Rate & Predict American Idol

There didn’t seem to be much bias in which contestants were chosen to go first, and which were chosen to go last.  Two early favorites started 1 and 2 (Lil Rounds and Danny Gokey), while two others went somewhere between the middle and end (Anoop Desai and Adam Lambert).

I don’t know if it’s my growth into adulthood, but my memory sure ain’t what it used to be.  I can’t remember exactly how good or bad the first 4 or 5 performances were.  I thought Lil was pretty good, but not great, I thought Danny was great, too.  But if I’m comparing against Adam or Alexis Grace, can I accurately say that I liked Lil more than I liked Adam?  Fact is, I remember Alexis because she went last.  Later on, I want to do a more formal analysis on performance order, because with the level of talent fairly high this season, I think smaller factors like performance order and air time will play a larger role.