Feel like you need more of a voice? Want to win bragging rights when you correctly identify the winning American Idol winner from week one?

You should join our American Idol pool at Fun Office Pools. We’re teaming up to bring you the opportunity to vote and win points each week. Who will be the final winner? You have to vote to be considered. So, hurry up and click here or use the widget in the side bar to sign up and register your votes for this week.

Here are the rules:

Goal
To accumulate the most points throughout the television show’s season.

How To Score Points
There are three ways to get points:

1. Pick the American Idol winner at the beginning of the season – if you’re correct, you get 40 points. If your selection finishes 2nd, you get 20 points. If your selection is 3rd, you get 10 points. Note – if your pool allows you to join late, you will get less points (decreases each week) if you pick an overall winner late.

2. Pick who is sent home each week. You have 20 points to allocate to who you think will be sent home each week. You can bet all your points on one person, or spread your 20 points among multiple contestants. You receive the number of points you allocate to the person who is eliminated.

3. Bonus questions – this is an optional feature in the pool as designated by your pool commissioner. Bonus point questions are created by Fun Office Pools and are typically worth 2-5 points each. A sample bonus question is “Who is in the bottom three?”. Your pool can have 0, 1 or 2 bonus questions each week.

When Are Picks Due

Picks are due each week before the elimination show airs on the east coast – typically 8:00 pm ET on Wednesdays (Thursdays when there are more than 12 contestants). You can change your picks after submitting them up until the deadline, so it is advisable to get your picks in early. Picks for the overall winner are due with the first week picks.

Default Picks

If you forget to get your picks in you’ll get the default picks (picks made by Fun Office Pools admins), so you won’t be shut out if you miss a week. However, there is no default pick for the overall winner – so you need to make that pick after you sign up or you’ll lose your chance for 40 points at the end of the pool.

I think this is going to be lots of fun, so I’m hoping you will all join in.