I think they are trying to make it look like the viewers still have some say, but they are really giving us less, since so many good ones will fall to ‘circus performers’ because of this new platform.
Other theory is that of the top 50 or so..there are really only about 10-15 who have a chance of going all the way..so ther’e really nothing wrong with adding a few weirdos to the top 36....they’ll be cut fairly soon. Although we all bitch and moan about them..let’s be honest...we’ve all enjoyed and had fun with/at the expense of..Sanjaya, Wm Hung..and we’d never have Ashley Furl..and besides.. silent_jonny needs the material