LJ Idol Presents:

I mentioned this on FB so I might as well put it out there... I'm making a list for 2026. I've casually done a mental list before whenever the idea of an "All Star" or "Legends" season has come up. But I've never actually taken the time to go over the list of contestants and put together a "Who I would invite"...

So far - just from looking at names, I'm at 90 contestants and I've just started the Rs. (and I have NOT put anyone's name on that list so far who has played the last few seasons. More on that later in this post)

My current plan (that might change) is to spend the next year and a half going back through the actual posts and seeing what memories might spring forth, anyone who stands out who might not have stuck in my long term memory...

I also want to have a public vote at some point to vote people in (nominations and the whole thing), which is where the more recent contestants come in. (I *will* be adding people from them on my list later, but I know a public vote is going to weigh *heavily* toward recency bias. So I want to make sure to stack the rest of the list of people I already plan on inviting before throwing in too much of the chaos.

At any rate - there you are. No telling what is going to happen between now and then. But we have this mini season... I have an idea for another absolutely insane concept that might just break everyone, and then the 20th anniversary of LJ Idol. (Oh, did I bury the headline? ;) Yep. 2026 will be 20 years of this thing. )