LJ Idol Presents:

They say that around Samhain, that the veils between the worlds is the thinnest. If that is true, I can't think of a better time to post this. To reach out and communicate with Idol past, and invite it into the future.

When we hit our 10 year anniversary over the summer, I wanted to specify thank everyone who had been apart of this crazy ride. But I didn't have the full list. Which is why I ended up reaching out to a few people known for their spreadsheets and combined them. No rest for the (very) wicked!

I've been using that new master list to track down the 100 Weeks, and in doing so I've found some people in seasons they weren't in, and some not mentioned who were in those seasons! So even this list might not be 100% accurate. Where there was an alt, I combined them into the "better known" name. But I'm quite sure that I've missed a few.

So if you see a name and you know it to be someone's alt, please email me at clauderainsrm@gmail.com (don't post it. No need to "out" anyone. :D)

Some of these people don't have LJs anymore. Some don't like me and aren't part of Idol anymore.

Some of them have passed on.

But the bulk of this list are people who I am hoping we will see again someday. (even the ones who don't like me.. well, except the banned ones. :D) All of them have made a difference in this community, and on this competition.


Thank you to all of you for making the last 10 years special! I hope to see you in Season 10, and whatever comes after that!

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I just finished catching up.

I can't believe I'm actually done with that. Well, with the people I thought were close enough to check. There are still a ton of people that I don't know their numbers (and of course the people now vying to become the first member of the 200 Weeks Club. :D)

As soon as I said that last post was the "biggest group of new members" I knew that the next one was probably going to be even bigger.

There ended up being a few people who fell a bit short, so the first 6-10 weeks of Season 10 could very well have more announcements!

But for now, I give you the newest members of the 100 Weeks Club:

copyright1983
cheshire23
impoetry
kathrynrose

That's an amazing group of writers, and people, right there.

But there are two more on this list, that I want to "call out" separately. Why? Because there's something noteworthy about how they accomplished reaching 100 weeks:


lrig_rorrim reached the mark in 2 seasons and 2 mini-seasons, which is the fastest anyone has ever gotten to 100 Weeks. Granted, I'm the "kinder/gentler" Gary these days. So that might just be an example of that. ;)


shanns_ljidol, on the other hand is quite the different story. She showed up in Season 3! Which means she was in the first group of contestants that wasn't mostly friends of mine. She showed up, and she stayed.

She has played in *every single season and mini-season* of LJ Idol since then. I can't even begin to say what that means to me, and what it says about her. Thank you.

In fact, thank you to all of you - those at 100 Weeks and those who just show up week after week, season after season! I am truly grateful, and hope that this place continues to be worth it.

When I first mentioned that someone had hit "100 weeks", it was a reaction to Survivor's mentioning when people had been playing for "100 days".

I never really thought too much about it, other than "It's a cool club to be in", or, I'll be honest, did more than taking a look every once in awhile to see if I thought anyone was close. There's no big spreadsheet somewhere (or wasn't) detailing how many weeks people survived. (and even now it's still just me manually going back and trying to figure out who I think might be close).

Because of this, I have missed some people, and their special announcement. There are a few who are "close" (I'm on Season 9 right now, and have decided to pull in the mini seasons to the totals, but haven't yet).

The first two people I missed crossed the lines within a couple weeks of each other. I feel badly about the first one. But I feel absolutely horrible about the second. Both are very talented writers, as well as people. But you will see what I mean when I announce them...



Our first new member of the 100 Weeks Club is the always fantastic az_starshine! I'm really sorry to have missed your special day, but this is very well-deserved!

The second? The late great walkertxkitty. I really regret that I couldn't give her this honor, an honor she *earned* while she was still alive.


More to come, as I find them...