Feb 27
Because Matt now disputes my claim that “The Giants were my team since Week 4″ I am going to go ahead and put this one in writing right now…
When I am asked at my next job interview what my greatest strengths are I am going to lead off with the most useful: choosing winners of Reality TV shows.
Taylor Hicks (Idol: Season 5)
Sadie (Bachelor: Rome)
DeAnna (Bachelor: Douchebag)
Terry Fator (America’s Got Talent: Season 2)
Donnie (Making the Band: Season 3)
Sanjaya (Idol: Season 6)
Alright… well I can’t win them all. Although, Sanjaya did win me at least one last-longer bet.
To his credit Matt is pretty good at picking second/third place finishers: Daughtry, Agnese, Jenni, Blake Lewis.
Man, it has to be a little bit frustrating for him to have me as a friend. It would be like forcing Phil Mickelson to live in the same apartment as Tiger Woods. He’s pretty good, but I’m a lot better. Our superpowers aren’t just used on the big shows either. The two of us have to be the best Elimidate handicappers in maybe the entire world. I will concede one point though. Matt is much better at picking the winners of gay episodes of Next.
So anyways, Matt and I did an American Idol draft once the top 24 were announced, but before any of them actually performed. Our picks were based on auditions, Hollywood week, and (for both of our second round picks) their sweet hair or tattoos. Matt got the first pick and here is how it stands.
1st Pick (Matt): Michael Johns
2nd Pick (Jason): David Archuleta
3rd Pick (Jason): Carly Smithson
4th Pick (Matt): Jason Castro
My super sleeper pick was Danny Noriega, but so far his first two performances have been pretty weak. He needs to pull an Elliot Yamin (also my sleeper pick of that year) and start off kinda average but then finish super good. Still, I will take Danny in a last-longer over Jason Castro if anyone wants action.
If I had to put money on it… and that will probably happen at some point… my final four will be:
Winner: David Archuletta
2nd Place: Michael Johns
3rd Place: Syesha Mercado
4th Place: Carly Smithson
Lock it in. Take it to the bank.
P.S. Ozzie will win Survivor: Fans vs Favorites. He got robbed the first time around.
February 27th, 2008
New site is ok.
American Idol is still super lame and so are you for making a draft league about it after what, 15 seasons? When are they going to end this shit already?
February 27th, 2008
WoW is still super lame and so are you for making a guild about it after what, 70 levels? When are they going to end this shit already?
February 27th, 2008
Can’t believe Carly lasted until pick 4. For the record, from Hollywood my picks were Michael Johns, Carly, and David Cook (as my sleeper). So far I think I’m looking pretty good. Although Brook White busting out the guitar this week was pretty sweet for a chick. Props to her.
You know, all this “Who’s better at picking reality show winners” smack talk will eventually be settled when my Fantasy Reality TV website goes live. On that note, Jason I need to talk to you about that sometime soon.
February 27th, 2008
david cook is the worst. He’s a poor man’s daughtry wannabe. His hair is terrible and his face melts into his neck.
February 28th, 2008
He’s different, and a really good singer (most important), and that look is popular now. Look at every popular pop-punk-rock band right now and they have the same haircut. And I don’t think David Cook is specifically Rock. I think he’s more versatile than Daughtry…I’m not saying he’s a favorite, but I like him and I think he can do well and surprise some people.
February 28th, 2008
http://www.fueledbyramen.com/bands/ check the pics of half the dudes in these photos…all have the weird long bangs that go to one side…
February 28th, 2008
Third post in a row…I’m lame. Anyway, how did Jason Castro go third if you voted before the first Top 24 show? They barely showed him, if at all, in Hollywood or even before that…Did you Matt make him his third pick just from the little clip they showed when he was walking to the Judge’s Table to hear if he made Top 24 or not? Seems a bit risky to pick him if that’s the case over people that you were able to actually see (aka Carly Smithson).
February 28th, 2008
Because Zurek has a mancrush on dudes’ hair. He saw Castro’s dreadlocks and immediately ran to the bathroom to rub one out. If there was a guy with a mustache Zurek would have taken him with his first pick.
February 28th, 2008
hah, fair enough. At least Zurek won’t be able to say that it was skill that caused him to pick Castro. I like him a lot, but definitely don’t think he’ll go super far. Too awkward… should be interesting to see how well he does when he doesn’t have a guitar.
February 28th, 2008
So Jason like to lie, because that’s not how the picks went down. I got the 1st and 4th pick…and I picked that dude because hair on American Idol has a solid track record. And he plays the guitar.
Season 1: Justin Guarini (2nd place)
Season 4: Bo Bice (2nd place)
Season 5: Taylor Hicks (1st place)
Season 6: Sanjaya (7th place)
And lets not forget who Jason picked with Taylor Hicks in season 5…Bobby Bennett
http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season5/bobby_bennett/
But he forgets to tell you that.
February 28th, 2008
IN THE COPA!!!
February 29th, 2008
Just as a counter-argument to the whole hair thing…you could probably go through the seasons and pick out a lot more people that had weird/cool hair that failed.
Also, you can’t really put Sanjaya on any list. That was an extreme, bizarre situation that probably will never happen again (at least it won’t this year, that’s for sure).
March 7th, 2008
Not sure what all the fuss is about Michael Johns. I bet he doesn’t make it to the final four.