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'Idol' song choice leaves little room for error

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    Contestants know even one mistake can send them packing

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So yeah.

When it comes to song choice in performance on American Idol there's very little room for error.

And we -- next schedules the contestants know even one mistake that could be cost.

She lives then -- then us it's not one of those like on TV news.

It's definitely hard -- -- seven days when we.

Nonstop they got to pick great -- and stay as healthy as they possibly can.

As they focus like any like any sport this is like a sport right now if you win ten games -- -- -- you lose the first game of the playoffs they've gone.

And it's it's a pretty good sign any kids that'd be relying and that's really gets me.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The contestants -- their songs for the following week on Thursday before the elimination show.

They meet with mentor Jimmy I -- the -- Friday and spend the remaining days rehearsing.

There's often times where somebody comes and it says this what I wanna do somebody comes in.

He's the I I get it down to these three songs I don't know which one or I have no idea -- what I'm gonna do.

And it depending on how much help they need -- how much they get when we go into the room with -- I mean and with a mentor.

You can't go.

It -- confident that you can't be too insecure the balance of nodded his cabinet and security to pushing forward but enough confidence to hold -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Right up and down and in the days leading up to Wednesday's performance it seems there's never enough time we all what I tooth and then try to help them as much as we -- It's like grab them now we get five minutes of the month program and -- and -- -- film on this little.

-- -- -- In Hollywood -- -- and us Fox News.

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