American Idol Season 11 Top 8 Betting Odds

Now that Heejun Han has left the American Idol mansion, we are down to the Top 8, 4 guys and 4 gals. And that means new betting odds! And after last evening and a bottom three with two new members (Hollie Cavanagh and Skylar Laine), that seems to have changed the betting odds for the whole competition. I believe the fact that the two ladies accompanied Heejun in the Bottom 3 (without DeAndre Brackensick or Joshua Ledet), also hurt the leading lady, Jessica Sanchez. Up until this time, Jessica had always been the lowest odds to win, but now she has fallen slightly behind Phillip Phillips, both on Bovada and on Pinnacle. The fact that all the gals except for Jessica have been in the Bottom 3 now at least once shows that gals do not have as strong of voting fans as the guys. So now when I average the odds from the two sites, Phillip is the odds on favorite to win with Jessica narrowly behind him.

The big mover this week is Elise who is now pretty even with Skylar and Hollie in their odds to win the whole thing. Joshua has therefore moved into the 4th lowest odds position, but with odds of 9:1 and 10.25:1 he is still far behind the Top 3 (Phillip, Jessica, Colton). The last remaining long shot (with Heejun gone and Elise moving up the ranks) is DeAndre who is a 50:1 long shot on Bovada and a 71:1 long shot on Pinnacle. I thought his not being in the Bottom 3 would help him out, but apparently it has not!

With Erika and now Heejun leaving the competition, I also noticed they were the two oldest contestants not named Elise in the Top 10. So now if we chart the ages of the Top 8, Elise definitely stands alone by herself as the only person over 21:

I find it amusing that next week the theme will be the music of the 80's and Elise is the only one who was even alive during the 80's being born in July of 1983. Heejun had actually been born in April 1989 (turning 23 next month), but now even he is gone. The second oldest contestant left is now Phillip who was born in September 1990.