The 8 contestants each make their own original video. There are no constraints on the source/theme/song/etc. Just, whatever they want to create (somewhat like how on American Idol, they choose whatever they want to sing). Something to show off their editing talent and really wow the audience. We'd bring each editor on stage 1 by 1, and play the video in front of our Idol panel. Of course we'd have our variety of judges from the really nice, to the kind of on-the-fence guy, to the super-critical prick. After the 8 videos are played and critiqued, the audience would write in their votes on tally sheets (kind of like the phone-in voting for American Idol). Another idea I had that would kind of affect the voting, would be where each judge could pick one video that they simply hated, and could eliminate that person. However, that's a tad too mean-spirited for such a light hearted and fun event. Anyways, the votes would be tallied up, and the winner would be announced alongside the winner of that night's Iron Chef, and each winner would get a prize of some kind
So yeah, I like the idea. However, I'd rather it be a con event. Adds a lot more to the fun of it all. So, that's my two cents!


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