Pollak, Melissa F. wrote: > Not a rumor. It was announced last night that two contestants would be > eliminated.
Reality Blurred says ... American Idol 8’s big rule change may involve one-time veto power for the show’s judges that allows them to overrule viewers’ votes and keep an eliminated contestant. Executive producer Ken Warwick appeared on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show this morning and said the rule change was devised “because of a problem actually that’s been around since season one. We’ve talked about doing something about it—in fact, we tried it in another country, to see if it would work first, we tried it in Frace—and it does work, so we’re going to put that to work tonight,” he said. The “problem” may reference the way talented singers surprisingly go home early, from Tamyra Gray in season one to Chris Daughtry during season five. The most recent rule change to France’s Nouvelle Star involved veto power. During the sixth season, judges were able “to exercise a veto power on one eliminated contestant at any given point of the competition and spare them from elimination,” according to its Wikipedia entry. An MJ’s Big Blog commenter said that on the French version, “after the contestant(s) was eliminated, the judges have a meeting and decide if he is worth saving or not. If they decide he deserved it they give him another chance and the following week they start the show with the same contestants.” <http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/american_idol_8/2009_Mar_11_veto_power> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
