Green Room - Week 31 - Day 2

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I was thinking this morning about how, given that it's a Final 3 and there are 4 contestants available, with two of them being guys, that we are guaranteed to have our second male contestant in the finals, and one of them at very least tying the best performance by a male during an Idol season ever!

Up until now - the winners have fit a pretty clear profile - white, female Americans. Most people know this. What might not be completely on your radar though is that there has also been a "kids pattern" - no, yes, no, yes, no, yes.

Which means regardless of what happens in the finals one of these "Idol Truths" is about to be broken.

A guy could win. A damn foreigner could win. Or, maybe someone with kids will break that pattern.

http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/479084.html is where the entries will go that will help determine what is going to happen next, and who those 3 contestants are going to be!!

Or, as I like to say, one of these four is one step away from having a really good excuse why they won't sign up next season! :P

Comments

[snarkerdoodle.livejournal.com]

I've actually had the same thought about that, plus the 'job' factor as well (or kids, or anything else). Meaning, there's only so much time available -- does not having to divvy it up between as many different factors provide any seeming advantage, or is it negligible?

Speaking for myself, I know I definitely had progress hindered by my pesky jobs (god, they pay you and they suddenly think they own your time or something! geez, the nerve!), and a few times where family obligations took a huge cut out of my week -- I thought more than once that doing Idol when I was back in college (not that it existed, lo those many years ago) would have been much easier time-wise. ;)

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

I had a much easier time last season when I was working much shorter hours! But I've managed to survive this season on 40-hour weeks without going too batty... though only working three days instead of five during six-topic-week was a massive saver of my sanity!

I live with my girlfriend but she's super supportive and knows that I have to sit and read and comment. Plus, she has her own hobbies to occupy her so I'm not cutting into "us" time. I read a lot - during those entry reading times, if I wasn't doing that I'd be reading a book. Though usually I read when she's asleep or at work anyway! She's also a huge help with reading through my entries to check that I haven't forgotten all my English or changed tack halfway through or something. I never post anything without bullying her into giving it a once-over first!

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

OH I'm not saying being in Idol "neglects" a relationship, just wondering how many SO are understanding about Idol:)

I do believe you can do Idol well AND have a good relationship. It just depends on the relationship.

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

If I'd tried to do Idol while with my ex, I'd have been bullied into bye-ing out by like week 6 ;) That would NOT have worked!

[comedychick.livejournal.com]

My husband has been understanding of my Idol time this season on the understanding that I wouldn't play next season because of how time consuming it is for me. I don't know how to effectively manage my time and often find myself wanting to do Idol stuff when he's around, despite the fact I could probably just focus on it only when he's at work.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

If Idol -- or heck, even LJ -- existed back then, I would've been here anytime I wasn't in class ;)

[snarkerdoodle.livejournal.com]

lol, yes -- LJ itself was several years away from being created back when I was in college. Hell, Al Gore hadn't even invented the internet yet. ;)

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Hell, Al Gore wasn't even on the horizon back then!

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