LJ Idol Presents:

A few words from clauderainsrm:

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for contestants who tied in the last poll to write another entry, they will face off again to determine who among them will be eliminated.

The results of this new poll will dissolve the bonds that connect them to each other, and ultimately mean that the two with the fewest votes will be eliminated from the LJ Idol Mini season.

The poll closed tomorrow night, Tuesday August 6th, at 9pm ET

Good luck to everyone!

A few words from Gary:

Once more into the breach my friends!


It’s Part 2 of the FINALE! The Sudden Death Write Off that will determine who will be the WiNNER of the Literary Prize Fight and who will suffer the final knockout.


Read. Comment. Vote for your favorite(s)!


The poll closes tomorrow night, Saturday May 4th at 10pm EDT


Good luck to both of you!

It's no real shocker that here we are at the Top 6 and it comes down to another tie vote. This time between hwango  and furzicle.

Which means it comes down to where the Jury decided to award the final immunity. They couldn't give it to one of them, because he already had it. But if they gave it the other... then this is over with.

drum roll please

*looks*

The Jury awards their final immunity of the season to...

rayaso 


Congratulations!

Which means we have a Sudden Death Write Off.

It's an Open Topic. So you can write anything you want, and you have until Friday, April 12th at 9pm EDT to link it below.

Have fun! 

If you look at the poll itself, you might not see it.

But it came down to 1 vote. Twice.

Both of them were the last votes cast. One granted immunity. The other created a tie.

Let's talk immunity first.

Every single contestant who is still eligible received multiple votes. At one point though, two people went out in front. Way out in front. In fact I received several ballots with both of their names, to the point that I thought the Jury was trying to create a tie. Maybe they were.

But then I received one last vote - with only one of their names listed. Which means that the contestant who is immune this week is hwango  !

Congratulations.

Which means that we only have one person leaving us RIGHT now:

dmousey who came back into the competition on fire, and who I was beginning to think might just have a few more surges of support to get into the finale as the dark horse no one in their right mind would want to face.

Thank you so much for coming out - you are the next to last member of the Jury who will be making their final decision this coming week. You will be helping to decide who gets 1 step away from being in the final four.

It also means that the final vote (that I saw at least) created a tie for who was taking that second spot.

I could have easily seen a scenario where these two ended up fighting it out as part of the final four. Now, one of them is going to end their run in 6th place.

There is a Sudden Death Write Off between itsjust_c  and sonreir  !

Which means that they have until Wednesday April 3rd at 9pm EDT to link an entry back to this thread. (see below). It's Open Topic, so it can be anything they want. Bring whatever it is left in your tank - because this is going to be it for one of you! :(

Have fun! 

A few words from Gary:

We’ve been here before. Two writers with distinct voices facing off where only one of them is going to be able to walk out of it in one piece.

Just a few days ago, there was a tie between four writers, which ended in a tie with two of them.

This is going to decide who is staying and who is going. (Unless, somehow, this ends in a tie as well!)

The poll closes Sunday, Feb 24th at 10pm EST.

Good luck to both of you!

It's been one of those days, and from what I've just seen when I was looking over the results, it looks like it's one of those nights as well.

As has been the case in the last couple of weeks the votes trickled in, until they started flooding in at the end.

It's not just true of the poll that everyone sees, it is also true of the Jury vote.

When I say this was a difficult decision for people, there are a couple ways of showing evidence of that. One is mentioning the multiple Jurors who mentioned "this is a really difficult decision" in their emails to me.

Another is to point out that of the 16 contestants, 14 of them are eligible to receive immunity (no one can receive it twice) and 11 of them received votes this time! The other three? Weren't in the danger.

That Jury vote came down to a *single vote*. One vote, the last one to be received, determined who would be getting immunity this week. And that's important, because it just threw a wrench into the poll, as usual.

The poll itself, also came down to a single vote. Which is why it's a four way tie and not a five way.

We were set to lose two, but instead we will be losing one, and sending four others into a Sudden Death Write Off for their lives in this competition. (with two others escaping that fate by, again, a single vote)

Before I get to that, the person we are losing tonight is the great static_abyss . One vote was the difference between staying and going into a Write Off. Given the level of competition in this mini season, I hope that is seen as the positive that it should be - that they were awesome enough to make it this far in the competition and came within a hair of making an even longer run.

I'm definitely going to miss your writing - and hope that you decide to Home Game! But at least we will continue to feel your presence as part of the Jury helping to decide how this mini season is going to play out. (and I hope to keep seeing you in the Green Room as well!)

Which brings us to the question of "Who received immunity?". If you are looking at the poll, you know that answer - but if you aren't, this week the Jury selected yachiru .

Congratulations on getting to fight another week!

The Four who are going on to compete in a Sudden Death Write Off are:

babydramatic_1950 
dmousey 
furzicle 
and zedmanauk 

As usual, it's an Open Topic and you have until Wednesday, Feb 20th at 9pm EST to link your entry to the thread below.

Have fun!

It's a Literary Street Fight, and it's only getting more difficult every week.


I said that there would be 3 contestants leaving us, and that announcement (and your votes) have put us in the place for this announcement.


The Jury played its role, selecting someone for immunity. Once again, it came down to a single vote.

They decided to make song_of_thea  safe this week.

Which means that those going home this week (Well, joining the Jury that will help decide the fate of the rest of this season) are:

fausts_dream 
and
murielle  (who sacrificed so that others might continue)


Thank you so much to both of you. I say this all the time "thank you for making this season special", but both of you absolutely deserve those words, and much much more.

You notice that is only two names, and I promised three... that is because that immunity threw that third spot into a 4-way tie.

Which means there will be a Sudden Death Write-Off!

Facing off are kimschlotwrites , static_abyss , wolfden and zedmanauk  !

The Topic is, as usual, are Open Topic. (you can write anything you want) and the deadline to link your entries back to the thread I will be starting below, is tomorrow, Jan 29th at 9pm EST.

Have fun!

There were two polls, but I'm only going to make one Results post. Because this is the big one. The one that everyone has been waiting to see how it was going to turn out.

And besides, this week had unexpected results in both polls. So we might as well just put all the "Wha..." responses all in one place.

We're start with the main competition, since that is also where we are going to end, and might as well make things circular.

Once again, I asked for the Jury for their picks for who would receive immunity this week, and once again, it was really close. This time it came down to *a single vote*. That's the theme of the mini season after all. Those close calls and the one vote that either came in, or didn't. In this case, that one vote gave someone immunity - and changed this week's results for a second week in a row.

Congratulations to kehlen- who received this week's immunity, who was actually on the chopping block this week. This means they survive another round.

Leaving us this week from the main competition and joining the jury is

the always great megatronix 

who will definitely be missed.

Thanks to the immunity, we also have a 3-way tie for that second spot between codenamewanderlust , kimschlotwrites  and murielle . Which means there will be a Sudden Death Write-Off to determine who will be leaving us. More on that later.


Now for Second Chance, they had their own unexpected results. The people joining the Jury are:

alycewilson 
oxymoron67 
reidharriscooper 
stellinas 


I'm really sorry to be losing you, but I hope that we will be continuing to see you around with the Home Game, the Green Room and of course in your role as the Jury that is helping to shape how this all plays out.


Those joining the main competition, and in the hunt to win it all are

dmousey 
itsjust_c 
spilledink562 wolfden 
yachiru 

There are two names who are missing. Because they tied. Which means that the final spot, that last shot at getting into the main competition is coming down to a one-on-one literary slug fest between
babydramatic_1950  and blue_velvet ! It's another Sudden Death Write-Off!

***

For those in the Write-Offs, here are your instructions. It's Open Topic. Meaning you can write whatever you want.
You have until tomorrow, Sunday Jan 20th at 9pm EST to link your entries back to the dedicated thread below.

Have fun!

As I stated, my original plan was to eliminate three people this week. But having read the entries, I felt like I should only take down two.

That puts us in the current situation. Let this be your lesson - mercy causes problems.

As you may know - swirlsofpurple  sacrificed this week.  Which is awful. Definitely leaving us too soon. 

It also means that only one other person will be leaving, and of course, as fate (and the voters) decided - there was a tie!

Which means that

song_of_thea 

and

the_eternal_overthinker 

are going into a high stakes, winner takes all, Write-Off!

One stays. One goes home.

It's a write-off, so it's Open Topic. Which means you can write anything you want.

Dig deep and blow the doors off this thing!

You have until tomorrow, Sunday Jan 6th at 9pm EST to link your entry back to this thread.

Good luck to you both. 

I'm starting to think that you people just like clicking boxes!

Because when the dust settled on the 4-way Write Off, we ended up with another tie!

Yes. Another tie.

Which means we go back another round of the Write Off!

daisysparrow 
vs
katespencer1 


Two keyboard warriors. 1 venue. Only 1 of them will emerge. 

I'll post a thread, below, for them to link their entries in. 

It's another Open Topic.  Which means they can write on anything they want. 

They have until tomorrow, Thursday Nov 15th at 9pm EST to link their entries back to the thread below. 

Have fun!