Idol to jump shark? Twist tonight?

Everything must come to an end I suppose. Will it be tonight though?

Simon hinted at a change involving the judges. Immediately people thought of X-Factor, his british show and to say the reaction is negative is an understatement. I think most people just let his and Ryan's interplay go as nothing, but it really may be the end of the show.

X-Factor lets the judges give immunity to one contestant based on them performing to save themselves during the results show. So let's say we have bottom of Anoop, Jorge and Jasmine, and Anoop really should be the lowest.

Anoop sings and saves himselt. Therefore we keep him (who would have been a suprise elimination) and lose someone else.

It's kind of Dancing of the Stars-ish too, but the difference between Idol and that is people think Idol is real (even with the conspiracy theories) while Dancing is for fun.

If Idol does that I'll really lose a lot of interest in the show. Honestly, if I wasn't doing the pool I'd probably stop watching. Yes, the shock eliminations are annoying. But they allow dark horses to win. With this (changed) system, how do you get rid of an Adam or a Danny ever?

Hopefully the change with the judges Simon alluded to is Paula finally being fired (shot whatever) or something else, but if it's what I think, they really screwed up.

From a British X-Factor watcher...
"Well I am, British, and I'll try and clear a few things up.X Factor is a tacky Saturday night show where the judges are the star attraction. The lineup changes every year and everything is geared to focus on the panel, not the singers. Stupid voice-overs and ridiculous operatic music pollute the segments between karaoke backed (no live band) performances that are the last thing anyone cares about. The sob-stories are ten-fold, the host is a moron, and contestants idiotic pouting into the camera in their Matrix like pre-performance packages is vomit-inducing. None of this equals art or sophistication. It equals a colorful entertainment show, it's melodramatic, amusing, tacky and completely counter-productive.Idol has its haters over here, but at least it has created some genuine superstars; the format has done that. Does it not strike anyone as surprising that in five years the show's only created one superstar? And that was a stroke of luck.Despite the fact that X Factor is big in the UK far less people actually vote than they did on Pop Idol, because there's very little point. Ten million people voted in the Will/Gareth finale. I think they're thrilled if they even get a two or three million now. The point is, that show is a farce. It's a superstar-making show that doesn't create any superstars. They want to get more public interest and viewership on Idol by stripping the power of the public? Sounds like a smart ass move to me. Not."


JUAN