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Idol Countdown: Day 8

January 9th, 2009

If you have been living under a rock recently, you may not have heard about the “tweaks” coming to Idol this season. The following are eight changes that Idol is making this season. I have already talked about a few of them, but here is the summary:

1. New judge Kara DioGuardi – aka, sanity, and a vocabulary beyond “my dawgs” comes to the judges panel.

2. The Wildcard returns! The Wildcard returns!

3. There will be a top 36 rather than a top 24. Supposedly, there will be three groups of 12. It is not clear yet how they will be forming the top 12 from these groups, but I have my money on the top 3 from each group of 12, plus three from the Wildcard (A judges pick, a producers pick, and a popular vote pick? Or maybe a Clive Davis pick? He hasn’t done much lately.) This is all speculation beyond the three groups, of course.

4. Idol Gives Back will not be giving back this year. This has been changes to a bi-yearly event.

5. The auditions will be toned down and streamlined. Praise the Lord!

6. Hollywood week will be given more than one episode of face time! Another fabulous decision, if I do say so myself.

7. There will be a 50 years of Mowtown week! Not that this is really a tweak, but it is a throwback to seasons 1-3.

8. And finally Paula’s meds will be adjusted to put her in a happy place. Fine, that is just wishful thinking on my part, but a girl can dream, right?

You can read more about Idol Tweaks, if you like.

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