Accumulated Performance Order After 3/17

March 18th, 2009 - kp 1 Comment

One metric I want to track is something I call “Accumulated Performance Order” (APO).  Basically, this sums the performance order of the contestants over the weeks.  The higher the number, the more often you’ve appeared in the back-half of the performance order, and vice-versa.

After 2 rounds of the Finals, here are the APOs (out of a possible 24 points):

  1. Matt Giraud – 23
  2. Megan Joy (Corkrey) – 20
  3. Alexis Grace – 20
  4. Anoop Desai – 17
  5. Adam Lambert – 16
  6. Danny Gokey – 11
  7. Kris Allen – 9
  8. Allison Iraheta – 9
  9. Scott Macintyre – 8
  10. Michael Sarver – 5
  11. Lil Rounds – 5

Matt Giraud got the last spot this week, and the second-to-last spot last week.  I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that being in the last spot is very advantageous, since you can remember the performance very clearly as soon as voting begins.

Worst of all is the first spot of the night, whose performance you can barely remember (unless it was amazing).  Is it possible we say goodbye to Michael Sarver, given how early he’s been appearing on the show?

One Response to “Accumulated Performance Order After 3/17”

  1. babyboomer says:
    March 23, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    I watched early Idol and saw Matt Giraud excel when he used the piano.

    In the early rounds, instruments were not used. Now that they are legit, Matt is able to use the piano again.

    Thank God the piano man can have his piano. I think it’s a new ballgame now and Danny and Adam have something else to worry about.

    I think Matt is going to win this thing. But the final that I’m hoping for is Matt and Kris. What a wonderful evening of music that would be for this BOOMER.

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