I'm not one to brag, but did I nail it or what? You don't have to be a psychic to read the writing on the wall over at the "American Idol" terrordome, because season nine has been so full of dead wood that if the judges do revive the wild card, I really can't imagine who they would bring back.
That's why Thursday night's (March 4) elimination round was so easy to call. For me, anyway. I managed to go four-for-four, correctly predicting that smiling cowgirl Haeley Vaughn would vamoose, along with tone deaf Purple Haze frontman John Park, sanctified loony Jermaine Sellers and cute-but-bland young Whitney Houston lookalike Michelle Delamor.
I would have liked to see the judges use their executive power to make it an odd five and toss Tim Urban as well, but you can be sure the apple of Ellen’s eye will be gone next week, as the singers who can actually sing more than one solid note will fall into real contention.
How well did I do? Let's compare my score to that of MTV's own "Idol" aficionado Jim Cantiello, who went with antique refurbisher Lacey Brown and Delamor, as well as Park and a toss-up between Sellers and the equally off-putting Todrick Hall. That's a solid 50 percent rate for Jim, who was tied with MJ Santilli, webmaster of the "Idol" outpost MJ's Big Blog, who also picked Sellers and wished Urban would go but suspected he wouldn't just yet.
She also correctly picked Vaughn, but slipped up when suggesting that fellow teen Katie Stevens would get the ax after failing to find her groove or personality on stage. That's a 50 percent mark for MJ as well.
Come back next week to see how our panel of prognosticators does picking the last four semi-finalists on the chopping block, and to see whether or not I can continue to reign supreme.
What do you think? Who will be the last "American Idol" semi-finalists to get eliminated? Leave your thoughts in the comments!