well, last year, they wanted each judge to have the same number of people.

so they brought some of the ousted back to sing again.

then when each judge has their team, there will be a sing off between members of the team - 2 people on each team sing the same song together.

their judge has to choose which one to keep.

these rounds continued until it was down to the final 4. that's when the public votes for the winner.

Okay, so public voting doesn't come in for a while.

I think it would be more interesting if more of the head to head competitions were between teams. Say, in Week X Blake goes up against Christina, the song is chosen, and they have to pick the best of their team to compete. Or something.

The sing-offs all being within a team just seems so strange, and like it reduces some of the competitive interest. Not to mention the competition among the judges.

Right now the judges only have 3 or 4 each, right? How many more audition shows are there? I know last year they showed people getting added to the teams without showing the full audition, but even so it seems like there will be at least 2 more two-hour shows.

At least that, I think.

yeah the wiki page said they each had 8 last year. They eliminate half the group in the first round (split across 2 episodes - each ep featuring 2 judges). Then they do this again so it is down to 2 people per judge and when this occurs, I think it is a pair singing together and each sings 1 song.

The final 4 sing and sing and sing. I no longer recall how much they sing, but they sing a lot.

Did anyone else watch SMASH? I'm pretty sure I just saw Alex Wong dancing?

Smash is up against H50 and Castle, hope they keep rerunning it on USA.

I'm pretty sure I just saw Alex Wong dancing?

Yeah, he confirmed it on twitter today

Also, he supposedly made the Hollywood round on Idol? I don't watch it, so I have no idea if he's been shown already?

He has released a single on iTunes. I have to say, it is diluting my Alex Freakin' Wong love. Man should stick to dancing.