Looking at the time usage issues for the show keeps bringing me back to this, the recap segment -- and their insistence on replaying those PICTURE START mini-vids every time someone's about to come out. Of all things, it reminds me of the old Forever Eden Apple Of Mostly Evil. They paid for it and by the gawds, they're gonna use it.

This is a pretty sad state of affairs when there are basically only two peeps commenting on a results show!...And they said this show was going to be great hmmmphphphp

That's funny, I count three.

I forgot to tell you, I don't count, I'm just an agent of the wise and wonderful Zenbot!.....I'm really a hologram.

I don't even watch the show until after it's over. I DVR and fast forward commercials. Can't really expect people to be commenting while they are watching the show. I still like the show better than Idol so far.

Are you suggesting the show is faking its live Twitter numbers?

Goes right along with every other part of the theme.

With Timekeeper repeatedly emphasizing the 'results are in no particular order' bit, I knew they were going to make Fakethis the last one safe just to punish any part of the audience who'd paid attention while simultaneously rallying her fanbase -- which may have trouble speaking 'no particular order.'

*shakes head*

People are not going to put up with this for long.

B2 is a mild surprise. I was expecting InTENsity to fall through, but having the Stereo Hoggz hit by the death slot and their effective stage-induced invisibility wasn't on my radar. Given the most recent AI models, I thought Lakoda Rayne would be the other bottom group. But either way, it looks really bad for Paula.

Gee, this never would happened with 4Shore.

I just imagined a lot of people on the edge of their seat, thinking, make the judges save her!

But, alas, our futile hopes are disappointed.

What are the Hogzz doing in the bottom two? Uh oh, the voter demographic isn't into groups, apparently. Poor Paula. She was doomed from the start.

And please, judges, for once show some sense. And don't leave it to Paula.

But, alas, our futile hopes are disappointed.

Meh. I never had any hope to begin with.

The idea of Paula as the doomed one is a curious thought. Is Simon petty enough to punish her for leaving him with the Kara/Ellen combo by assigning her the category with the lowest chance? We'll never know... but I think it was mostly random draw. At least after he insisted on getting the girls.

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I didn't care for the Hogzz and I had Intensity going home. I think the Hogzz will be in the bottom 2 again next week but will be saved again unless the other group is with them. I don't think they want all the groups gone the first 3 weeks. I don't care for the judges deciding on the bottom 2.

Y'know, just from a sheer fate-tempting standpoint, I would not want to start my attempt to stay with lyrics that included "It's over and done."

Softer, more balanced performance than last night. Some degree of unity. This is where they have the edge over InTENsity -- they can cover for each other.

Yup, both individually and as a group, they're superior to a fair percentage of the contestants remaining. But I fear their number will keep coming up.

Their one advantage: this is Paula's monster. She tied the last stitches, applied the lightning, and watched it lurch off the table. The show was desperate to get the artificial groups through -- does that continue? Weaker performance here, though -- the group notes are coming across as modulated shouting.

Well, at least the self-jinxing is equal. I wouldn't have picked singing "My life would suck" either.

They're held together using the magic Glee Glue^TM. Now it's time to apply a little pressure on the judges to see if this group still sticks around.

The panel votes. In case of a tie, original lowest public vote total goes home.

To go home (with lots of rushing along from Timekeeper):

Simon: Hoggz. (Sabotage! He feels they can get a contract right now -- and undoubtedly that they're a threat to his three.)
Paula: InTENsity.
Nicole: InTENsity.
Reid: InTENsity. (Stalled it out as long as possible. Don't tell him to hurry!)

One monster down...

...one lying beyotch to go.

Reid got that out in the nick of network time. No sing-off, and hardly even a sign-off for that matter.

Now, I'm curious... what would have happened if Reid said the Hogzz? Suddenly, we've got a deadlocked panel, it's 8:58 with a few seconds to go to the 9:00 commercial breaks and... the horror of an overtime show due to a hung jury.

And why vote for who goes home? Voting for who stays is just the same and more positive. The show ends on a downer.

As for the vote... really, Simon? Kind of cutthroat there, aren't you?

For once, Paula got it right. And Nicole and L.A. backed her.

what would have happened if Reid said the Hogzz?

See above. They would revert to the original public vote: lowest total goes out.

And why vote for who goes home?

The SiClone got something from his donor...

As for the vote... really, Simon? Kind of cutthroat there, aren't you?

I was expecting it. It's a Survivor element: eat the strong -- your alliance needs to get through, and it's easier if the competition has been thinned.

Missed that lowest total tie-breaker thing. Whew, Steve would have had all of 15 seconds to see them off.

Another thing I may have missed... did they ever say how many votes? Not even a vague "millions of votes"?

Not a word -- which implies it was nothing to boast about. The Worsters are wondering how online voting could have been counted all the way up to deadline and independently audited in time for the show -- but then they realized what they were implying and laughed it off.

I just finished reading their own update thread. They are majorly sick of Timekeeper Jones. It's gotten to the point where a few are thinking about how good Seacrest suddenly seems to be at his job.

So when that kid arrives, the apocalypse will have a head start.