It's been a hard fought week, with two rounds of Write Offs.

It took that much to take out the great hangedkay.

I'm really sorry to be losing you from the competition, but I'm glad to be welcoming you to the Jury!

Thank you so much for coming out this season and for fighting it out until the end!

A few words from Gary:
Like a bad penny, Week 25 keeps popping up ( Read more... )

These last couple of hours have been - well, the last couple of hours of an Idol poll.

Congratulations to me_sonrei who survives by a single vote.

Unfortunately, that means that

hangedkay
marlawentmad
xlovebecomesherended up tied again ( Read more... )

A few words from Gary:

Four writers enter, armed with their words.

I’m really not sure how you are going to make this decision. But make it you must.

The contestant with the fewest votes will be eliminated.

The poll closes Saturday, June 27th at 10pm EDT

Good luck to everyone.

Poll Week 25 - Sudden Death Write Off

It wouldn't be an Idol poll if it wasn't a fight to the finish!

This week certainly did not disappoint on that front.

We, unfortunately, have a sacrifice - someone throwing themselves onto the burning pyre, only to rise again on the Jury. Goodbye to the one, the only, the chosen prophet of the 1,000 God-Monsters of the Depths, hwangoWhich means there ( Read more... )

A poll. A tie ( Read more... )

A few words from Gary:

We gathered here together as the Week 22 poll was posted, to determine who was moving forward. That ended in an 8 way tie.

So we had a tie-breaker.

That ended in a tie as well.

So now we are here for a final one-on-one match up.

One writer moves forward. One writer joins the Jury.

The poll closes Tuesday, May ( Read more... )

I was getting things ready for Week 23 a couple hours ago, pretty sure that I knew how this was going to end ( Read more... )

A few words from Gary:
I was just looking back over the last few months and saw that “LJ Idol: Homecoming” banner that was used to promote this season. It seems like something out of a different time and place. There was just so much hope and optimism in that moment. I remember coming up with the idea, and then approaching Sammy-Jo to make it ( Read more... )

I took a look at the results about an hour before the deadline and thought that I had a pretty good idea of what was about to happen ( Read more... )