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April 2009

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April 30, 2009

68% Correctly Predicted Giraud Would Be Eliminated from ‘American Idol’

Way to go! The majority of participants in this week's Rasmussen Prediction Challenge (68%) correctly predicted that Matt Giraud would be the contestant eliminated from "American Idol."

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April 29, 2009

68% Predict Giraud Will Be Voted Off ‘American Idol’ Tonight

“American Idol” is down to five contestants, and the majority of predictors (68%) in this week’s Rasmussen Prediction Challenge say Matt Giraud will be the next one eliminated from the show.

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April 23, 2009

29% Correctly Predicted Rounds, Desai Would Be Eliminated from ‘Idol’

Twenty-nine percent (29%) correctly predicted that Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai would be the next contestants eliminated from "American Idol."

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April 22, 2009

35% Predict Giraud, Rounds Will Be Next To Go on ‘American Idol’

"American Idol" still has seven contestants remaining, thanks to the "save" the judges used last week for Matt Giraud. But because of that save, two contestants will be eliminated on tonight’s show.

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April 16, 2009

Just 5% Predicted Judges Would “Save” 'Idol' Contestant Last Night

Well, they can’t be right all the time. Last week, we asked readers in our Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge to predict who they thought would be the next contestant to be eliminated from ‘American Idol.’

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April 15, 2009

46% Predict Desai Next To Go in 'American Idol'

Voting is officially closed for the latest Rasmussen Reports Prediction Challenge, and 45% of predictors think Anoop Desai will be the next contestant to be eliminated from Fox's "American Idol."