Green Room - Week 1 - Day 9

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This is LJ Idol, your source for polls, information, and all-night jazz. Coming up in the next segment, we will get a look at the weather, but first, the headlines….

- Deadline looms, poll looks awfully tight: Coming into the last day of voting for Week 1, the poll numbers are “too close to call” on who will be leaving, with a good ¾ of the field in danger. Interested parties are urged to speak out in favor of the entries they love and get other people to read, comment and vote for their favorites!
- In a related story, newbies coming to the polls need a little extra love. So, make sure that you take the time to check out someone new!
- As the growing IRS scandal continues to unfold, there is increased Congressional attention on the Idol polls: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/653859.html Later, Terry Gross will be talking to several people behind the numbers.

Results - Week 1

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Week 1 has come to an end, like the slumber of the dead near da Vinci’s house.

Fortunately, unlike those unwitting models, there is a second chance for those leaving the main poll. Literally, a “Second Chance”. They will be joining those who missed the deadline in Second Chance Idol, with their own special poll and topics - where they will getting the chance to fight their way back into the main competition!

Last mini-season, not only did that happen, but one of those people ended up in the finals! So never stop swinging until you are knocked out!

Those leaving us are:

dawnstar
dreamwriteremmy
eeyore_grrl
fred_fierce
i_love_freddie
oxymoron67

Which isn’t the 8 that were promised, due to a wrinkle that was thrown into motion when dreamwriteremmy decided to use her Immunity to save sarcasmoqueen!

Which means that she was safe from elimination, and the person with the next lowest votes would be eligible.

However, there were more people in that category than there were elimination spots left, so they have been spared. Or rather, “spared for the moment”. More on that next week. :)

Topic - Week 2

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Now that I have your attention, it’s time for another inters... choosing your topic.

That’s right. I’m throwing out four different topics (all submitted by your fellow contestants) and you are going to pick one of them. No intersection. Just you living and dying by your own wits!

Here are the topics:

"Na wa ooooo"
(to save you the time of trying to look it up, it’s apparently a Nigerian Phrase means 'This is serious', or 'This is interesting/hilarious/unbelievable' etc)
"Um..."
1337
and, this is a quote from the person submitting the topic, “Write about Indians”


There you go. Your topics. Submitted by you.

Your deadline to link your entries back to this thread is Monday, May 27th at 9pm EDT

Have fun!

Second Chance Idol - Topic 1

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For those of you in Second Chance Idol, you have a similar choice between topics. (again, submitted by your fellow contestants) But yours are:


You Only Live Twice
and
Sand and Stars

You have the same deadline: Monday, May 27th at 9pm EDT

Have fun!