^I did think about how they would handle it (I posted a couple ideas yesterday). But while I was watching with my mom last night, we came to the decision that it's most likely inevitable that the judges will use the save this season (they might be forced to, due to the circumstances) . In the past, when they use the save, the next week has been a double-elimination. When they use the save this season, they'd only have to kick off one person the following week if they don't have any elimination-free result shows.

Unless the judges were in on this whole conspiracy from the get-go, I can't believe that the producers could have planned the whole schedule around Jermaine getting through all the way to the top 40, and then be able to orchestrate it from there. I don't know what happened, but it's shady whether there was a blatant attempt to create drama from the get-go or not.