kenboy1 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I’ve seen a lot of people saying they don’t like how fast the schedule is going and that it needs to be readjusted…so how do we do it if we have to do the same number of weeks? (You may add a few Monday episodes as you see fit)… Here is mine: Sunday February 18 - Audition 1 Sunday February 25 - Audition 2 Sunday March 3 - Audition 3 Sunday March 10 - Academy Awards Sunday March 17 - Hollywood 1 Monday March 18 - Hollywood 2 Sunday March 24 - Top 24 Part 1 Monday March 25 - Top 24 Part 2 Sunday March 31 - Top 20 Monday April 1 - Top 12 Sunday April 7 - Top 11 Monday April 8 - Top 10 Sunday April 14 - Top 9 Monday April 15 - Top 8 Sunday April 21 - Top 7 Monday April 22 - Top 6 Sunday April 28 - Top 5 Monday April 29 - Top 4 Sunday May 5 - Top 3 Sunday May 12 - Top 2 sing off Sunday May 19 - Live Grand Finale I just looked at the updated schedule and it looks like there are Monday live episodes on the 15, 22 and 29…so I’m going with that… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortstopVM Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) Sunday February 18 - Audition 1 (3 hours) Monday February 19 - Auditions 2 Sunday February 25 - Audition 3 (3 hours) Monday February 26 - Auditions 4 Sunday March 3 - Hollywood 1 Monday March 4 - Hollywood 2 Sunday March 10 - Academy Awards Sunday March 17 - Top 24 Part 1 Monday March 18 - Top 24 Part 2 Sunday March 24 - Top 20 (3 hours) Monday March 25 - Top 14 Reveal -- Sunday March 31 - Top 14 Monday April 1 - Top 13 Sunday April 7 - Top 12 Monday April 8 - Top 11 Sunday April 14 - Top 10 Monday April 15 - Top 9 Sunday April 21 - Top 8 Monday April 22 - Top 7 Sunday April 28 - Top 6 Monday April 29 - Top 5 Sunday May 5 - Top 4 Monday May 6 - Top 4 Results (1 hour) Sunday May 12 - Top 3 + Homecomings Monday May 13 - Top 3 Results (1 hour) Sunday May 19 - Top 2 sing off (1 hour) - if ABC were smart, they would use the NBA Playoffs to lead into the Idol Finals Monday May 20 - Live Grand Finale (2 or 3 hours) In a perfect world, I'd get the Main Competition (Top 14 onwards) back to the FOX format, where we eliminate contestants on a weekly basis on results shows the night after, but with the technology to do live voting and eliminations in the same episode, there is a nice compromise somewhere. I did keep the FOX-style performance-show-then-results-show-the-following-night from the Final Four onward. And of course, the Judges' Save (and Double Elimination, if the Save is used) would be in play. Edited April 20 by ShortstopVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idolfan1234 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Unfortuantely, they will never go back to the original format. Idol used to make SO much money and have so many viewers so they could produce as many live shows as they wanted. Currently, audition episodes are the cheapest to produce and the most watched - so they focus on those - 6 weeks of auditions. Live shows are expensive and they want to do as few of those as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keychange Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) This is my desired schedule while also being realistic with the ABC era in mind. Also removed the two Monday's in March since those didn't exist this season. Sunday February 18 - Auditions 1 Sunday February 25 - Auditions 2 Sunday March 3 - Auditions 3 Sunday March 10 - Oscars Sunday March 17 - Auditions 4 Sunday March 24 - Idol Arena Sunday March 31 - Showcase Part 1 Monday April 1 - Showcase Part 2 Sunday April 7 - Top 20 Perform (3 hours) Monday April 8 - Top 16 Reveal Sunday April 14 - Top 16 Perform/Top 12 Reveal Monday April 15 - Top 12 Perform/Top 10 Reveal (Double Elim) Sunday April 21 - Top 10 Perform/Top 9 Reveal Monday April 22 - Top 9 Perform/Top 8 Reveal Sunday April 28 - Top 8 Perform/Top 6 Reveal (Double Elim) Monday April 29 - Top 6 Perform/Top 5 Reveal Sunday May 5 - Top 5 Perform/Top 4 Reveal Sunday May 12 - Top 4 Reveal/Top 3 Reveal Sunday May 19 - Top 3 (Finale) Edited April 20 by m1key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Based on 2025 (for season 23), here's one thought: Sunday, February 17 - Auditions 1 (3 hours) Sunday, February 24 - Auditions 2 (3 hours) (Sunday, March 2 - Oscars, no show) Monday, March 3 - Auditions 3 (1 hour) Sunday, March 9 - Auditions 4 Sunday, March 16 - Auditions 5 Sunday, March 23 - Hollywood / Idol Arena (3 hours, again only one cut at the end) Sunday, March 30 - Showstoppers Monday, March 31 - Final reveal of Top 24 (1 hour) Sunday, April 6 - Top 24 performing Part 1 Monday, April 7 - Top 24 performing Part 2 Sunday, April 13 - Top 20 performing Part 1 Monday, April 14 - Top 20 performing Part 2 Sunday, April 20 - Top 16 revealed and performing (3 hours) Monday, April 21 - Top 12 revealed and performing Sunday, April 27 - Top 10 revealed and performing Monday, April 28 - Top 8 revealed and performing (1 1/2 hours) Sunday, May 4 - Top 6 revealed and performing Sunday, May 11 - Top 4 revealed and performing Sunday, May 18 - Live Finale with Homecoming and Reunions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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