Green Room - Week 24 - Day 4
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therealljidolIf 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.
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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Date: 2011-05-04 07:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-04 08:04 pm (UTC)Not, mind, that I have a chance in heck of getting to second but... well, y'know. Whatev.
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Date: 2011-05-04 08:53 pm (UTC)iswas my fourth season competing, and the best I've placed is maybe 33rd place, I think, although that was in a smaller pool of contestants. I'm probably safe in stating that my overall percentage of those I've outlasted has been fairly constant over the seasons.This season I was 42nd out of 261, which puts me in the top 16%; I don't know exactly how that compares to my prior 3 seasons I've competed in, but it's probably been pretty close to that (top 20%) overall.
So I'll see your Whatev and raise you one, LOL.