AI UPDATE………AI will be doing a whole new format this year to get to the TOP 12… The Top 36 are divided into 3 groups of 12. Group 1 performs tonight. After the show, America will vote as usual. During Wednesday night’s results show, AI will announce the 3 highest vote-getters–Top guy, Top girl and next highest of either sex–to advance to the Top 12. By Wed. of Week 3, America will have filled 9 of the Top 12 slots.

On Thursday of Week 3, (March 5th) a group of contestants, hand-picked by the producers, (mostly from the Top 36 but not necessarily) will perform AGAIN for the judges. At the end of the episode, the judges will choose the last 3 contestants to round out the Top 12.

Bottom line, in this crazy and confusing new format, is that by Friday, March 6th, we’ll know the TOP 12! So….that’s when you should start the contest to pick the AI winner, with all entries recd via the WEB by March 10th, before the Top 12 perform the following week on Tuesday and Wed, March 10th and 11th. Short window of time here!

Cheers,
Eddie Idol