WE HAVE OUR TOP 24!!! More after the pool rules…
POOL RULES
Please read the rules, we have changed a few things this year.
Please read the rules, we have changed a few things this year.
1) Pool cost is $10. ALL money goes toward the pot.
2) There will be a first, second and third prize. The amount (% of pot) will be set once we have a better idea how many participants we have.
3) We will pick the top five this year. (You will need to send me your picks for FIRST PLACE (WINNER), SECOND PLACE (First Runner Up), THIRD PLACE, FOURTH PLACE and FIFTH PLACE.) The top twelve will be mailed out March 6th.
4) Every week one of your picks remains (is not voted out) you receive points for that person depending on what place you put them in. First Place is 12, Second Place is 8, Third Place is 5, Fourth Place is 3, and Fifth Place is 2. For example, last year let’s say you picked BLAKE LEWIS to win idol. (He was the first runner up.) You would have received 12 points for him (you picked him first) for 11 weeks (he was 1 week short of the end), 108 points in total. This will be repeated for all five of your picks. Your points will be aggregated, and whoever has the most points wins. (Feel free to ask questions, I’ll send a more detailed example.)
5) All Picks and money will be due (to me) by 4:00 Tuesday March 11th.
6) The order of the eliminations is final. If two people get eliminated in the same show, they are tied, no matter what the order. (In case something happens strange…) The reason for elimination is irrelevant, if someone decided to quit the show, they are eliminated.
7) The more people we have the larger the pot is, the happier I am! Feel free to invite anyone to join the pool, in company or out.
Rules will be resent along with the Top 12 when they are available on the morning of March 6th.
TOP 24 THOUGHTS
I didn’t really enjoy Hollywood DAY (not week) as much as I have in prior years, although it seems to have done the job better. That is, it weeded out the weaker singers, not just those people who cracked under the pressure. I really liked the top 24. There is a good mix of good singers of a lot of different styles. The backgrounds are also widely different, they range from Cheyanne’s love interest on her MTV reality show, Former Boy Band (in Europe) member, Pinoy Rap Group member, Kick Boxing Cowgirl, it goes on and on and on. If there is one theme though it seems to be experience, we have people training their whole life to be idols, or who regularly perform locally, or who have tried their hands professionally at some point. I think the top 24 should be really really good, much better than prior years. I feel bad for some of the contestants, I think they haven’t been featured enough to make an impact. Anyone who got through and you said “who?” is in trouble. They need to have a GREAT first week, just to stick around, and hope they build momentum from there.
Should be a great season and I think the new pool rules are going to work out real well.
2) There will be a first, second and third prize. The amount (% of pot) will be set once we have a better idea how many participants we have.
3) We will pick the top five this year. (You will need to send me your picks for FIRST PLACE (WINNER), SECOND PLACE (First Runner Up), THIRD PLACE, FOURTH PLACE and FIFTH PLACE.) The top twelve will be mailed out March 6th.
4) Every week one of your picks remains (is not voted out) you receive points for that person depending on what place you put them in. First Place is 12, Second Place is 8, Third Place is 5, Fourth Place is 3, and Fifth Place is 2. For example, last year let’s say you picked BLAKE LEWIS to win idol. (He was the first runner up.) You would have received 12 points for him (you picked him first) for 11 weeks (he was 1 week short of the end), 108 points in total. This will be repeated for all five of your picks. Your points will be aggregated, and whoever has the most points wins. (Feel free to ask questions, I’ll send a more detailed example.)
5) All Picks and money will be due (to me) by 4:00 Tuesday March 11th.
6) The order of the eliminations is final. If two people get eliminated in the same show, they are tied, no matter what the order. (In case something happens strange…) The reason for elimination is irrelevant, if someone decided to quit the show, they are eliminated.
7) The more people we have the larger the pot is, the happier I am! Feel free to invite anyone to join the pool, in company or out.
Rules will be resent along with the Top 12 when they are available on the morning of March 6th.
TOP 24 THOUGHTS
I didn’t really enjoy Hollywood DAY (not week) as much as I have in prior years, although it seems to have done the job better. That is, it weeded out the weaker singers, not just those people who cracked under the pressure. I really liked the top 24. There is a good mix of good singers of a lot of different styles. The backgrounds are also widely different, they range from Cheyanne’s love interest on her MTV reality show, Former Boy Band (in Europe) member, Pinoy Rap Group member, Kick Boxing Cowgirl, it goes on and on and on. If there is one theme though it seems to be experience, we have people training their whole life to be idols, or who regularly perform locally, or who have tried their hands professionally at some point. I think the top 24 should be really really good, much better than prior years. I feel bad for some of the contestants, I think they haven’t been featured enough to make an impact. Anyone who got through and you said “who?” is in trouble. They need to have a GREAT first week, just to stick around, and hope they build momentum from there.
Should be a great season and I think the new pool rules are going to work out real well.
My next post will have my thoughts on some of the Top 24 (let my biases shine through....)
JUAN
JUAN
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