We are Smart

What a smart group of guessers we are. Everyone who submitted a guess this week guessed correctly. Great job.

Dave I. and Jaron guessed right on the number of votes cast this week, getting them each 100 bonus points. Jaron is about to take over the lead, and Dave jumped up from 12th to 5th. Wow.

Check out your new place in the top 13. Get ready for next week's huge points in the bonus competition. Are you "in it to win it?"

Who's Going Home?

OK, I'm having a very hard time deciding who's going home tomorrow night. Everyone's performance was great! I think this may be the best top 5 ever.

Not sure if they're going to do a bottom three tomorrow night because there are so few left. So, just predict the one person who you think is gone. Guess right--150 points. Guess wrong--Nothing. Ouch.

This could make or break you. Choose wisely. And don't forget to add your prediction to the new bonus competition below . . .

New Bonus Competition

Very simple bonus question for you to answer, and you don't need to answer it until tomorrow night.

You know how Seacrest always says how many telephone votes were received before he announces who's going home? All you have to do is guess how many votes will be cast tonight. Whoever gets closest will receive 100 bonus points.

If you think that for some reason Seacrest will not announce the number of votes tomorrow, make that your prediction instead of a number. If you predict the non-announcement correctly, you get 100 points.

Last week I think he said that over 45 million votes were received. In recent weeks it has been in the mid-30 millions. What's it going to be tomorrow night? Good luck.

Good Work Annette

Congrats to Annette, who guessed the going homers correctly, and won our bonus competition. The song from the Ford Music Video was called, I'm Good, I'm Gone, released by Swedish rocker Lykke Li in 2008. Annette guessed the year exactly. As a result, she soared from 8th place all the way to 3rd. Way to go, girl!

Anyone can catapult themselves to the top by winning our bonus competitions. Keep trying!

Who's going, and bonus

So we've got two contestants going home tomorrow night. Let's not mess with a bottom three, since we're not exactly sure how they're going to handle things tomorrow. Simply guess who are the TWO contestants going home. 75 points each.

Also, since I didn't do a bonus competition before tonight, let's do one for tomorrow. Let's focus on the always cheesy Ford music video. You need to guess the release year of the cheesy song the group will sing in the cheesy video. For example, will they sing "Rico Suave" from 1991? Will they sing, "Let's Get It Started" from 2003? Will the sing a disco song from 1979? Just guess the year, nothing else. Whoever gets closest will get 100 points. Only one person will get the bonus points, unless there is a tie. Good luck!

Sorry, so sorry . . .

Congrats to Jaron, Brian, Holly, and, um, me for guessing that the judges would use their save tonight. 100 bonus points go to each of us. Combine that with the 9-1 points and bottom three guesses, and some of us got a bunch of points tonight!

Guys, I'm sorry that I'm dominating. I don't mean to. I did make up the rules, establish the scoring system, make up the bonus competitions, and I do keep score, but I swear my lead is legit.

It's not over, however. I'll keep pumping up the points for the bonus competitions. Stay tuned for the next bonus competition. I'll post it by Sunday night.

Don't give up! It's still anybody's game. Good luck . . .

Who's it gonna be?

Is it just us, or is Quentin Tarantino rather annoying? Having him on the show would be kind of like having me (Brett) on the show giving tips to the contestants. And that wouldn't be pretty.

So Allison sang before Lil, giving the majority of us 50 points. Good work, people.

So now, as usual, throw in your picks for the bottom three and who's going home. 25 points for each correct bottom three choice, and 50 points if you guess who's outta here.

Good luck, and good night.

New Bonus Competition

So the judges didn't use their save last week. Sorry Kasia and Jaron. Let's see if they use it this week, and whoever guessed April 15 will get another 100 bonus points.

Are you ready for more chances for points? You've got a 50/50 chance this week. The question is this: Which GIRL will sing first on Tuesday night--Lil or Allison?

Simply post your guess as a comment to this post. 50 points if you guess right . . .

Good luck!

Who's Going Home?

If I sang a song from the year I was born (1976), it would definitely be (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty, by KC and the Sunshine Band. Just thought you would want to know.

So who's going to shake their booty into the sunset tonight? Let me know your bottom three and who you think is outta here. 25 and 50 points for correct guesses, as usual.

And, if the judges use their precious "save" tonight, Kasia and Damon will be a happy gal and guy, because they'll get 100 bonus points!

Good luck!

PS, did that show last night make anyone else feel old? Especially when Allison sang a song from her birth year, 1993 or something? How did that make you feel, Annette?

A New Leader. Me.

I'm not used to being ahead in Fantasy competitions. I'm sure it won't last. If you want to know how the points are calculated, check out the spreadsheet of leaders.

Are you ready for the next bonus competition? All you have to do is predict which week the judges are going to use their "judges save" to rescue a less-popular but talented contestant. According to the rules they made up for themselves, they must use it before we get to the top 5. That leaves three weeks, according to my calculations.

All you have to do is guess which week they will use the save: April 8, April 15, or April 22? If you guess right, you get 100 bonus points! It could catapult you into the lead if you guess right. Good luck!