Green Room - Week 15 - Day 7
Feb. 12th, 2019 08:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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therealljidolYou don't have the luxury of having the conversations that I have with current contestants. Sure, you probably have other conversations. But not the ones that I have. Unless of course you are having them with me, but now you're just getting cute and trying to distract me from what I'm talking about.
Mainly that I have conversations with people. And I've had them in the past. I'm sure I will have conversations in the future.
I will now sum up a central topic in 99.9% of those conversations: "I'm going to be eliminated this week".
It's the Idol version of "We're all going to die someday" talk. Only people seem to think that the axe is going to come down on their head, every single week.
Sooner or later, they will be correct.
But they will only be right once a season. (unless of course they were eliminated earlier and came back through Second Chance and now are back on the chopping block... and, you're doing it again!!!)
I'm pointing this out because I know a lot of people are feeling it right now - and yes, you will go out "before your time". Because most people think that "their time" is to win. (even if they say they don't think they could ever win, hanging in there until the end comes - that tells me that they at least think they have a shot at it!)
So you aren't alone.
But also - the majority of votes this mini season have come down to a single digit margin. (I think all of them have, but I don't feel like looking, so I'll say "the majority") Sometimes it's been a single vote.
There's a poll going right now https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1041730.html It closes tonight.
Make sure you vote for your favorites. Make sure to make the case, in public, for why other people should support your favorites. Not only does it make those people feel good to be getting positive reinforcement. It's good for other people to see "Oh, I need to go check that out!" Or "check it out AGAIN because if they are recommending it, maybe I missed something".
Mainly that I have conversations with people. And I've had them in the past. I'm sure I will have conversations in the future.
I will now sum up a central topic in 99.9% of those conversations: "I'm going to be eliminated this week".
It's the Idol version of "We're all going to die someday" talk. Only people seem to think that the axe is going to come down on their head, every single week.
Sooner or later, they will be correct.
But they will only be right once a season. (unless of course they were eliminated earlier and came back through Second Chance and now are back on the chopping block... and, you're doing it again!!!)
I'm pointing this out because I know a lot of people are feeling it right now - and yes, you will go out "before your time". Because most people think that "their time" is to win. (even if they say they don't think they could ever win, hanging in there until the end comes - that tells me that they at least think they have a shot at it!)
So you aren't alone.
But also - the majority of votes this mini season have come down to a single digit margin. (I think all of them have, but I don't feel like looking, so I'll say "the majority") Sometimes it's been a single vote.
There's a poll going right now https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1041730.html It closes tonight.
Make sure you vote for your favorites. Make sure to make the case, in public, for why other people should support your favorites. Not only does it make those people feel good to be getting positive reinforcement. It's good for other people to see "Oh, I need to go check that out!" Or "check it out AGAIN because if they are recommending it, maybe I missed something".
