LJ Idol Presents:

If you go back through Idol archives it's usually one way or the other. We either larger numbers going at the start (Bottom 5) every week and keeps going like that until you get to the Top 30 or so and then it slows down. OR you leave people in for a little longer with only 1 or 2 eliminations in all the early weeks until you get several weeks in and start with larger eliminations once people have had the chance to get their feet under them. Otherwise you end up with the mini seasons lasting as long as seasons (with fewer contestants) and the regular seasons lasting forever.

Did I plan for 4 people to bye-out this week? No. I thought it more likely that we would see those numbers earlier. Did I plan for 3 people to be eliminated this week? Yes.