American Idol's New Rule
It's actually pretty interesting.
In order to prevent the best singers from being prematurely eliminated -- like what happened to Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry and Michael Johns -- the Idol team has introduced "the save."
For the rest of the season, the judges have one -- yes, just one -- save. So, if someone gets sent home who the judges think deserves a second chance, they can save that person from elimination. No one will go home that night, but two people will go home the following week.
Considering the judges can only use this save once, I have a feeling they'll wait until it gets down to fewer contestants. I can't imagine they'd waste it now, since we don't know the singers well enough to know if they really deserve to stay.
What do you think? Do you like the new rule? -- Jacki Garfinkel
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I think the new rule is wonderful . Look at Chris Daughtry , he is so amazing , and he was voted off to soon . They have some amazing talent this season and it would be a tragedy for that to happen again .
I totally agree with you, Jackie. I knew neither contestant would get saved Wednesday night because the judges are going to wait until further along in the competition. That's what I would do! Heck, for all we know, they may have already decided "if so and so goes down, we'll save him". Oh, and I am so loving the way the top 12/3 got chosen! The judges all commented last season that if they hadn't had to have even boys and girls, there would've been more boys because the boys were better singers. And so it proved this year when America decided. One last thought, just for the hell of it: I love Simon Cowell and almost always agree with him!