TVSquad

Welcome back to our weekly American Idol polls round-up. Each week we look at various online polls that were conducted from the end of last week's results up to the performance show Tuesday. And then a few that were conducted after the performance show, but before the results were revealed.

This way we can analyze how the week's performances affected a contestant's overall popularity, which turns out to be not very much except in a few select cases. After a fairly lackluster night in which he deserved at least a Bottom Two slot, Jason skated into the Top 4. The question now is can the comeback queen break into the axis of testosterone and keep her hopes alive. Syesha has been at the bottom of these polls for over two months now and despite occasionally Bottom Three/Two finishes she's still alive and in the Final Four. Has her time finally run out? She's the last woman standing; does that stand for anything? We'll see next week.

WEEK-TO-WEEK POLLS (PRE-PERFORMANCE)

Guide to the polls:
Position - [change from last week] Contestant (Percentage of votes)

AOL
1 - [+1] Jason Castro (31.4%)
2 - [+1] David Archuleta (31.2%)
3 - [-2] David Cook (26.3%)
4 - [=] Brooke White (6.4%) <--
5 - [+1] Syesha Mercado (4.7%)
The gang went right back to where they were two weeks ago with Jason sliding into the top spot (remember this is before he tarnished Neil's diamond) and everyone else just staying pretty much put.

TV Guide
1 - [=] David Cook (55.8%)
2 - [=] David Archuleta (20.9%)
3 - [=] Jason Castro (12.7%)
4 - [+1] Brooke White (6.7%) <--
5 - [+1] Syesha Mercado (3.8%)
Interestingly, while the polls are staying pretty much the same, and while they all agree that the guys have it at this point, they don't always agree on the order of said guys, though it's usually a David at the top. Does it take the fun out of the show knowing that Syesha has almost no chance of breaking into the Top 3, or is it fun to watch her try. Or is it just pointless and we're ready for the Davids in the finale because we know that's where we're heading barring a major upset.

VoteFair.org
1 - [=] David Archuleta (33.9%)
2 - [=] Jason Castro (32.9%)
3 - [=] David Cook (27.5%)
4 - [=] Brooke White (3.7%) <--
5 - [+1] Syesha Mercado (2.0%)
Here's my Syesha theory as to how she can poll so low for so long and still be on the show. Her audience either isn't online or doesn't take the time to participate in silly votes. That means they're probably not reading this blog. But wherever they are, she needs you more than ever this week if she's going to bust up the Three Stooges!


AFTER-PERFORMANCE POLLS

AOL
1 - [=] David Cook (29.4%)
2 - [=] David Archuleta (27.1%)
3 - [=] Jason Castro (25.2%)
4 - [+1] Brooke White (9.6%) <--
5 - [+1] Syesha Mercado (8.7%)
So after two sub-par weeks for Jason he still holds onto his number three spot and after two really solid weeks for Syesha she holds onto her bottom spot. Consistency is the key!

TV Squad
1 - [=] David Cook (50.0%)
2 - [+2] Syesha Mercado (25.7%)
3 - [-1] David Archuleta (12.4%)
4 - [+1] Jason Casro (6.3%)
5 - [+1] Brooke White (5.5%) <--
I hate to keep tooting TVS readers horns for them, but I kind of have to. These rankings are pretty much right on as a response to this week's performances. Syesha deserves a much higher ranking than she's been getting. And by looking at a lot of these polls, even if all of Brooke's supporters switched their support to Syesha she'd still be going home next.

Dial Idol
1 - [+2] Syesha Mercado (15.1)
2 - [-1] David Cook (14.1)
3 - [-1] David Archuleta (9.4)
4 - [=] Jason Castro (8.1)
5 - [=] Brooke White (7.4) <--
Well, they were way off on their prediction for Syesha. Yes she was safe, but did not finish in the Top 2 as predicted. Or did they (insert conspiracy theory here). Again, I like these results as Syesha and the Davids should be battling it out in the Top 3. Those are your strongest voices left in the competition. But if anyone can find a way to survive just one more week, despite the odds, it's our girl!