So I have to start to figure out who the lucky 13 contestants are that are remaining on American Idol this season. and that made me wonder why they decided to bring back the "wild cards" after they eliminated it last year. I do not think those extra three people have a prayer of lasting very long on the show. Let's look at the past wild card contestants and where they ended up in the show order each season:
Season 12: No wild card round
Season 11: Jeremy Rosado (#12), Erika Van Pelt (#10), DeAndre Brackensick (#8)
Season 10: Ashton Jones (#13), Naima Adedapo (#10), Stefano Langone (#7)
Season 9: No wild card round
Season 8: Jasmine Murray (#13), Megan Joy (#9), Anoop Desai(#6), Matt Giraud (#5)
As we can see no wild card has ever placed higher than #5 in any season and even he (Matt) had to be saved. None of them have had huge post-Idol musical careers afterwards. Why do the judges even bother? Since I am still trying to figure out the top 10 fan favorites, I do not see much of a reason to even figure out who these other three people are, since I doubt they will be lasting very long.
I have also started to look for betting odds or numbers or just about anything to report, and my old friends at Bovado have the first list which I have above. Surprisingly, one of the wild cards, CJ Harris, is selected as one of the favorites, just barely behind Sam Woolf, and tied with MK and Majesty. I wonder why some odds makers think he is worthy of being placed up there with the favorites. The other two wild cards, Jena and Kristen are much further down the list, with Kristen being the long shot.
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