I checked today and both
Pinnacle Sports and
Bovada have updated their betting odds on American Idol contestants, and the two sites have slightly different odds and rankings. Both sites have Jessica Sanchez barely leading Phillip Phillips as the favorite to win, but Pinnacle has Joshua Ledet narrowly leading Hollie Cavanagh in odds to win, although they are close on both sites (Bovada has Hollie at 5:1 and Joshua at 11:2, and Pinnacle has Joshua at 6.06:1 and Hollie at 6:76:1.) Both sites have Skylar Laine next and then Colton Dixon, but for the 4 long shots they also diverge. Pinnacle has Heejun Han as the lowest odds of the four remaining contestants at 38:39:1 whereas Bovada has him tied with Elise Testone and DeAndre Brackensick at 30:1 odds. Bovada has Erika Van Pelt with the highest odds at 50:1, where Pinnacle has both her and Elisa tied at 51.52:1 odds. For my graph below I averaged the numbers from both betting sites for my March 19 bars on the graph.
Another interesting graph to show for the Top 10 along with the betting odds is the age distribution of the remaining contestants:
Among the ladies there is one 16 year old, two 18 year olds, one at 26 and one at 28. And the top 3 of the ladies with the lowest betting odds? Yes, the three young ones. The two oldest females Elise (26) and Erika (28) are also the two contestants with the highest betting odds out there. The guys, interestingly are all spread pretty evenly from 17 (DeAndre) to 22 (Heejun), but none are 23 or older. If Shannon Magrane had not been eliminated last week and it had been either Erika or Elise, the graph would look even more like "the cheese stands alone", with a single older female on the right side. Luckily for now Elise and Erika have each other to help represent the over 22 crowd! So right now the most likely winner this year is either a 16 or 18 year old girl or a 19 to 21 year old guy.
