Week 1 Recap

Welcome to the 2008 Idol Pool!

We have a record number of participants this year (16) and as week 1 proved, a very unpredictable field of contestants. Week 1 saw the Idol hopefuls take on the songs of Lennon & McCartney. Pool players let out a collective gasp when pretty-boy favorite, David Archuletta crashed & burned on the big stage. Can he rebound and remain a contender? Seven of you think so. Carly Smithson was another favorite, with six picking her as the next Idol. Only three of us were brave enough to pick against the grain with nods going to David Cook, Syesha, and everyones favorite dreadlocked Colombian, Richie ... I mean ... Jason Castro.

David Hernandez went down in week one, proving that America loves strippers - just not on prime time TV, and striking a serious blow to some people's ballots. Only one person picked David H. to go down first and picked up all 22 points ... you guessed it ... IT WAS ME! Everyone else settled for 20 but pool newbie, Jeff, has David out next and still has a chance to go into round 3 unscathed. Jeff, like many others, will be looking for Kristy Lee Cook to get the axe next week. Can she survive another week? With another week of Beatles tunes on the way, this Idol analyst says no!

Good luck to all, and we'll see you next week ... well ... not actually. I'll probably just e-mail you the results again ... in fact ... some of you I've never met. Oh well, until next time,

Seacrest out!