On Sunday night's Grease: You're the One That I Want, we got to follow the finalists as they went through "Grease Academy" and were trimmed from 50 to 12. For several weeks, we'd gotten to know a number of the contestants, such as 17-year-old Kelli, 42-year-old Dominic, 21-year-old waitress Ashley Anderson, a jock named Matt. So how many of these are going to be performing in the live shows starting Sunday? Zero. Well, not exactly. There is Max Krumm, who got a lot of attention for being very talented but not exactly having the look. And Austin Miller, a professional who played Link in Hairspray. And a woman whose name escapes me who was really good friends with Kara, who we spent a lot of time with but who got cut. And one of three guys who got to be buddies but were otherwise interchangeable. Hardly anyone else has seen any actual screen-time.
If they were trying to make it an even playing field by not focusing on the finalists too much, that's one thing. But to have so few of the people viewers got (semi-)invested in make the cut was frustrating too.

Oh well.

The live performance and the public voting to cast Danny and Sandy starts Sunday. Good luck keeping track of everyone!