Another week of American Idol and time for another elimination. First let's compare last weeks DialIdol raw numbers to the known raw numbers for this week. Last week's DialIdol raw numbers versus results, we already know that Burnell Taylor has a lot more fans voting for him via other means than phone/DialIdol since he was on the bottom of the list in DialIdol raw votes but did not end up in the bottom 3. So for this week we can ignore his low number of votes again and assume he is safe. If we look at last week, again we noticed that after Burnell were Paul Jolley and then Amber Holcomb, two of the people in the bottom 3.
If we follow the same trend this week, the next two would be Candice Glover and Devin Velez, followed by Lazaro. Candice, however, actually had 48 busy signals which is a large percentage of her total votes this week (933, much lower than her 1,400 votes last week), so I find it hard to imagine Candice would be in the Bottom 3. But if she was she would probably not be the very lowest (probably Devin) or she would be saved. I think Amber will probably be safe from the Bottom 3 this week, but if not her, that who? Devin is a definite in the Bottom 3, but the other two must be two of Amber, Burnell, Candice or Lazaro. Could this actually be Lazaro's week to be in the Bottom 3?
If we use preliminary WhatNotToSing ratings, after Lazaro (whose votes defy any performance ratings), the next lowest solo performance ratings would be Angie Miller, then Devin and then Burnell. I cannot imagine Angie would fall into the Bottom 3, so this may very well be the first week Burnell will be in the Bottom 3. along with Devin. I would be very happy to see Lazaro in the Bottom 3 with Devin and Burnell and I sure hope it is not Amber again. I am pretty sure Janelle Arthur and Kree Harrison are safe from being Bottom 3, and it would be shocking (but not impossible) to see either Candice or Angie in the Bottom 3. Angie, however, again has far and away the most busy signals on DialIdol (187), so with her large fan base I am guessing she will not be in the Bottom 3. Incredibly, the second most likely female to be in the bottom 3 besides Amber is probably Candice (she did perform first too.)
Who would the judge save this week? I am pretty sure they would not save Devin after he has been in the Bottom 3 for two weeks in a row, but would they save Burnell or Lazaro? I think they would probably save any female who might be eliminated, but would they waste the save on Amber (knowing she is probably the least popular gal?) We will have to see tonight!