In true Idol fashion, it came down to 1 vote in both the Friends *and* the Rivals categories.

But there was a winner for each - so I will be giving out an immunity for both of you that can be used to save yourself from elimination one time between now and Top 30!

Congratulations to

orockthro

and

rayaso!

Once again, it came down to a single vote and where people put contestant entries in their Top 3 ( Read more... )

It was another week where things literally came down to the votes of the final Judge to come through the door ( Read more... )

In true Season 9 fashion, it came down to *a single vote ( Read more... )

When I started the Exhibits, I knew that they were going to be something different from a standard Idol season. In the words of Big Brother, I figured that I would be "expecting the unexpected". That was true in Exhibit A where someone amazing showed up from Idol's past and literally just "did her own thing ( Read more... )

The Zeroth poll of Exhibit B is behind us ( Read more... )

This was a non-elimination round, but to keep things interesting - we had a poll anyway!

I’m giving the choice of the following four “powers”:

- immunity, one round, must be given to someone else before the vote closes, good between now and the Top 30 - claimed by n3m3sis42 - Topsy Turvy. Good between now and the Top 30 Usable during “open” votes only ( Read more... )

I had hoped to have more time to devote to commentary and analysis of the raw numbers. Unfortunately, the night did not work out that way ( Read more... )

The difference between the regular poll and a Second Chance one is that at least, at the end of it, I have some good news for *someone*. There is still bad, but at least I get to make a couple people happy ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry this week and to the people who came out to vote ( Read more... )