Season 7

Welcome to the Bettorsworld.com American Idol Predictions page for season 7 of American Idol. Here at Bettorsworld, it's all about gaining an edge and making winning selections that put money in our pockets. Whether it's Football, Basketball, Baseball or reality television shows such as American Idol, we have a knack for picking more winners than losers.

Each year that betting on American Idol has been offered by the sportsbooks we have shown a profit. One of our most profitable wagers ever was the year Taylor Hicks won. Truthfully, in a sportsbetting career of 25+ years, the Taylor Hicks wager was one of the easiest wagers we have ever made.

Each week for the next few months, we'll have opportunities to cash in on our American Idol predictions. We'll post our predictions and analysis each week right here on this page. We use a variety of methods and tools to come up with our predictions, such as Dial Idol, as well as some lesser known but equally as accurate polling. We also rely heavily on our own opinions as well as those of family and friends of all ages. Hey, it's worked very well so far!

When handicapping American Idol you need to take into account more than just how well the contestants perform on any given night. There are many outside factors that come into play. For example, you need to handicap the voting public as well as the contestants. It's safe to say not too many 40+ year old viewers are picking up the phone and voting for their favorites. At the same time, it IS safe to say that just about every 13 and 14 year old girl in America is voting like crazy.

You also need to take into account the geographical implications. Historically, the South is a hot bed for American Idol voting and they support contestants from their neck of the woods.

May 14, 2008

We don't see any surprises here in the final 3. Syesha Mercado should be going home tonight. She has been continuously one of the least popular contestants making numerous final 3 appearances, while her two opponents in the final 3 have been among the most popular. We don't see "vote splitting" as having an impact here as we think the Jason Castro Votes will likely go to David Cook.

The judges also tried their hardest to persuade the voters. They obviously do not want Syesha Mercado in the finals.

The final between David Cook and David Archuleta should be interesting. Archuleta has been incredibly popular since day one of this years show. Perhaps one of the most popular contestants ever on this show. But his lead has been slipping while David Cook has been gaining ground as each week goes by. It should be interesting and from a betting standpoint, should provide a fair price.

This week all the polls agree that Mercado goes home. We do have one poll we monitor that is incredibly accurate, that doesn't post their results until later this afternoon. IF they post anything different than we have predicted, we will be back with an update. Otherwise, our prediction this week is the obvious. Syesha Mercado goes home.

Current Odds to Win American Idol

David Cook 1 - 2
David Archuleta 5 - 4
Syesha Mercado 25 - 1

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