliott
6. Mandisa
5. Taylor
4. Catherine
3. Paris
2. Chris
1. Kellie

Go, Kellie!

Dad said...

Picks may be revised until the start of the next show.

Lurkers are encouraged to enter.

Mom said...

Oh, brother, this is hard. I may well take advantage of the new revisions-allowed-until-the-next-show rule. There are six or seven of them who could easily end up winning, and every time I think this through, I end up with different rankings. But decisions must be made somehow, so here's my list:

10. Bucky
9. Ace
8. Lisa
7. Taylor
6. Elliott
5. Kellie
4. Paris
3. Mandisa
2. Chris
1. Catherine (and not just because of her name!)

Anonymous said...

eek! this is so hard.

10. Bucky
9. Ace
8. Lisa
7. Taylor
6. Kellie
5. Paris
4. Chris
3. Mandisa
2. Catherine
1. Elliot

Luke Murphy said...

10. Bucky
9. Lisa
8. Ace
7. Kellie
6. Taylor
5. Chris
4. Paris
3. Elliott
2. Katherine
1. Mandisa

I'm cheering for Elliott. Every week he sings the most difficult song and nails it, but I don't think he'll win. This list will probably be edited before tuesday.

Caleb said...

Luke, I'll make a $10 sidebet with you that Mandisa doesn't finish first.

Luke Murphy said...

Caleb I'll make a 10 million dollar bet with you that Chris doesn't win first.

Anonymous said...

10. Bucky
9. Lisa
8. Ace
7. Taylor
6. Kellie
5. Paris
4. Chris
3. Mandisa
2. Elliot
1. Catherine

Dad said...

Six entrants so far! C'mon, lurkers. I know you're out there. It's a chance to earn big money!

Luke Murphy said...

Okay this should be my final list.

10. Bucky
9. Lisa
8. Ace
7. Taylor
6. Kellie
5. Paris
4. Chris
3. Elliott
2. Katherine
1. Mandisa

Oh crap I just saw that the first 7 are the same as Aurora. Oh well.

Anonymous said...

OK this is it.

10. Bucky
9. Lisa
8. Ace
7. Taylor
6. Kellie
5. Paris
4. Chris
3. Elliot
2. Mandisa
1. Catherine