Alternate Chart, American Idol Season 9

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Stage: Semi-Finals Finals
Week: 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26
Place Contestant Result
Crystal Bowersox
Lee DeWyze
Andrew Garcia
Casey James
Aaron Kelly
Michael Lynche
Siobhan Magnus
Katie Stevens Bottom 3 Bottom 3
Tim Urban Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3
10 Didi Benami Elim
11 Paige Miles Bottom 3 Elim
12 Lacey Brown Elim
13-16 Lilly Scott Elim
Alex Lambert
Todrick Hall
Katelyn Epperly
17-20 Haeley Vaughn Elim
Michelle Delamor
Jermaine Sellers
John Park
21-24 Tyler Grady Elim
Joe Muñoz
Ashley Rodriguez
Janell Wheeler

I believe this table is much more aesthetically pleasing than the one in the current article. This table has longer column widths which allow us to spell out 'bottom 3' in full rather than making the awkward abbreviation of 'Btm 3'. There is no need for gender colours as there are two tables in the article which tell us the male and female semi-finalists/finalists. As far as the colours for Elim/Bottom 3 go, I have used palegoldenrod for Elim and used different gradients of yellow for 'saved first' and 'saved last'. I understand that they may need to be changed by consensus however the main purpose of my table is to demonstrate the improvements regarding column width and font size/styling.

Alternate Table, American Idol Season 9, Red Gradients

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Stage: Semi-Finals Finals
Week: 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26
Place Contestant Result
Crystal Bowersox
Lee DeWyze
Andrew Garcia Bottom 3
Casey James
Aaron Kelly Bottom 3
Michael Lynche Saved
Siobhan Magnus
Katie Stevens Bottom 3 Bottom 3
Tim Urban Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3
10 Didi Benami Elim
11 Paige Miles Bottom 3 Elim
12 Lacey Brown Elim
13-16 Lilly Scott Elim
Alex Lambert
Todrick Hall
Katelyn Epperly
17-20 Haeley Vaughn Elim
Michelle Delamor
Jermaine Sellers
John Park
21-24 Tyler Grady Elim
Joe Muñoz
Ashley Rodriguez
Janell Wheeler

I actually don't mind the red even it it slightly jars with the colour scheme of the headings etc. I don't like the red for the semi-final eliminations however I think the red blends in with the different gradients for 'Bottom 3'. Tell me what you think?

How about you replace the palegoldenrod color with just red. As far as I know, red is sometimes considered to symolize being in the finals. --AT40Reviewer (talk) 00:54, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Alternate Table, American Idol Season 9, Total Red Gradients

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Stage: Semi-Finals Finals
Week: 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26
Place Contestant Result
Crystal Bowersox
Lee DeWyze
Casey James
Aaron Kelly Bottom 3
Michael Lynche Saved
Siobhan Magnus
Tim Urban Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3
8 - 9 Katie Stevens Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Elim
Andrew Garcia Bottom 3
10 Didi Benami Elim
11 Paige Miles Bottom 3 Elim
12 Lacey Brown Elim
13-16 Lilly Scott Elim
Alex Lambert
Todrick Hall
Katelyn Epperly
17-20 Haeley Vaughn Elim
Michelle Delamor
Jermaine Sellers
John Park
21-24 Tyler Grady Elim
Joe Muñoz
Ashley Rodriguez
Janell Wheeler

Sorry it took me so long to do this. I think this gradient is good to use and is very simple to understand. If some will argue that the color is too "bright" or too "dark", we can lighten it a little. What do all of you think about it? --AT40Reviewer (talk) 01:16, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Experimental Red

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Stage: Semi-Finals Finals
Week: 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26
Place Contestant Result
Crystal Bowersox
Lee DeWyze
Andrew Garcia
Casey James
Aaron Kelly
Michael Lynche
Siobhan Magnus
Katie Stevens Bottom 3 Bottom 3
Tim Urban Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3
10 Didi Benami Elim
11 Paige Miles Bottom 3 Elim
12 Lacey Brown Elim
13-16 Lilly Scott Elim
Alex Lambert
Todrick Hall
Katelyn Epperly
17-20 Haeley Vaughn Elim
Michelle Delamor
Jermaine Sellers
John Park
21-24 Tyler Grady Elim
Joe Muñoz
Ashley Rodriguez
Janell Wheeler

Alternate Chart, steel blue instead of palegoldenrod

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Top 24 Top 12 Winner
Safe Safe First Safe Second Eliminated Judges' Save
Stage: Semi-Finals Finals
Week: 2/25 3/4 3/11 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26
Place Contestant Result
Crystal Bowersox
Lee DeWyze
Casey James Bottom 3
Aaron Kelly Bottom 3 Bottom 3
Michael Lynche Saved
Siobhan Magnus
7 Tim Urban Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Elim
8 - 9 Katie Stevens Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Elim
Andrew Garcia Bottom 3
10 Didi Benami Elim
11 Paige Miles Bottom 3 Elim
12 Lacey Brown Elim
13-16 Lilly Scott Elim
Alex Lambert
Todrick Hall
Katelyn Epperly
17-20 Haeley Vaughn Elim
Michelle Delamor
Jermaine Sellers
John Park
21-24 Tyler Grady Elim
Joe Muñoz
Ashley Rodriguez
Janell Wheeler

It might take some getting used to because we've been using the palegoldenrod for so long, but I think this blue is a good neutral color like the palegoldenrod but works better for a variety of reasons. First of all, I was able to make a much more distinguishable gradient with it. Second of all, palegoldenrod is an ugly color to begin with that doesn't have any meaning anyway, while blue is a good choice because it is a prominent color used on the show...we see it in the logo, graphics on the screen, stage lighting, etc. MarkMc1990 (talk) 06:37, 13 April 2010 (UTC)