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"American Idol" new old executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has announced a few changes to the programming lineup via Twitter Tuesday (Feb. 22). Nigel tweets:- "Because of all the Drama in the #AmericanIdol green mile show we have been asked to cut the Beatles Vegas Challenge to 1 hour instead of 2!!"
- "#AmericanIdol on Wednesday is a 1 hour Beatle Challenge and then 1 hour of choosing the top 20 up until JLo breaks down and can't continue!"
To decipher that for you, originally the Wednesday, Feb. 23 episode featuring the 60 contestants who are left competing in a Beatles performance challenge in Las Vegas was supposed to be two hours long. It's still two hours, but now instead of watching performances for two hours, the last hour of programming will feature the judges trying to choose the Top 24 (we'll get to that in a minute).
Then Thursday, Feb. 24 will have another two-hour show - the "Green Mile Show," which is what the production crew calls the episode where the Idols ride up the Elevator of Heartbreak to sit in the Chair of Sadness while they learn their final fate of the audition rounds. It is so named by the crew because it's like the contestants' own death row walks.
So instead of two hours of performing and two hours of deliberating, we are now getting one hour of performing and apparently three hours of J.Lo crying. That should be fun.
Nigel also tweeted a couple days go, "The #Idol talent was so strong this year, the judges lost sleep over their choices. Instead of a top 20 they eventually decided on a top 24," so there is a Top 24, despite having referred to a Top 20 in his tweet about J.Lo breaking down.
Everybody got it? OK, break!
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Once again a reminder of why this is not a talent or singing competition.
Too bad the show cant be cut to zero hours per week.
lol at the haters who still take time to comment bwahhaha...AI is still fun!
Reminds me of what wrestling has turned into...about 10 minutes of actual in the ring wrestling and then 50 minutes on antics. I stopped watching wrestling. Maybe Idol will go the same way for me.
I'd rather have 2 hours of Beatles performances and 1 hour (or less) of deliberating.
I hate these new changes on Idol this season, plain and simple.
Why not an hour and a half of singing and a half hour of deliberating?
Well, whatever. I just hope they make the right choices.
Er, it's called the "Green Mile" show because the "So You Think You Can Dance" "green mile" show really does have the potential finalists walk down some cooridor, isn't it?
(Also, now that Nigel's back, will they go back to the old rule where anybody who "takes the elevator ride" but then gets cut can't audition for future seasons?)
Just rename the show American Cry Baby, Cry and be done. Can win the most crying reality show on TV. Funny post, probably true, but still amusing. I could maybe watch Tyler cry for an hour or so, but not Jlo. Any tears flowing from Randy? Get Seacrest on a crying jag and it might be worth watching!
they make it sound so depressing