Green Room - Week 32 - Day 7

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Happy July the 5th!! The Day After “Independence Day” AKA the “day you call home and see if your parents can spot you a little extra for rent, or maybe do a little laundry over at their house when you come over for dinner”!

I hope everyone had a nice 4th. Especially the people who do not celebrate it because they live in ForeignLand! ™

I ended up celebrating it the only way a true ‘Merican should – watching fireworks explode (in their usual celebration of Chinese culture) while standing in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart! The fact that we were standing near a fireworks dealer meant that every kid within a couple hundred feet was setting something off as well, and the smoke blanketed the entire area!

Another thing that is going to “blanket the entire area” is the screams that come from the results of the poll closing today: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/582723.html

Why? Because screams are the appropriate way of expressing yourself at the end of a poll! That, and uncontrolled sobbing!

Results - Week 32

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Until about an hour ago, I was preparing for another massive tie. Which, would be appropriate given what you folks delivered this week! It was starting to have the feel of “one of those weeks”.

Instead, we have results, which means eliminations aka saying goodbye to people who have become like old friends to many of us over the course of 32 weeks. (and some who actually *are* old friends to Idol)

The run-off, to me, may have been the most difficult. It’s one of those times when I’m really glad that I vote for everyone, because I wouldn’t want to have to make that decision between the two.

In the end though, we are losing

everywordiwrite

In the main competition, it gets a little tricky. There, we are losing three more:

alleyalligator and baxaphobia

are both leaving us.

As for the third... well, I said it got tricky.

That’s because of the Immunity being handed out by the Jury.

They cast their votes, and it was yet another close one. This time it ended up going to medleymisty, who DID end up needing it. So, congratulations to her!

However, that means that the person with the next fewest votes is eliminated instead.

Which means the final contestant leaving us today, is yet another veteran...

xo_kizzy_xo

Thank you so much, all of you. I truly appreciate everything you have done this season, and I hope that you know how amazing it is to have made it to this point with such a huge field of fierce competitors! Welcome to the Home Game, and more to the point, to the Jury!

Topic - Week 33

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It’s Week 33. So, of course, you know how many topics there are going to be this week!

That’s kind of a no-brainer isn’t it?

That’s right: Two of them! ;)

What are they?

ensemble
The call that never came

The deadline to link both of your entries to this thread is Monday, July 9th at 8pm EDT

Have fun!

Work Room - Week 33

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It’s also interesting to watch debates cycle back around. It’s even more amusing to me to see them cycle back during the course of the same season!

On the subject of “pimping vs not pimping”, I am going to come out and do some recycling of my own - mainly, Idol’s position.

Which is, I don’t really care either way - but if you aren’t going to pimp yourself, please pimp Idol!

Why? Because there is a lot of great writing going on here, and new readers (and potential contestants) is what keeps this all happening!

We don’t, we can’t, exist in a vacuum. The more people who discover what is happening here - from you, the greater the chance that they will find someone else they love - and the greater the chance that someone else will send in someone who loves your stuff!

That’s how it works.

I don’t care if it’s a rec list, or simply a “go check everyone out!” - it’s all good, and more to the point, it’s all for the greater good! ;)

After all, part of being the winner tends to involve being the Ambassador of your Season of Idol. (Well, them and the Spirit) So, why not get started? :D

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In other news - the new topics are up: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/583847.html

So, you should probably get started on those!

Home Game- Week 33

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OK, let's try this one more time!

If you are not a current contestant, but want to "play along in the Home Game" by linking your entries - this would be the place to link them!