American Idol 2012 (Prediction Poll for May 3)

In the past, we have done our own zRoundtable poll -- with good results in predicting winners (and contestants who might be eliminated).  For the 2012 American Idol, we are now down to the Final Five.  Please vote for your favorite Idols -- and we'll post the results before next week's result's show.

Out top five (in alphabetical order).  Please vote for your favorite Idol here.

• Hollie
• Jessica
• Joshua
• Phillip
• Skylar

American Idol: Prediction Poll says...

... that Scotty will win.

Our Prediction Poll's voting was closer than expected -- especially with oddsmakers making Scotty a heavy favorite. Thank you for reading -- and participating in our polls.

Finals Prediction (closer than expected!)

1. Scotty
2. Lauren

Finals Week: DWTS Finals Prediction & American Idol (Wk of May 23)

Thanks to everyone who voted.  Below are the results of our DWTS Prediction Poll.

Also, please vote for your favorite American Idol in our prediction poll.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and the rankings will be updated before the winner is announced).

Updated rankings:

Notes: Hines Ward is a fairly big favorite, although Chelsea is closer in our poll than bookmakers list.  Kirstie is popular but was a distant third.  

1. Hines Ward
2. Chelsea Kane
3. Kirstie Alley

Dancing with the Stars - Prediction Poll (Finals - Wk of May 23)

WE will update the prediction poll before the results show.  Please vote!

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) starts in "Dancing with the Stars."  As with our American Idol poll, we will update ratings before the results show (and votes after Monday's performances will count more).

Updated rankings:

Notes: Hines Ward is the favorite; Chelsea moved up in the rankings, but Kirstie remains popular!

1. Hines Ward
2. Chelsea Kane
3. Kirstie Alley

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of May 18, 2011) - Update

Who will be this year's American Idol?   Below are our updated rankings; the rankings remained the same -- but here are some notes:

• Scotty remains #1 -- but Lauren was a close second!  

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and the rankings will be updated before Thursday's results show).

Current Rankings:  

1. Scotty
2. Lauren
3. Haley

Dancing with the Stars - Prediction Poll (Week of May 16)

Do you watch "Dancing with the Stars"?  Due to the popularity of our American Idol prediction poll, we have added a poll for the final four of DWTS.  

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) starts in "Dancing with the Stars."  As with our American Idol poll, we will update ratings before the results how (and votes after Monday's performances will count more).

Updated rankings:

Notes: Chelsea moved up in the rankings, but Kirstie remains popular!

1. Chelsea Kane
2. Hines Ward
3. Ralph Macchio
4. Kirstie Alley

Introducing: DWTS Prediction Poll (Week of May 16)

Do you watch "Dancing with the Stars"???  Due to the popularity of our American Idol prediction poll, we have added a poll for the final four of DWTS.  

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) starts in "Dancing with the Stars."  As with our American Idol poll, we will update ratings before the results how (and votes after Monday's performances will count more).

Preliminary rankings:

1. Hines Ward
2. Ralph Macchio
3. Chelsea Kane
4. Kirstie Alley

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of May 18, 2011)

Who will be this year's American Idol?

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and the rankings will be updated before Thursday's results show).

Current Rankings:  

1. Scotty
2. Lauren
3. Haley

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of May 11, 2011) - UPDATE

We're sorry we did not publish the results of the prediction poll before the results episode -- but the google blogger software was down.  Our prediction poll results did not change from the published rankings earlier in the week.  However; here are some notes:

• James was a close second to Scotty (so James' elimination was a surprise!)
• Haley narrowed the gap -- and closed in on Lauren.

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Our American Idol Prediction Poll continues to perform well.  Last week, the poll correctly predicted that Jacob would be eliminated.  It really shows the power of statistics and sample size.  Thank you to our readers and friends who contributed to the poll.  

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll here.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and the rankings will be updated before Thursday's results show).

Current Rankings:  

1. Scotty
2. James
3. Lauren
4. Haley

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of May 11, 2011)

Our American Idol Prediction Poll continues to perform well.  Last week, the poll correctly predicted that Jacob would be eliminated.  It really shows the power of statistics and sample size.  Thank you to our readers and friends who contributed to the poll.  

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll here.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and the rankings will be updated before Thursday's results show).

Current Rankings:  

1. Scotty
2. James
3. Lauren
4. Haley

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of May 4, 2011) - updated 5/5/11 (8pm ET)

Rankings at 8pm

1. Scotty
2. James
3. Lauren
4. Haley
5. Jacob

After last night's performance show -- there was some shuffling in the standings.  Please continue to vote; votes after the performance episode are weighted more than before.  Our American Idol Prediction Poll has done very well in the past, thanks to you, our readers and friends.

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll here.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and will be updated before Thursday's results show).

Rankings as of 7am on 5/5/11:  

1. Scotty
2. Lauren
3. James
4. Haley
5. Jacob

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of May 4, 2011)

And then there were five!

Congrats to the American Idol Final Five!  Our American Idol Prediction Poll has done very well in the past, thanks to you, our readers and friends.

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll here.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and updated after Wednesday's episode).

WE HAVE a new leader this week!  

1. James
2. Scotty
3. Lauren
4. Haley
5. Jacob

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of April 27, 2011) -- Updated Thursday at 730pm

Our American Idol Prediction Poll has done well the past few weeks.  We have correctly picked the "bottom three" each of the last two weeks (and the eliminated contestant last week).  We have received an increasing number of votes!  Thank you -- to our friends and readers -- who contributed to our poll.

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll here.  (As usual, the poll will continue to be open -- and updated after tonight's episode).

WE HAVE a new leader!  Our most recent rankings (updated Thursday, 730pm ET) are:

1. James
2. Scotty
3. Lauren
4. Casey
5. Haley
6. Jacob

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of April 27, 2011) - Updated Wed. 6pm

Our American Idol Prediction Poll has done well the past few weeks.  We have correctly picked the "bottom three" each of the last two weeks (and the eliminated contestant last week).  Thank you -- to our friends and readers -- who contributed to our poll.

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll here.  (As usual, votes after this week's performance will count more heavily).

Our most recent rankings (updated Wed, 620pm ET) are:

1. Scotty
2. James
3. Lauren
4. Casey
5. Haley
6. Jacob

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of April 27, 2011)

Our American Idol Prediction Poll has done well the past few weeks.  We have correctly picked the "bottom three" each of the last two weeks (and the eliminated contestant last week).  Thank you -- to our friends and readers -- who contributed to our poll.

Please vote for your favorite (and least favorite) American Idols in our prediction poll here.  (As usual, votes after this week's performance will count more heavily).

Our most recent rankings are:

1. Scotty
2. Lauren
3. James
4. Casey
5. Jacob
6. Haley

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of April 20, 2011) - Part 2

Current rankings (4/21/11 -- 400pm ET)

1. Scotty
2. Lauren
3. James
4. Casey
5. Jacob L
6. Haley
7. Stefano 

American Idol - Prediction Poll (Week of April 20, 2011)

Thanks to everyone who voted.  We'll update our poll with votes before the results show tomorrow.  Votes after tonight's show will count more heavily in our poll prediction results.

Current rankings (4/20/11 -- 630pm ET)

1. Scotty
2. James
3. Lauren
4. Casey
5. Haley
6. Jacob L
7. Stefano 

American Idol Prediction Poll

Our last American Idol prediction poll worked out pretty well.  We had the bottom three correct.  Paul, one of our bottom three, was eliminated.

An updated poll has been posted here.  Please vote for the contestants you think are the best -- and worst.  Votes after Wednesday's episode will be counted more heavily.  Thank you for participating!

American Idol Poll: Updated Ratings (Please VOTE!): updated 4/14 (7am)

In previous years, our poll has been a good leading indicator or American Idol results.  Please vote here so we can improve our poll's predictive power.  Please keep voting; we'll update this list before the results show on Thursday.

Rankings as of 4/14/11 -- 7am (ET -- didn't want to ruin anything for west coast viewers!)

1. Scotty
2. Lauren
3. James
4. Casey
5. Jacob
6. Haley
7. Paul
8. Stefano

Our current rankings as of 4/13/11 8am (eastern):

1. Scotty
2. James
3. Casey
4. Lauren
5. Haley
6. Paul
7. Jacob L
8. Stefano

American Idol: Poll

After Thursday evening's shocking result, we are opening our poll up earlier, to give us time to collect more votes.

Thanks for your votes -- and keep them coming!  We'll weigh the votes after next week's performance more heavily.

Please click here to vote for your favorite Idols.