Things are getting interesting......people are beginning to gain on our leaders by leaps and bounds, as we are now down to the final five contestants. This week, we all know (except for West Coasters....) that Carmen Rasmusen was kicked out by the good ol' American voters, and next week, someone else goes....but, in the game of AI2 ABG.......
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It's a huge week for BriarRosie, who scored 14 points on the week in a tremendous fashion, taking the full 6 point bonus on Monday night, as well as the full 6 point bonus on Tuesday night. The other high scorer of the week was ElroyJetson with 11 points, and a host of others followed close behind. The big Josh-bomb knocked about half of the competition, many of us were docked three points because of his bottom two performance. Amazingly, after all these weeks, it's Bebo who still has the lead, although it is only by a point or two over Lancerdude74. With the crazy bonus scores that sometimes show up, just about anyone has a chance, though......except, perhaps, for our bottom dweller, tribephyl, who hit the big 5 point late bonus this week and still has our bottom spot. Let's take a look at how everybody else stands....

39 - Bebo
37 - Lancerdude74
32 - ShowMeTheWinner
27 - BriarRosie, WackeeChik
25 - true
22 - munson, Spidey, Keae, magic_star
21 - ejm92
20 - ElroyJetson
18 - L82LIFE, Asrai
17 - managerr
16 - buckeyegirl, katem
15 - drawde236, carencey, Ahtumbreez
14 - cyclehausen
11 - tjstein
9 - Femme
5 - johnthemod
(6) - GuessItRains
(10) - bobstew617
(36) - tribephyl
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And the final five, brought to you by Ford Motor Company....

Clay Aiken
Joshua Gracin
Kimberley Locke
Ruben Studdard
Trenyce

A new policy since we only have five contestants left......it's TWO points for each safe idol, properly rewarding those who take risks. And minus three if your contestant is in the bottom two/three, and if they are gone, you are gone.
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The RDB - The RDB last week was a small number, only 4 Dawgs. Only a pair of contestants got one point from this bonus, and since Randy likes to change things up sometimes, we're changing them up here. For one week only, the Randy Dawg Bonus has become the Randy MAN Bonus. Randy says MAN and awful lot, probably more than he says Dawg....so this week it'll be a little tougher. So I'm also changing the scoring....6 points if you guess the correct number of "MAN's" in this week's Tuesday show, 4 points if you're one off, and 2 points if you're 2 off...no penalty for entering.....
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Bonus Questions.....last week the correct order was N/Y/Y....this week we're not doing the yes or no questions, just three questions worth 2 points apiece....

1. Who will be the last idol to perform on Tuesday?
2. Which judge will Ryan introduce first?
3. Which Idol's family/friends will be the first to appear? (I'm looking for the first Idol family/friend with a subtitle saying "___'s Family/Friends")
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Scoring:

2 points added for each safe Idol.
3 points deducted for each Bottom 2/3 Idol that isn't booted.
6 points added for the Randy MAN Bonus.
4 points added for being one off on the Randy MAN Bonus.
2 points added for being two off on the Randy MAN Bonus.
2 points added for bonus question #1.
2 points added for bonus question #2.
2 points added for bonus question #3.
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Deadline is showtime Tuesday, 5 point penalty if you edit between Tuesday and Wednesday's shows. Have fun!

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