I couldn't resist throwing our votes into an Excel spreadsheet to be able to track who's in the running. Here are some of the stats from the 23 entries (doesn't include Norm Clem's since he didn't assign point values to the ones to be eliminated - I guess he's not competing, so he doesn't have to!):

• Every contestant except two (Anwar Robinson and Nadia Turner) received at least one vote to be eliminated.

• Top choice for male winner is Anwar Robinson (12 votes). Other picks included Mario Vazquez (6), Bo Bice (3) and Anthony Fedorov (2).

• Top choice for female winner is Carrie Underwood (10 votes). Other picks included Nadia Turner (8), Jessica Sierra (3), Janay Castine (1) and Amanda Avila (1).

• Top male vocalist picks to be eliminated: Travis Tucker (17 votes/247 points) and Scott Savol (12 votes/170 points). Others included Constantine Maroulis (8/116), Nikko Smith (5/72), Vonzell Solomon (1/16 - yeah, I know, she's female, but someone voted for her in the male category), Anthony Fedorov (1/15) and Bo Bice (1/14).

• Top female vocalist picks to be eliminated: Janay Castine (21 votes/322 points) and Mikalah Gordon (13 votes/181 points). Others included Amanda Avila (4/53), Lindsay Cardinale (3/43), Vonzell Solomon (3/42), Carrie Underwood (1/15) and Jessica Sierra (1/13).

What if our group's top choices for the 2 winners and 4 losers come true? Only one person picked all 6 (Tracy Bottemiller). Three picked 5 of them (Peter von der Kar, Norm Wu, Ken Eklund). Nine picked 4, eight picked 3, one picked 2 and one picked 1.

Hey Norman, how about another contest to pick the winner of this contest?

--Norm