Some strange numbers from that DialIdol website that tries to predict how contestants are doing based on the percentage of busy signals...
1 Kevin Covais 63.8743 -
2 Taylor Hicks 53.8574 -
3 Bucky Covington 27.8788 -
4 Chris Daughtry 27.6657 -
5 Ace Young 24.4444 -
6 Elliott Yamin 16.3606 -
7 Will Makar 10.4881 -
8 Gedeon McKinney 9.9617 -
Margin of error: 3%; not scientific.
Chris Daughtry 70 -
2 Taylor Hicks 67.5 -
3 Kevin Covais 60 -
4 Gedeon McKinney 42.8571 -
5 Ace Young 42.4242 -
6 Will Makar 41.7582 -
7 Bucky Covington 36 -
8 Elliott Yamin 34.0659
I would be very happy with that result.
Kevin may be getting the sympathy vote because the judges have been so hard on him.