Sanjaya Malakar Safe: Stephanie Edwards, Chris Sligh Could Go Bye Bye

Expect outrage Wednesday night if DialIdol's predicted finishes come to fruition.  According to the American Idol vote monitoring website that measures busy signals for each Idol, Sanjaya Malakar may have the most votes after favorites Melinda Doolittle and Lakisha Jones - both of whom should be very safe.

Malakar was practically laughed off the stage.  If he were to stay on Idol, the show risks losing viewers in droves especially if the more talented Stephanie Edwards or Chris Sligh get voted off Wednesday night's show.  Both are ranked towards the bottom of DialIdol's results.

Should Chris Sligh be voted off, he would pay out $2500 for every $100 bet at Bookmaker.com (see website here)  Bookmaker.com, as part of BetCRIS.com, is the oldest established sportsbook operating offshore since 1985.  Stephanie Edwards would pay out $1200 for every $100 bet.

Our own Carrie Stroup had issued concerns throughout the day that Edwards could easily be treated as the red headed step child by those who throw her into the same group as Melinda Dolittle and Lakisha Jones.  Her style is similar - musicwise - but the competition is not even close.  Ironically, Edwards is one of the more talented in the competition.

Brandon Rogers and Blake Lewis are far from out of the woods either according to DialIdol.com. 

Haley Scarnato - who impressed judge Simon Cowell and probably doesn't deserve to be voted off this week - seems to be in somewhat safe territory as did Chris Richardson and Gina Glocksen.  Phil Stacey was looking even better and Jordin Sparks seemed to be 4th in number of votes.

Lewis would pay out an amazing $4500 for every $100 bet at Bookmaker.com (see website here) if he were to be eliminated. 

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com

Originally published March 14, 2007 12:49 am ET