Yahoo! tracks the searching habits of Idol fans not only by who is being most searched, but also what, in particular, people are searching to find out. Let’s take a look.
Sanjaya is still the overall leader (can you believe the staying power of Antonella and Alaina?)
American Idol Leaders
Rank Idol Move Score
1 Sanjaya Malakar +14
2 Antonella Barba +4
3 Haley Scarnato +5
4 Blake Lewis – 2
5 Melinda Doolittle +1
6 Alaina Alexander – 1
7 Chris Richardson – 1
8 Gina Glocksen – 1
9 Chris Sligh – 1
10 Lakisha Jones – 0
But Haley is the biggest mover (don’t we know it…)
American Idol Movers
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Bix (a Yahoo! company) has a new American Idol Prediction game where you buy stock in your favorite idol and who you think is going to go all the way.
How it works:

The game mirrors the functionality of the stock market, enabling participants to “buy” and “sell” virtual shares in their favorite American Idol contestants based on estimates of their future values.
Players predict how popular the Idol contestants will be in the future, making their predictions by buying stock in the contestants they believe will get America’s votes, and selling stock in the contestants who they believe will be voted off …read more