Highly respected data analysis news organization FiveThirtyEight recently wrote this analysis of American Idol.
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Watching “Idol” for me was a lot like anything else I do for fun. That is, it involved making inferences and probability-based predictions by synthesizing and interpreting different kinds of information, including hard data (like the rate of busy signals for each contestant during after-show voting) and completely subjective impressions. Like, seriously, how good is this?[1]
[1] For my money, Lady Gaga’s advice — “Give them a little Edith Piaf. Give them a little ‘I’m crazy, and I’m a laugh away from a tear.’” — is the best ever given on the show. ^
goodbye, American Idol. your most helpful judge ever will miss you
Wait Gaga was a judge in American Idol? I didn't knew. Mess
She didn't judge, she was a mentor for a week. She was a good one tho I remember
And I don't wanna start anything but ugh Katy was genuinely a good judge. If she wasn't busy becoming a pop icon, she should have replaced Simon. She served brutal truth.
goodbye, American Idol. your most helpful judge ever will miss you 
She wasn't even a judge.
Haley just dropped her lead single from her sophomore album this week called 'Better' and it's so amazing.