therealljidol | Green Room - Week 24

If you tripped right now, you might accidentally fall into the Top 25.

Let's take a moment to consider that. Because I'm not entirely sure the full impact has hit everyone quite yet.

Counting Second Chance, we have had 261 contestants this season. Everyone left is within a breath of reaching the Top 25. That's pretty darn good.

Give yourself a moment to pat yourself on the back.

Now that your hands are preoccupied I can strike!!! Oh wait, sorry. . . kind of a bit of impulse there. ;)

What I mean, of course, is "job well done".

Of interest, to me, is that there do still seem to be divisions in the ranks among vets and newbies, or to be more accurate, people who became friends in previous seasons vs people who are playing for the first time. Maybe it's not "divisions" so much as they are "priorities". It makes sense, people who grow closer tend to admire each other's work and share similar tastes in what they like and don't like as much. From my perch, I've seen it before, but it hasn't felt quite like this.

Then again, this is also the highest number of veterans we've ever had left at this stage of the competition. So that is bound to shift that perception in new and interesting ways.

It's worth noting - because I mentioned it just the other day and someone said they had never heard this stat: Thus far, every single Idol season has been won by a newbie. No veteran has ever won. No man had ever won. No non-American has ever won! Will this be the season where one or more of those is broken? Only time, and the voters, will tell.

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If my stats are correct:
12 newbies remain; of those, 9 fit the stereotypical winner

However, non stereotypes, we have:
21 vets
8 males
8 folks not living in the US (I'm not sure if

alephz,

tamaraland and I count as non-American, though, given I think we all have citizenship)

If

alephz counts as foreign, he's the only anti-stereotype that remains.

I am a non-practicing American thank you very much.

Me too. But I still have citizenship XD

I have others too though. I'd give up the US if it wouldn't cost a fortune and probably land me on a no-fly list.

LOL. My only other citizenship is Australian. I think dual American/something else counts as foreign enough!

Dude, I wanna count as foreign now, if only to be the darkest of dark horses.

I'm totally counting you as foreign :D

Sweeeeet.

I just like the idea of having the darkest of dark horses still in our midst, too :D

I dunno. It sounds like it could be a nightmare!

You're awesome with puns XD

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I'd put you,

alephz, and

tamaraland as "living abroad". I'm thinking of those where English isn't their first language, like

agirlnamedluna and

rattsu, if she were playing.

The other foreigners are English speakers, living in Australia and the UK. They don't have US citizenship.

And dude, I've never lived in the US so I don't really consider myself "living abroad." Not unless you mean I'm living abroad from my home country, Australia.

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I'm not an English speaker. I'm English.

We aren't all variations on a theme of America you know.

XD I was going for the opposite of what Kizzy was saying about foreign languages, but obviously didn't do a very good job :P The point remains that there are non-Americans who use English as their first language, too ;)

STOP BRINGING IT BACK TO FRIGGING AMERICA!!!

There are English people who use English. There are non-English people who use English. That is all.

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(Americans don't speak English, they speak American, but don't tell them I said that ;) )

To be fair, there are probably more people with English as a Second Language who use English in a proper manner than there are native speakers (regardless of what country they're from) who use English in a proper manner.

Not that I'm about to argue over which of the native speakers use it 'better', because I find colloquial changes to language fascinating and beautiful. But that's the root of the issue. Language changes over time, and I don't think that the people who live in England speak the same English that was spoken a hundred years ago. No one gets to hold the stick at this point and be king of the mountain. We've all been left a legacy and it's ours to do what we choose to do with it.

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Your secret is safe with me!

But I work in French and Russian, have to conduct half my business in German and my husband is Finnish. It's not doing my English any favors, that's for sure.

Well, you still use the language with grace and style.

Tack! Jag bruckar känna sig som en idiot!

Kanske du känner så men aldrig är du så.

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How many second chancers/returning players are left? That's another type that hasn't won.

You also missed out ethnicity. The winner's always been white.

Ahh! There are 4 Second Chancers and 1 player who was brought back into the game with a special player.

I don't know everyone's ethnicity, but of the ones I do know, there are 4 non-white players I'm aware of (I keep forgetting people because that stat is not recorded in my spreadsheet... and I honestly just don't think about someone's ethnicity that much).

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