Nine to Go: American Idol - Latest Betting Odds

Wow, its a slow news day today. Even the Washington Post had to scramble for a story - complaining about the fashions disaster that is American Idol

With Lisa gone, Paris remains the only young'un left in this year's competition.

Rocker Chris, who still hasn't found another trick in his limited playbook is still screeching his way towards alt-rock tedium and remains the strong 11/10 favourite.

The surprise this week - to some people - was seeing the usually stalwart Katherine Mcphee in the bottom 2. She clung onto her place and is still seen as a second favourite at 3/1 - but it will be interesting if she can pick up next week.

Her fellow competitor, pretty boy Ace Young, who looked like a main contender earlier on in the series also found himself in a similar position a couple of weeks ago and still hasn't climbed back into fortune - a bottom 3 again this week and his odds are sliding downhill steadily - he's now 22/1

Grey-haired throwback, Taylor Hicks is the interesting proposition this year. He's got a lot of fans out there and is going through the competition as safely as Chris. He's currently 4/1 and probably picked up more viewers' support this week as he thankfully held back on his usual edgy performance

American Idol - Outright Winner
All odds taken from Paddy Power

Chris Daughtrey 11 - 10
Katharine McPhee 3 - 1
Taylor Hicks 4 - 1
Mandisa Hundley 10 - 1
Paris Bennett 16 - 1
Kellie Pickler 10 - 1
Elliott Yamin 12 - 1
Ace Young 22 - 1
Bucky Covington 100 - 1

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