Green Room - Week 34 - Day 7

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If you love "Extreme Sports" - I hope you are following this week's poll. Because, in watching it over the past couple days and trying to project what is going to happen, I have no idea where this thing to going to end up!

Ditto for the Jury votes! Which, of course, have the potential to play spoiler to the poll and throw things into an even more chaotic state!

So, take the day off from cliff diving or alligator wrestling, or whatever it is that you do - and sit down to read some entries!! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/828189.html

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Given how close it is - this would also be a good time and place to let people know which entries out there have gotten YOUR attention, and why! Who should make it into the Top 12??

100 Weeks

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There are some things that I need to look at with the poll - and some things that *I don't*.

One of those things is "Did gratefuladdict survive?"

Of course she did. Surviving is what she does best.

She came into Idol at full tilt - and in the first couple weeks of Season 5 had an absolute blow-out. Not the "Oops" but the kind that can shuffle you off into the Home Game... heck, have it at the wrong time *these days* and you may be shuffled off the internet completely.

I mention it not because it happened - but because she managed to regain her footing *and through discussion actually gain friends, fans and the elusive *actual respect* before it was over.

She's like that.

There have been big moments. Small ones. Her at her "worst" and her at her "best".

When she came in - she was still in the shadow of her sister in a lot of ways.

Now? There are few people who shine brighter.

The path her life has taken during her time in Idol - that's the kind of thing that I love to watch. It's almost as if it were two different people. Except that folks actually got to experience it, they got to see that transition - and it was a wonderful thing.

Congratulations.

Welcome to the 100 Club - and I can't wait to see where you are if you decide to join the 200 version. ;)

Results - Week 34

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You folks out there in Idol-land sure do know how to keep things interesting don't you?

As we get closer to the Top 10, I imagine that this is only going to get more intense.

The Jury convened this week to decide who to give immunity to... and once again, it was a close vote. 14 of the 15 contestants received votes. (The one who didn't? The person "at the top" of the poll this week. So the absence of votes probably had to do with a feeling that she was safe)

In the end though, they did make a decision.

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We were eliminating three contestants this week.

yachiru *would* have been one of those eliminated - but she was the one the Jury selected for immunity!

Which means that those leaving this week are:

sobota and i_17bingo

Two amazing writers. One "dark horse" in this competition, who seemingly came out of nowhere to create these wonderful bite-sized pieces week after week, and the other who has grown leaps and bounds over the last couple of seasons, and finally starting to get the attention he has long deserved. (It should be pointed out that he did it all this season having only used *1* bye!)

The third person leaving us?

According to the votes - that would have been jexia, but she was given immunity during this week's Quick Fire competition!

So we go to the next lowest amount of votes - and come across A THREE-WAY TIE! This means that the Redemption Tribe will be making a return this week - and things get a little bit scarier for everyone!

Thank you to those leaving us. You were awesome, and I hope to see you in the Home Game, and casting your votes every week for the remainder of the Jury, to help shape how the rest of this season will play out!

Topic - Week 35

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It's Week 35.

By now you know what to do.

You know what to write about.

But you know what they say -

“men and melons are hard to know”

The deadline to link your entries back to this thread is Thursday, Jan 29th at 8pm EST

Have fun!

Quick Fire - Week 35

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If the last couple of weeks have taught us anything, winning a Quick Fire can be the difference between going home and surviving another week. If nothing else, it is a way for someone to sweat a little less in the coming poll!

Will it be YOU this time?

All current contestants can participate. But it's still optional.

As usual, it is an Open Topic

So bring your A-Game!

The deadline to link your entries back to this thread is Tuesday, Jan 27th at 10pm EST

Have fun!

Work Room - Week 35

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You have your new topic: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/829608.html
and a new Quick Fire: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/829885.html

The question is, do you have what it takes to "make it work" enough to get through another week, as the numbers continue to shrink - and your chances of winning get that much better?

What do you have left in your tank for a Quick Fire and how does that differ from the regular one? (other than being "Open Topic" rather than an assigned one... let's face it, all Idol topics can, and often are, handled like they are Open Topics!)