Did You Notice the History of the Save?

Posted by REALITYTV on Apr 16th, 2012 and filed under American Idol. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. | Viewed 1618 times.

It’s an event that has only happened 4 times in American Idol history – the judges’ save! On Thursday, April 12^th the judges saved Jessica Sanchez from elimination, but did you notice a Jennifer Hudson coincidence?

Season 3 superstar Jennifer Hudson has been a guest performer on American Idol three times. EACH of those three times that she was at the show, the judges used the save: Season 8 Top 7 (Matt Giraud), Season 10 Top 11 (Casey Abrams), and Season 11 Top 7 (Jessica Sanchez). The other save went to Michael Lynche during Top 9 week of Season 9. When Ryan Seacrest, first introduced the save in 2009, he said the save was inspired by a few past favorites who went home early, including Jennifer. During Season 3, Jennifer was shockingly eliminated this week – at the Top 7 mark – but she persevered and became the first Idol to win both an Academy Award and a Grammy Award.