Rate & Predict American Idol

Here’s an updated list of our Accumulated Performance Order metric.  To refresh your memory, the higher the score, the more often the contestant has performed towards the end of the show.

1. Megan (Joy Corkrey) – 24 points
2. Matt Giraud – 24
3. Adam Lambert – 24
4. Anoop Desai – 24
5. Danny Gokey – 20
6. Allison Iraheta – 19
7. Lil Rounds – 12
8. Scott Macintyre – 11
9. Michael Sarver – 11
10. Kris Allen – 11

Poor Kris Allen always performs near the beginning of the show, at which point we’ve almost already forgotten his performance.  Question: do you think APO or performance order matters?