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Of course there is the crazy idea of only putting people in the semi-finals that are tour worthy.
Crazy, I know.
Now I do understand sometimes you don't really know someone is impossible to work with until well into the season, but casting the top 24-36 so 95% is fodder with a few chosen ones and then getting upset by what America puts on the tour makes no sense to me.
I really think every year they could, if they wanted to, come up with 24 people or even 36 people that could win American Idol. The problem is they have a handful of people they want to work with and then have to cast the rest of the show to get voted out and maybe cover a few key demographics.
That is all about the ratings, not about having a good tour or getting record sales afterwards. They want the crazies so people will tune in, they want the fodder so that their favorite gets all the votes, but they don't want to live with the fall out of pulling that stunt over and over again.
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