MatthewPalermo

I nailed a good amount of questions for top 12 week. Top 9 is HARD. I only feel confident about Huntley and Ruby getting a PV. Bless me voice gods please!

I WOOOOON

GIVE NINI THE LAST PV FOR MY POINTS

they better make nini sweat until the last PV so i can get my points for the predictions thread that's all i'm gonna say

not me typing this out before you sent it and not having to send it now anyway, obvious top 2 is obvious; ruby faltered a bit this week so it makes sense she's 2nd, but she can rebound easily. top 3 are definitely safe. i don't see a single scenario where kara, tanner and azan get a PV. the fourth spot is up in the air between everyone aside from BIAS and probably Mara; though I think in terms of odds from highest to lowest, I'd rank them as Lila>Jordan>Jacquie>Mac. though with such low numbers aside from the top 3, anything's possible. that said i expect bias, mara and maybe mac to pass jacquie when the voting closes.

I love how I got these right immediately after the show started and proceeded to get everything else wrong (results pending)

huntley has gotten about 100 reactions/minute for about 20 minutes. ruby did for a while but her numbers have significantly slowed down already. still the obvious top 2 but huntley's gonna have the highest numbers by a big margin this week

why do I feel like BIAS is gonna be in the finale

KARA THIRD GIMME POIIIIINTS

WE WON SO FAR (I didn’t want Jacquie to open though…)

only here rooting for kara to go third, jacquie first and mac last so i can get my points for the predictions thread : ) (good luck contestants!)

Jacquie said in an Instagram video that her instant save song is "beautiful". She's not saying the instant save would be horrible because of her dislike of her song (in fact I think she loves the song). She just doesn't want to sing it because of the situation the instant save puts contestants in, regardless of how she feels about the song she'll sing.

1. Ruby 2. Huntley 3. Jacquie 4. Nini 5. Mac 6. Mara 7. BIAS 8. Jordan 9. Tanner 10. Lila 11. Kara 12. AZAN I'd be shocked if Ruby/Huntley aren't the top 2. I have Ruby at the top because her momentum right now is better than Huntley (she had a breakout performance) and I feel like TPTB would rather Reba win over a consecutive Niall win so she might get better pimping. Jacquie and Nini round out the top 4 due to being the second strongest in their teams with social media support and somewhat weak competition. Mac's in 5th because he's popular with the audience and probably would get pimped in semis instant save (assuming he needs it) so it isn't a Reba vs Niall finals (I think Mac wins an instant save against anyone but Jacquie or maybe Nini tbh, Ruby and Huntley won't need it and anyone else is likely done). The rest are ranked based on chances of winning the semis instant save, hence why I have Mara at 6th. She'll need a good song, the closing spot, and Mac to flop. BIAS at 7 is a take for sure, but did anyone see his Facebook numbers after playoffs? Because if that keeps up... watch out (They're higher than everyone but Huntley and Ruby by a big margin but that's probably from song choice. If he stays with wack uptempo stuff he probably won't last long; that's honestly the biggest wild card). Him being the sole male country singer probably gives him a free pass for at least one round, unless he just falters so hard that the Facebook grandmas don't vote for him. Jordan and Tanner are lower down due to tougher competition, Jordan probably won't need the instant save in top 12 week but I don't see her surviving the top 9 instant save as the competition will be tight. Tanner likely WILL need the instant save in top 12 week unless he pulls something crazy. Or... others flop. If any of Lila, Kara or AZAN survive top 12 week? Good for them! I'd say it's deserved considering they have consistently been the lowest rated with the core audience. I'll be rooting for them, but all three of them have a huge uphill battle, and I can't see any of them surviving an instant save against anyone else.

1. Nini Iris 2. Jacquie Roar 3. Ruby Leigh 4. Kara Tenae 5. Uh... Lila Forde I guess? The top 3 are pretty interchangeable based on performance quality, but Nini just appeals to me the most based on genre preference.

1. Which 8 singers will be voted through by the public? (160 points) - Mac Royals - BIAS - Huntley - Nini Iris - Mara Justine - Jordan Rainer - Jacquie Roar - Ruby Leigh 2. Which contestants will land in the Bottom 4? (80 points) 20 bonus points if you guess the Instant Save’s running order correctly. - Contestant A (first to perform) AZAN - Contestant B Kara Tenae - Contestant C Lila Forde - Contestant D (last to perform) Tanner Massey 3. Who will win the Instant Save? (30 points) -Tannner Massey 4. Who will open the Top 12? (20 points) -Jacquie Roar 5. Who will close the Top 12? (20 points) -Mac Royals 6. What will be the ratio of male and female singers in the Top 9? (20 points) -4 males, 5 females 7. Which team will be the first to finish on Monday night (finish = all 3 members have performed)? (20 points) -Team Gwen 8. How many steals / saves will move onto the next round? (20 points) -4 9. Will Reba give negative feedback or any sort of criticism? (20 points) -Yes 10. Who will narrowly avoid the Bottom 4 (last person called safe by the public)? (30 points) -Nini Iris Bonus Questions How many contestants will cover songs originally sung by a band / group (duos included)? (30 points) - 3 Who will be the 3rd contestant (out of 12) to perform on Monday night? (30 points) - Kara Tenae

I think this is where we're headed as well. I expect Mara to need the instant save though. I want to think she'll be cut for someone from John's team but I don't think any of them can beat her in an instant save. Mac maybe? Is that a push?

International people can't vote, unfortunately. Nini's FB numbers are very high but as said earlier in the thread it's mainly people from Georgia. If you only pull from the core demo I'd bet they're a lot lower. I still think she'll make semis just due to weak competition but from a core demo perspective it's been Huntley vs Ruby since the beginning (with Huntley on top), and it'll take something crazy for that to change. We've seen crazier things though.

1. Alexa 2. Nini 3. Mara 4. Huntley 5. Claudia 6. Julia I get Niall's choices. I'd put Alexa in over Huntley, but hey that's just me. His team was so stacked; any combination of Huntley/Mara/Nini/Alexa was going to hurt for many since one had to get cut.

Alexa lost to contestants who arguably were just as deserving, preferences withstanding. Kala lost to a contestant who would have been battle fodder on any other team.

yeah, guilty as charged. i said "i couldn't understand him", not "he sounds the same each week" but enunciation has been a consistent thing i've complained about so arguably yeah you're right lmao. his playoff performance was my favorite of his so far, and it's what i hope he keeps doing, but eh, just not for me. the only "gruff" voice i really enjoyed was katie and even then my favorite performances of hers were where she reigned it in. more power to his fans though, as he's easily the biggest threat to win it all right now.

LMAOOO I LAUGHED WAY HARDER THAN I SHOULD HAVE UPON READING THIS i'm not super active on IDF tbh and really only chime in here and there. probably way more unhinged on mjsblog than i should be but i never really found any toxicity there (may be just me though) i'm glad my biases haven't been super annoying (maybe a little)

Thank you Alexa for showcasing your talent, best of luck in your post-show endeavors

Alexa advancing over Huntley would be such a plot twist (nini opened so she’s fine, Mara was leaked so she’s also fine) but I doubt that’ll happen

Alexa>>>>>>Mara.

Hmm... I wonder if Brandon being the last contestant aired in the trio is gonna cause the implied result in the spoiler section to be wrong. The last contestant aired in the trio has always been the one stolen/saved (with the exception of Huntley/Claudia/Noah, obviously). Mac, especially, would probably be eliminated if this is true based on song choice alone. Probably reaching here but hey it's a thought lmao.