"Dancing With the Stars" Power Rankings - Week 5

Here are my computer generated Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) power rankings for Season 14, Week 5:

Rank	Contestant	Rating	Status	Change
1	Katherine & Mark	100.000	Alive
2	William & Cheryl	96.420	Alive	+2
3	Maria & Derek	95.999	Alive	-1
4	Donald & Peta	95.556	Alive	-1
5	Jaleel & Kym	85.784	Alive
6	Roshon & Chelsie	84.577	Alive	+3
7	Melissa & Maks	81.995	Alive	-1
8	Gladys & Tristan	81.387	Alive
9	Gavin & Karina	74.567	Eliminated	-2
10	Sherri & Val	73.180	Eliminated
11	Jack & Anna	65.324	Eliminated
12	Martina & Tony	60.000	Eliminated

 

American Idol Season 11 Rankings - Week 6





Season 11 of American Idol is about halfway through and I don’t recall a season that was more locked up than this one. No one (and The Rock means NO ONE) had figured Jessica Sanchez to be in last place this week. It’s certainly no surprise that the judges used their one and only save to redeem Jessica and allow her to live to fight another day.

Nonetheless, America has spoken and Jessica has fallen yet another spot in this week’s power rankings. At #3, Jessica is now behind both Joshua Ledet (who held on to his top spot from last week) and Colton Dixon. Skylar Laine moved up two spots to #5 after her rendition of a Kellie Pickler song that no one has ever heard of unless they own the Pickler CD. Phillip Phillips and Hollie Cavanagh each drop one spot to round out the bottom 7.

Here’s how the rankings shape up. Let me know what you think!

Rank	Contestant	Rating	Status	Movement
1	Joshua Ledet	100.000	Alive
2	Colton Dixon	99.127	Alive	+1
3	Jessica Sanchez	98.774	Alive	-1
4	Elise Testone	97.076	Alive
5	Skylar Laine	97.021	Alive	+2
6	Phillip Phillips	96.821	Alive	-1
7	Hollie Cavanagh	96.767	Alive	-1
8	DeAndre Brackensick	74.021	Eliminated
9	Erika Van Pelt	68.638	Eliminated
10	Heejun Han	68.627	Eliminated
11	Shannon Magrane	64.776	Eliminated
12	Jeremy Rosado	60.593	Eliminated
13	Jermaine Jones	60.000	Eliminated

 

"Dancing With the Stars" Power Rankings - Week 4

Here are my computer generated Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) power rankings for Season 14, Week 4:

Rank	Contestant	Rating	Status	Change
1	Katherine & Mark	100.000	Alive
2	Maria & Derek	96.279	Alive	+1
3	Donald & Peta	95.623	Alive	+2
4	William & Cheryl	94.694	Alive	-2
5	Jaleel & Kym	90.831	Alive	-1
6	Melissa & Maks	83.589	Alive	+3
7	Gavin & Karina	81.655	Alive	+3
8	Gladys & Tristan	81.160	Alive
9	Roshon & Chelsie	80.534	Alive	-2
10	Sherri & Val	79.593	Eliminated	-4
11	Jack & Anna	67.912	Eliminated
12	Martina & Tony	60.000	Eliminated

"Dancing With the Stars" Power Rankings - Week 3

Here are my first ever Dancing With the Stars (DWS) power rankings.

Rank	Contestant	Rating	Status
1	Katherine & Mark	100.000	Alive
2	William & Cheryl	99.268	Alive
3	Maria & Derek	96.881	Alive
4	Jaleel & Kym	96.389	Alive
5	Donald & Peta	96.290	Alive
6	Sherri & Val	94.555	Alive
7	Roshon & Chelsie	94.097	Alive
8	Gladys & Tristan	93.686	Alive
9	Melissa & Maks	75.194	Alive
10	Gavin & Karina	75.168	Alive
11	Jack & Anna	67.762	Eliminated
12	Martina & Tony	61.023	Eliminated

American Idol Season 11 Rankings - Week 5





Week 5 of American Idol 2012 is now in the books. With DeAndre’s departure, which I accurately predicted a week ago, we are now down to 7 contestants. Colton Dixon was the big mover this week, up 3 spots to #3 in the overall rankings, following his unique version of Cindy Lauper’s “Time After Time”. Joshua Ledet takes over the top spot, which I think most of us saw coming. He is bar none the most consistent performer on this year’s show. Does anyone think he sounds a little bit like Seal, with a more soulful sound?

Skylar Laine’s performance was much better this week, but with only 7 contestants left in the competition, she ends up ranked at the bottom of those still alive. I tweaked the algorithm last week to make the more recent shows “count” more, meaning that performing better or worse later in the season has a more dramatic impact on a performer’s overall rating. So I’m actually surprised to see Skylar in that position this week. It may be that she is still being dragged down by last week’s performance.

I started making predictions about who will be eliminated two weeks ago and so far my record is 2-0. I accurately predicted the departure of both Heejun and DeAndre. We’ll see if I’m right this coming week. Based on my “Compughter” rankings below, I’m predicting Skylar Laine, Hollie Cavanagh, and Elise Testone to be next week’s bottom 3. Note that I actually have Elise ranked ahead of Phillip, but my gut tells me (based on all of Phillip’s screaming fans) that Phillip will outlast Elise. So I am NOT predicting Phillip to be in the bottom 3 next week.

Right now, the “Compughter” predicts Skylar will go home next week. But, despite my own algorithm, I’m going to predict that Elise will be packing it up.

What do YOU think?

Rank	Contestant	Rating	Status	Movement
1	Joshua Ledet	100.000	Alive	+1
2	Jessica Sanchez	98.397	Alive	-1
3	Colton Dixon	96.503	Alive	+3
4	Elise Testone	96.199	Alive	-1
5	Phillip Phillips	95.862	Alive	-1
6	Hollie Cavanagh	95.785	Alive	-1
7	Skylar Laine	93.949	Alive	+1
8	DeAndre Brackensick	78.857	Eliminated	-1
9	Erika Van Pelt	70.616	Eliminated
10	Heejun Han	70.600	Eliminated
11	Shannon Magrane	65.785	Eliminated
12	Jeremy Rosado	60.744	Eliminated
13	Jermaine Jones	60.000	Eliminated