In a surprising development, this season’s “American Idol” will see a rule change which involved providing the show’s judges a right to veto.

The “Judges’ Save” rule was announced this weeks thus giving the show’s four judges (Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Kara DioGuardi)the power to save one contender from elimination by the public. However, this can only be done once during this season and that it won’t be applied when the contestants are already narrowed into five.

Another condition that must be followed is that the judges must be unanimous in their decision to save that contestant.

This move was deemed unexpected considering that the show depends mostly on the votes made by the public. This garnered mixed reviews from critics and fans.
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