[Jack_]

This weekend coming is Week 7, by which point we usually have six acts left - and currently we have eight. In Week 8 we usually have five acts left, all acts perform two songs each [meaning ten performances in total] and that's when the sing-off is removed and the act with the least votes is automatically eliminated. Week 9 follows the same pattern, and Week 10 is the Final - where three acts usually remain.

But how is it going to work this year? We still need two more Double Eliminations to get it down to the usual three acts for the Final.

If there's a Double Elimination this week, then six acts will remain in Week 8. If there were then two performances from each act, there'd be twelve in total. But then does the sing-off stay or is it removed like usual? I can't imagine them risking a Double Elimination with no sing-off. So then they could do a Single Elimination, but there'll still be five acts left in Week 9 when there'd usually be four. A Double Elimination could come into play here, but then again - would they really risk it just on the public vote?

Or will there be a Double Elimination this week, leaving six for Week 8 [they'll all perform two songs each], and then another that week, leaving four for Week 9 - and THEN remove the sing-off, just one week before the Final?

Or - as one last solution - are we going to have more than three acts in the Final? Thoughts?