SCORES - FINAL 5 - SOMEWHERE BROOKE IS CRYING

Well the crying nanny was sent home today. We no longer have to endure those overly-sincere looks into the camera, the talkback during the judges comments and the slouchy gumby-looking seated guitar playing style.

The weekly winner this week was TheNewLastPlace whose picks should actually be disqualified because they made their PPPicks on Wednesday night - but since they are so far down and have no chance of even moving up to 19th place, I figured I would let them have it. It also keeps my team from being the weekly winner which would probably bring up cries of foul play.

Speaking of cries of foul play - I saw Seacrest Out's comment on how strange it was that I changed the rules for the bonus picks then gave all 15 points to Brooke and heavily benefited from my rule change. Well, first I will say that the rule change was inspired by your cohort Sanjaya Rocks. Secondly I will say that you, too, could have given Brooke 15 points. Thirdly I will say that someone else could have been voted off - then I would look like a fool rather than a genius. Fourthly - and most important - it says somewhere in the bylaws that if you make such accusations against the commissioner then you shall be docked 8 points. Funny. That would put my team in the lead. What a coincidence.

Before we get to the scores - let us not forget about our bonus picks that will start adding up very soon. The Pre-Hollywood pick bonus points will only be added to the full season total. Three of the picks are still standing: Syesha (badnewz, Hasselhoff), David Cook (profB), and David Archuleta (Bessie Moo). The person who makes it the farthest gets 10 points. The person who makes it the 2nd farthest will get 6 points and the one who gets voted off first will get 3 bonus points. Too bad Josiah Leming isn't still in the competition or Seacrest Out might be eligible for some bonus points.

We also have the Prediction Picks to take into account. Each team gets 5 automatic points from each one of their prediction picks that makes it into the final 3 and an extra 10 points for each one predicted to go in the right spot. This could make a major difference in the outcome. For the record - nobody picked David Cook to win.

Now on to this week's scores. (I did not get PP Picks from Indiananans or YoYoDawg)

Team - Top12 - Season - Wk5PPPicks - Wk5Bonus - Wk5Total

The New Last Place - 46 46 10 15 25
PaulaTics - 94 224 8 15 23
Team Hasselhoff - 74 174 6 15 21
JC - 92 220 8 8 16
Bessie Moo - 90 205 8 8 16
The Indiananans - 78 199 8 7 15
Seacrest Out - 96 231 6 8 14
profB - 96 219 6 8 14
AMightyWin - 91 91 8 5 13
Team Shivers - 80 200 8 5 13
Sanjaya Rocks - 79 203 8 5 13
Zebra Fight - 75 203 10 3 13
Team35 - 89 211 8 4 12
Fire and Ice - 92 200 8 3 11
Simonsays - 89 204 8 3 11
Badnewz - 74 171 8 2 10
Thaddeus Glapp - 88 209 8 0 8
Leftcoaster - 80 80 8 0 8
Idolsmith - 73 183 8 0 8
Yo Yo Dawg - 78 78 6 6