About an hour before the deadline, I had to go to the store. It was a quick run in, run out and we'd be back before I had to log on and hit "close poll ( Read more... )

A few words from Gary:

I wasn’t expecting to have this Sudden Death Write Off. But 2020/Season 11 is full of surprises. Some of them good, most of them bad.

I guess we will find out what kind of surprise this Write Off will end up giving us.
We will be losing the bottom 3 contestants, establishing our Top 20.

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

I said we would be losing between 3-5 contestants this week, and I meant it ( Read more... )

This week was a little different than usual. No one was being eliminated from either poll. It was just a matter of who will would automatically moving up to the main competition, and who would be facing off for the final spots ( Read more... )

So, here's the situation ( Read more... )

A few words from Gary:
I’m not going to lie. There was a part of me that was hoping that someone would fall down during this process, just turn in something that wasn’t all that great and make it an easier decision ( Read more... )

It's time for a Sudden Death Write-Off.

4 from the main competition.
4 from Second Chance.

There are only 4 spots available. You win, or your dreams are crushed*!

(*If your dream is getting in/staying in. If it's something else, your dream is probably fine)

There was a wrinkle in this because kittenboo fell on her sword. Which means she is taking ( Read more... )

3 people entered, only 1 emerged.

It was looking pretty close there for awhile though, so I wasn't all that sure who that one person was going to end up being!

In the end though, we are saying goodbye to

morning_stand and yamyam-katTechnically sign-ups for Second Chance closed a couple hours ago, but I didn't officially close up that thread yet. So if you want in ( Read more... )

A few words from Gary:

They are three very different writers.

Somehow, they had the same outcome last week, ending up in a three-way tie for the last two spots of an elimination.

Which is why we are here today, to sort that out.

Three enter. Only one will leave.

Read, comment and vote for your favorites!

Voting closes tomorrow, Friday, ( Read more... )

Just when you thought it was safe to leave Week 12, it keeps pulling us back in!

4 contestants are leaving us, and hopefully going right into Second Chance - https://therealljidol.livejournal.com/1102477.html

A sacrifice is one of them - suesniffsglue

Another is unmowngrassSo it's sad, but it's not as ( Read more... )