Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1609742-20160726011746/@comment-29314741-20160830162948

I've worked a lot with statistics and know quite a bit about how deceptive they can be unless certain parameters are placed on how they are gathered and interpreted.

According to the Twitter numbers, the placements for the top ten (from 1st to l0th) would be Grace, Kadan, Tape Face, Jon, Calysta, Brian, Jayna, Sal, Linkin' Bridge and Steven. Laura would be 11th, The Clairvoyants 17th, Blake 18th and Viktor 19th.Highly unlikely.

The YouTube Quarter Final rankings are Tape Face, Jon, The Clairvoyants, Grace, Laura, Steven, Calysta, Sal, Lori Mae and Blake, with Musicality (16th) beating out Kadan (17th) and Brian (18th). Again, highly unlikely.

There are more factors to consider than just the numbers. People are likely to narrow the scope of their votes this time to try to get their favorite acts through. Also, it depends on who's competing against who and what each act brings tonight and next week. Finally, the ccmposition of the viewing audience (mainly female, I believe). could affect the results.