A controversial move makes people talk about American Idol for a moment, just as that one decision last year about that one singer made people mad until the next week, when the other singer was allowed to stay. Reuters recaps:
C'mon, you don't think they knew ahead of time? People! This entire show is rigged! Fake as three-dollar bill! How do I know? Uh . . . I have sources. In the entertainment industry. Catering, okay, but they hear things. Actually, no, I don't know if it's all scripted in advance. But they do have quick-fingered writers. Remember the show where Casey was saved, even though it meant 11 singers on the tour instead of ten? Which had never happened? And no one ever thought they'd use the save that early in the season? Go back to the moment when Casey was saved:
You can't see if very well in this clip, but when he goes down to hug his parent at 2:24, you can see the teleprompter screen with the script about what this save means, a line Ryan doesn't get around to reading until 4:10. This either means A) it's all planned in advance, or B) someone was frantically typing to prepare copy for Ryan Seacrest to read, so he didn't stand there helpless.
No, I don't think it's rigged. It's just interesting to see how fast they adjusted to that unexpected turn of events. That's all. Really.
