Pajama Guy Calls It

It's not much to brag about--a coin flip had a 50% shot--but PJ Guy predicted Taylor Hicks would be this year's "American Idol." This was the first time in a male/female AI showdown the male won. Ryan Seacrest noted this. Talk about a meaningless stat. I would guess Hicks won handily, since Seacrest would have mentioned the percentages if they were close.

By the way, in this silly ABC News commentary, writer Heidi Oringer incorrectly states Seacrest claimed "Taylor Hicks got more votes than any president ever elected." What he actually said is that Idol viewers cast over 63 million votes, which is more than any President has ever received. (Bush holds the Presidential record with 62 million votes in 2004.) This is far less impressive than Oringer's misinterpretation since you could vote more than once (you can't do that for presidents except in Chicago) and the Idol votes were split between two candidates.

I would like to thank the producers of American Idol for announcing the winner during a comercial break in Lost.