What is the contestants weekly schedule?
Finalists follow the same schedule each week, as The Washington Post revealed last year. On Thursdays, the day after the elimination, they select their new song and record it to help the composers create the musical accompaniment. Fridays are spent rehearsing with vocal coaches, while on weekends, they shoot commercials and other segments, and go shopping for clothes. On Mondays, they rehearse their own song and the group song, if there is one. On Tuesdays, the day of the live show, they rehearse three times to ensure that everything from sound to camera placement is good, and then they perform live. Q: How is the performance order decided? A: Producers arrange the contestants’ performances every week, based upon their song choice and other, sometimes more arbitrary criteria. Q: Why don’t the clips at the end of performance episodes match the actual performance? A: In the past, those clips have been culled from the dress rehearsal earlier in the day, giving producers time to select the
