American Idol 12 Spoilers – Las Vegas Week!

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A little American Idol 12 spoiler for you…

The Top 4o leave on February 3 to go to Los Angeles. No word on when they actually head to Las Vegas.

According to FOX the Las Vegas episodes air:

Wednesday, Feb. 20

AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) – “Semifinalist Round, Part 1”

In a new twist, the competition moves to Las Vegas, where the Top 40 semifinalists will be split into guys and girls. Each night, 10 of the 40 semifinalists will perform and the judges will be faced with the tough decision of choosing which five will stay and which five will be sent home.

Wednesday, Feb. 20                         First Group of 10 Male Singers Perform
Thursday, Feb. 21                              First Group of 10 Female Singers Perform
Wednesday, Feb. 27                          Second Group of 10 Male Singers Perform
Thursday, Feb. 28                              Second Group of 10 Female Singers Perform

*Each episode is 2 hours long.

ETA: Live shows begin on March 5 when the Top 20 perform for your votes.

Tuesday, March 5 Top 10 Male Semifinalists Perform LIVE
Wednesday, March 6 Top 10 Female Semifinalists Perform LIVE
Thursday, March 7 LIVE Results Show; Top 10 Finalists Revealed

 
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  • supersonic

    I guess I really won’t start watching this show until March because I don’t have the patience for all of this other stuff.  Them dragging all of this out is tedious.

  • Karen C

    THe good part is that we will see performances from the whole top 40, though they will be selected by the judges. I hope they don’t have a theme for this round.   I would rather see one or two more two more voting rounds to get from 20 to 10, this allows contestants to develop more fully, and so they have to  have more than one song before they get into the top 10. I think this makes a stronger top 10.

  • geekygirl

    This bothers me that they always try to balance the boy/girl thing.  It ends up sacrificing a deserving male/female for a borderline male/female to keep the numbers even.  Let the Top 20 BE the TOP 20!

  • maymirabella

    I so agree with you. That is how we always end up with WGWG in the top 10  after one performance.  I preferred the old format of having the top 24 perform , then 2 guys and 2 girls are cut after America’s vote..then the top 20 perform and then down to 16 and so on. That gives America a chance to hear most of the semifinalists and those who get into the finals several times.

  • maymirabella

    Yes I never got the point of the top 12 or 13 as then 2 or 3 make final group but miss tour and that always seems pointless.  They just get to perform one number on the finale and that is it.  I would rather see just top 10 and they all go on tour…seems more fair and makes more sense.

  • maymirabella

    I was actually looking forward to some bigger changes, just to switch it up after 11 seasons ,..trying more new things. I so do not want another WGWG winner..I know I kinda am saying that too much here and I apologize for repetitiveness…but I think judges picking top 10 might have solved that but then again..maybe not. And then public also gets no say in who they see on tour…but I just want some changes ..somehow, some way to have  a girl winner or someone other than WGWG. But even if we get the 6th in a row WGWG , at least make the season, the show more interesting.

  • Incipit

    I hope past idol contestants will get to help out the kids with their song arrangements depending on the theme each week. I think this will help everyone: the contestants coz they’ll have someone guiding them who can actually relate with them,

    CherryPalmer, is this a tacit agreement that the recent casts selected by TPTB are not capable of doing what the alumni before them did, and need special help??  And that maybe Iovine isn’t making the best, or most interesting song choices for them?

    Putting aside the schedules of the people you mention, and how many would be available to travel to LA, or even want to provide this special treatment – I wonder what they would think that this ‘guidance’ is even needed.

    Who were the special mentors who helped the past Idols out with ‘their’ song arrangements, and guided them every week…back when the contestants were much more able to make their own decisions, and actually did? The show employed people to do arrangements for those who couldn’t do it themselves, and vocal coaches to assist in choosing what and how to sing the songs, if people needed that –  but they couldn’t do it all for them –  contestants had to take the responsibility for their choices.

    Don’t they still provide arrangements? The difference is – IDK how voluntary their use is…and they still have vocal coaches….the difference is – someone else can be choosing the song and how to sing it, we don’t often know for sure. 

     But people seem to be cool with that nowadays, ‘as if’ the youngsters TPTB are choosing to cast need all the help they can get? All the interference help that previous seasons didn’t have, or probably even want?

    If that is progression, it just seems bass ackwards to me. JMO. Of Course.

  • blackberryharvest

    The Las Vegas round will basically be the semi finals.

  • b_james

    Ugh, i hate the “5 must stay, 5 must go” rule.  This has manipulation written all over it.

  • b_james

    Ugh, i hate the “5 must stay, 5 must go” rule.  This has manipulation written all over it.

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