Week 26 Immunity

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

The results are in.

Each week, the recently eliminated contestants are asked to read the entries and cast a special vote separate from the polls.

This vote is for the coveted immunity. No contestant can receive it twice.

Not only is it a nod from the people you, until recently, were battling out with in the trenches. It is them (collectively) saying that they want to see you stick around for another week.

This week, since there are two polls, there are two immunities to be handed out. I asked the jury to send me their top 3 picks from each topic.

What I did *not* mention to the jury was that they were making the person selected immune from *both polls*. Immunity works on a week to week basis. So they will be advancing regardless.

PLEASE still read their entries, and comment, if you haven't already. Obviously the jury thought enough of them to give them a special mention, so it's worth taking a look if you haven't already done so.

Once again, it was CLOSE for both polls. Both of them came down to the tie-breaker based on the rank (1-3) that I asked them to assign to each of their favorites and *both* won immunity by a slim margin.

But there was a decision reached, based on those rankings.

The winners of immunity for Week 26 are

intrepia
and
pixie117

Congratulations to both of you. You are the first members of our TOP 21!

Comments

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Wow. I am stunned. Thank you guys so very much. It means a lot to me that you voted for me to have immunity this week. It REALLY means a lot you thought me worthy.

Just wow. Thanks again everyone. Really, truly, thank you.

[hug-machine.livejournal.com]

You are 110% worthy!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Aww thank you :) I really thought I was a goner this week. I forgot all about the immunity until java_fiend told me congratulations!

[hug-machine.livejournal.com]

XDDD

Well, double congratulations!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!! I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I'd make it this far!

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you received immunity. You desered it for sure. YAY and congratulations!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) That mean's a lot! I never would have imagined to even make it this far. It's really flattering!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!!...wootness

[hug-machine.livejournal.com]

Congrats, guys!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks again!

[connie]

Thank you!

[creature-girl08.livejournal.com]

Two very deserving writers to get that coveted immunity.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you again :)

[connie]

Thanks so much!

[sra33.livejournal.com]

GRATS! :D

I can only imagine how good an immunity must feel at this point in the game.

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

It feels amazing honestly. I am floored. Especially because I was gone this week without it...

[sra33.livejournal.com]

REALLY?! I thought your Face to Face entry was amazing. Spectacular!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much :) That means a lot!

[connie]

It's like a gift of a stress-free last day of the poll, which feels awesome.

I was going to say, it's like a gift of not having to refresh the poll over and over again, but I'm probably still going to refresh it over and over again because I'm concerned about some of the people near the bottom. So much for that, haha!

[sra33.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehe. Same here. XD I refresh it and I'm not even in the running anymore! hehe

[connie]

It's an addiction, I tell you!

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Congrats to pixie117 and intrepia

(http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f166/java_fiend/?action=view&current=awesome1.jpg)

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

haha You're the awesome one sweetie :-p

Thanks for like the millionth time.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

I'm not awesome. You're the one with the immunity badge so the awesome is all yours. :-)

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you sweetheart :)

[connie]

java_fiend's Official Seal of Awesomeness? Now there's the real prize!

Thanks bunches!

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Don't you dare try to sell that on eBay now. I know you can probably get billions for it but just keep it for yourself. :-p

[connie]

But you know, with my eBay ... finesse *ahem*, I could sell it to someone who will one day become famous for inventing a mushroom that, when consumed, causes people's skin to change colors to bright green or neon pink or electric blue, something along those lines... and then they could use your Official Seal of Awesomeness on awesome skin color-changing mushrooms!

[connie]

Oh wow, thank you guys so much.

This week of Idol has been kind of magical for me after so many weeks of being near the bottom of the polls, crazy refreshing in the last half-hour, and somehow managing to hang on by, in at least one case, as few as a single vote. This week, when I saw that we had two topics and that one of them was an open topic, I felt sure that this was going to be my last week in the game, and I decided what the heck, if it's going to be my last week, I might as well go crazy with my entries. In the end, one of them was a crazily-formatted entry in a genre I never, ever write in, and I was worried that the other would be poorly received because it contained too many cut-and-paste emails that were individually inane.

I have been so honored and gratified by the responses I've gotten to these entries, both as comments and in the polls, and now to get immunity too... I am just so grateful to everyone. I feel like no matter what happens from here on out, I'm going to remember this week as the one week in two seasons of LJ Idol when I somehow finally, unexpectedly, inexplicably managed to get things right.

That means so much to me. Again, thank you all so much. <3

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

I haven't even read your entries yet, and I know you totally deserve this recognition - and it's about time you got it! Congrats my friend!

[connie]

Aww, thanks so much, Stace. I think the Jury must be on a roll after last week and now this! ;)

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

As nice as the recognition was, I sure would've rather gotten immunity THIS week! It's getting dicey over in poll number two!

[connie]

I know what you mean. Get immunity too early, and you wish you could have it later when the competition gets tighter; get immunity too late, and you won't be around to get it at all!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say congrats!!! You truly deserve this!

[connie]

Thank you so much! The Jury did an excellent job on both choices, if you ask me! ;)

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to you both. Having never been awarded immunity, I'll confess to a weensy bit of jealousy but you both deserve it, so well done!

*returns to biting nails over poll*

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

lol... I'll confess to a bit more than a weensy bit of jealousy. And I'm already out of nails and need something else to gnaw on until the polls close. :-(

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I really didn't expect it at all, so it is a very pleasant surprise!

[connie]

They're just saving yours for when we're down to the top five! ;)

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

LOL! Well I suppose a girl can dream...

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats you two :)

[connie]

Thanks!

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Congrats to both of you. Well chosen on the part of the jury.

[connie]

Thank you!

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

Eee, congrats! I'm so glad that both of you have immunity!!

[connie]

Thank you!