http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,18638,00.html
JUST A SNIPPET...(more current info on AI at link)
DialIdol.com
Citing its analysis of Idol phone lines (i.e., the busier the phone line the more popular the contestant), this speed-dialing site predicted that Elliott Yamin would get the hook on Wednesday. The week before, it pegged Lisa Tucker for the inglorious title of lowest vote-getter.
Yamin and Tucker, however, are still around; Corvais and Melissa McGhee, who was bounced the week before, aren't.
So, no, DialIdol.com isn't perfect. (It did much better in the semifinal rounds.) Webmaster Jim Hellriegel, a Chris Daughtry fan who votes for all the finalists equally, said Thursday he's identified a problem in the hopes of making the site more accurate next week.
And, yes, it looks like there will be a next week. Although Hellriegel has heard from Fox's lawyers (over alleged copyright infringement), he hasn't heard from them lately. He even defended the network against conspiracy theorists who allege Fox kept Yamin around in order to call into question DialIdol.com's predicting powers. Said Hellriegel: "I don't think Fox is fixing the results."
Several Interesting AI Polls all on one page here...
AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 5 ULTIMATE POLL
This is the one poll that is all about AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 5.
Vote for your favorite, and well the people you'd like to see go home...
http://www.misterpoll.com/53684763.html