American Idol Elimination Brackets

I know there are more than a few of us who watch the American Idol contest on a regular basis. At my work we do an American Idol Elimination Bracket to coincide with the NCAA brackets that also start up in the same month. It gives both none sports lovers and sports lovers all an even opportunity to win something.

So I made the elimination brackets for this season of Idol. Ignore the three lines under TOP 2. There should only be 2 lines, but I made the file into a pdf before I caught that and am being less perfectionist like than normal and letting it be.

Anyone want to play? The event begins tomorrow night - so I need brackets turned in by the beginning of the show tomorrow - 7pm Central.

To Play: Turn in brackets by 7pm Central, Tuesday March 10th.
Turn your answers in via email or by posting on the comments section. If you post in the comments section you can list the person that gets eliminated each week (label them: i.e. TOP 12 = Lil Rounds, TOP 11 = Danny, etc). The pdf file below is a "write who stays each week" bracket.

In other words: You will label in the comments section "Who will NOT make the TOP _?"
For example, there are 13 contestants, who will not make the TOP 12 (in other words who will be voted off first). Write TOP 12: _______.
Now you have 12 contestants. Who will not make the TOP 11 (in other words who will be voted off second). Write TOP 11: ________.
Therefore you will have 1 person not written at all on the list as you write it like above. That "missing person" will be the person you believe will make the TOP 2, but will not win the IDOL.
If you have questions, let me know. My hubby started to confuse folks in the comments section. Imagine that. ha ha.

Point System: Each week you will get points for each person you choose correctly to stay in the game. Therefore, if you get the right person out of the game from the start, the first week you can accumulate up to 12 points. If you get the wrong person, you'll only get 11 points. The point accumulation will continue throughout the entire competition.

Winner: Person with the most points at the end, WINS. If there is a tie in points, the person with the actual American Idol pick WINS. If there is still a tie, the person with the most fully correct weeks WINS. If there is still a tie, I'll pick a number from 1-50 and those who have tied will guess what number - closest to the number I choose WINS.

PRIZE: Winner gets bragging rights! If the WINNER is local, they get a FREE meal cooked by the McGugan's. If the WINNER is out of town, we'll send a small gift card of some sort.


American Idol 2009

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Let the games begin. I look forward to seeing some of you play! I'll post weekly updates on how everyone sits in the standings.

PS. You don't ACTUALLY have to watch the show regularly to play - make a guess at it if you want, I don't mind... you may even do better because you won't over analyze it like the regular watchers will do.