Season 4 predictions
With a limited number of callers in Season 4, DialIdol claimed an accuracy rate of 65%.
[2] Contestants
Constantine Maroulis,
Scott Savol, and
Anthony Fedorov each were listed second to last in the weeks that each was eliminated.
DialIdol correctly predicted that Vonzell Solomon would be eliminated in the week with 3 Idols, and also correctly predicted in the final week of the season that Carrie Underwood would win over Bo Bice.[3]
Season 5 predictions
DialIdol was 87% accurate for Season 5 of
American Idol. The accuracy climbed substantially when the formula for weighting the busy signal ratio was altered to reflect the U.S. population distribution (higher weight for the results from the Eastern and Central time zones than for the rest of the country).
[4] This formula was first put to the test on April 6, 2006; as a result, the newly-weighted results correctly listed the bottom three contestants (
Mandisa,
Elliott Yamin, and
Paris Bennett) hours before the official results show. The correct prediction spawned national attention as a result.
[5][6][7]
By the middle of the season, the show's producers added additional phone lines for each contestant sooner than ever before in the show's history (final six). DialIdol successfully incorporated the additional lines into the overall calculations and released a new version of the software with a refined formula on May 9, 2006. Following these changes, the site correctly predicted
Chris Daughtry's elimination on May 10, 2006
[8][9] as well as Yamin's elimination on May 17, 2006.
[10] In the final week of
American Idol Season 5,
DialIdol also predicted that Taylor Hicks would win over Katharine McPhee.[11]
Season 6 predictions
For
the sixth season of
American Idol, DialIdol made 21 correct predictions and 2 incorrect predictions for an accuracy rate of 91%. On April 18, 2007, when
LaKisha Jones,
Blake Lewis, and
Sanjaya Malakar were in the bottom three and Malakar was eliminated, the website ranked them in fifth, sixth, and seventh place, respectively.
[12] Chris Sligh,
Chris Richardson, and Jones were also listed as the lowest-ranking contestant in the week that each was eliminated. In the Top 3, DialIdol was not able to make a prediction as the three contestants' scores were within the margin of error (see
below}; in its listings,
Melinda Doolittle was ranked first, followed by
Jordin Sparks second, and Blake Lewis last. Doolittle was eliminated that week.
[13] In the final week of American Idol Season 6, DialIdol predicted that Jordin Sparks would win over Blake Lewis.[14]
Season 7 predictions
As of May 7, 2008, DialIdol has made 14 correct predictions and 1 incorrect prediction for an accuracy rate of 93%.
[15][16] In the second through fifth weeks of the competition,
David Archuleta was the only contestant predicted to be safe each week. In the first week as well as in the Top 10 week, three of the remaining contestants were declared to be safe, with the rest in danger of being eliminated. DialIdol listed
Chikezie,
Ramiele Malubay,
Carly Smithson,
Brooke White, and
Jason Castro as the lowest-ranking contestant in the weeks in which each was eliminated. In the Top 7 week, DialIdol incorrectly predicted that
Kristy Lee Cook would be safe; instead, she was eliminated that week.
[17] In the Top 4 week, Castro was the first contestant of the year to be definitively predicted to be voted off, which was proven correct when Castro was eliminated on May 7, 2008.
:Though I haven't watched this whole season. I think Cook should win. I agree with Andrew Loyd Webber David needs to open his eyes.
