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Sorry for the delay. I had to make sure about the voting and do some last minute checking to ensure the accuracy of the results. (Well that and I was called away to do a special project at work. Darn that work, don't they know Idol is happening!*g*)

This week we say goodbye to the youngest person ever to make it this far - and the most devoted player I've ever seen - twirlandswirl.

In sports they talk about the spirit of players who "play hurt". She played hurt. She played sick. She played through exams and all the ups and downs of a college life, and a life extended across two cities hours apart from each other, arranging things so she could continue to participate in LJ Idol.

Her writing improved a great deal during the course of the contest, and even in the end, it was her schedule that was the death of her. No one has ever pimped so long and so hard, infusing her own passion for the game into her friends list, and theirs... and theirs... she has a lot to be proud of, and her record for votes is going to be a hard one to pass any time soon.

She rose through the ranks - from the first person out last season, to leaving us in fifth place this one.

Thank you twirlandswirl for an amazing run.

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Which means that your FINAL FOUR are:

agirlnamedluna
bettybaker
spydielives
welfy

Two from the top of the alphabet, two from the bottom. Two that joined my FL during the course of the season, two who did not. (mentioned only because *I* personally find it interesting, given that season 1 was almost entirely my FL.*g*)

Four incredible writers out to take an amazing adventure to the top. Two of them will fall short. 1 of them will come within inches. . . and the last one standing will be your NEXT LJ IDOL

Next topic(s) posted soon . . . be ready. . .

FINAL FOUR TOPICS

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It's really straight forward. There are two lists of topics. You will pick one from A and one from B.

A is current events and are bigger subjects to tackle, B well, isn't.*g*

You will be writing one of each.

The lists are first come, first served. There are 5 topics in each, so no one will get "stuck" with one, although obviously the sooner you grab the ones you want, the better.

Here are the topics:

A.
1. Alternative Energy Solutions and how to implement them - claimed by welfy

2. These Borders are Made for Walling: India's border fence solution

3. Whatfor Darfur? Solving the Humanitarian Crisis: claimed by agirlnamedluna

4. I've Got Kurds in my Turkey - I've got Turkey in my Kurds: the potentially explosive border crisis in Northern Iraq- claimed by bettybaker

5. I Like Chinese: Contamination in China's food industry and how it impacts the global marketplace - claimed by spydielives

B.

1. My Favorite Bookclaimed by welfy

2. The last thing that made me cry claimed by spydielives

3. What I like about me

4. My Favorite Movie claimed by bettybaker

5. My Favorite Petclaimed by agirlnamedluna

Link both of your entries back here by Monday July 16th at 1pm EST

Good luck.

Green Room

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THE FINAL FOUR!!!

wow. . . just wow . . .

(oh, and it's official - after two in a row a "T" does not win this season!!!!)