(02-29-2012, 12:44 AM)John Brown Wrote: ...the talent on the boy's side at least is pretty good. There is going to be some really talented guys being sent home Thursday night.

(02-29-2012, 05:41 AM)Miguel Wrote:

(02-29-2012, 12:44 AM)John Brown Wrote: ...the talent on the boy's side at least is pretty good. There is going to be some really talented guys being sent home Thursday night.

DialIdol shows these are your leaders:

1) Eben Franckewitz - 44.24
2-3) Chase Likens - 20.995
2-3) Adam Brock - 19.749
4) Jermaine Jones - 14.572
5) Joshua Ledet - 10.906

6) Phillip Phillips - 6.848
7-13) Creighton Fraker 1<
7-13) Reed Grimm 1<
7-13) Colton Dixon 1<
7-13) Heejun Han 1<
7-13) Jeremy Rosado 1<
7-13) Aaron Marcellus 1<
7-13) DeAndre Brackensick 1<

http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp

That is a lot different than the general Twitter reaction to the performances. Most people thought Eben was terrible.

These appeared to be the top performers based on Twitter reaction:

Top:

Joshua Ledet
Phillip Phillips
Chase Likens
Colton Dixon
Reed Grimm
Heejun Han

Bottom:

Eben Franckewitz
Adam Brock
DeAndre Brackensick

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Hmm...just read a post on their forum which said at this point it was the "raw" numbers that matter. It linked to a chart showing these as the leaders:

Phillip Phillips
Colton Dixon
Jermaine Jones
Reed Grimm
Heejun Han
Joshua Ledet

http://dialidol.com/asp/predictions/Predictions.asp?week=25&sort=TD&type=numbers&season=11

That matches my Top 6 overall except I included Chase Likens (country music) instead of Jermaine Jones (surprise returnee with pimp spot).

(02-29-2012, 12:00 PM)john Wrote: I watched a few of them. If Eben is really the top vote getter that is sad. It confirms that 13-15 year old girls are calling the shots.

Quote:Once again, Dial Idol’s raw numbers. The Dial Idol scores are WHACK, with the worst ones at the top, which is why I always rely on the raw numbers instead. Anyway…just as I had predicted. Siiiiigh I really don’t want to hear any more of Haley’s annoying sounds.

Quote:Hailey KILLED her exit song damnnnnn

And to think I never even wanted her in the top 12 cause she growled all the time. She definitely grew a lot throughout the competition.

(02-29-2012, 01:48 PM)Miguel Wrote: Siiiiigh I really don’t want to hear any more of Haley’s annoying sounds.

(02-29-2012, 01:48 PM)Miguel Wrote:

(02-29-2012, 12:00 PM)john Wrote: I watched a few of them. If Eben is really the top vote getter that is sad. It confirms that 13-15 year old girls are calling the shots.

He's near the bottom of the "raw" numbers. Apparently the "raw numbers" are the number of calls and busy signals whereas the other number uses an algorithm that accounts for things like intervals, regions and percent of busy signals, etc.

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Below: A tumblr post made last year with this notation:

Quote:Once again, Dial Idol’s raw numbers. The Dial Idol scores are WHACK, with the worst ones at the top, which is why I always rely on the raw numbers instead. Anyway…just as I had predicted. Siiiiigh I really don’t want to hear any more of Haley’s annoying sounds.

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Sometime later, the guy who posted that posted:

Quote:Hailey KILLED her exit song damnnnnn

And to think I never even wanted her in the top 12 cause she growled all the time. She definitely grew a lot throughout the competition.

(02-29-2012, 12:44 AM)John Brown Wrote: On the subject of Randy, apparently the TPTB must have had a talk with him, as he really went out of his way to be much more respectful, diplomatic, and tactful tonight. Of course, there was not much criticism tonight since it was the top 24, but at least when he had to, he went out of his way to be very respectful and tactful. Of course, this is just the first show, but if he keeps it up, it will be a major improvement.