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I'm catching up on Season Two and was surprised to see Episode 13 (Taye Diggs/Jenna Fischer + Kal Penn/Abby Elliott) beginning with a clip of a win by a contestant playing with Vanessa Williams (clue: Things That Melt), since I hadn't seen an episode of the 100K Pyramid with Vanessa Williams in it. When I looked to see why I hadn't seen a Vanessa Williams episode, I discovered that ABC originally scheduled Episode 13 to be Vanessa Williams/Gary Cole and Kathy Najimy/Yvette Nicole Brown (http://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/pressrelease/100000-pyramid-season-finale-213-924/), then changed it to Taye Diggs/Jenna Fischer and Kal Penn/Abby Elliott (http://abc.go.com/shows/the-100000-pyramid/episode-guide) and took the episode with Vanessa Williams off the schedule. I wonder if we'll ever see more of the missing Williams/Cole/Najimy/Brown episode than the clip they (accidentally?) included at the beginning of the Diggs/Fischer/Penn/Elliott episode?

Char is definitely there in the front row of the "Rainway" photo: http://i.imgur.com/Y93C48g.jpg When I posted this upthread on 8/25, I IDed the front row as Emily, Char, Angela, Korina, Kini, but obviously that's Sandhya (and not Angela) up front. The back row is a little harder to figure out, but Amanda's definitely there too. I don't see Samantha there, so I'm guessing she's out this week (which would leave Sean, Fade, and Alexander in back with Amanda).

This might be more spoiler than speculation, but the "coming up this season" promo after last night's premiere shows the Top 9 at the "Rainway" show: It's a little blurry so hard to be sure who's there, but it looks like the Top 9 are:

I'd also hate to lose the results shows, and I think if they were gone it might reduce my overall interest in watching Idol next year. The half-hour shows are perfect, and don't have to feel bloated, especially if they moved group performances to results night. I'd rather see 60-90 minute performance shows with a 30-minute results show the following night than one two-hour block each week.