Chapter 159

Alice’s win meant someone else had to pack up and go home. The whole process moved along pretty quickly. Everyone more or less saw it coming—the scores from earlier were pretty telling. In the end, it was an older contestant, someone in his early fifties, who got eliminated. He had years of experience under his belt, but his outdated singing style just didn’t vibe with younger audiences. After the usual few words of sympathy and regret, Alice helped see him off. Then came the draw for performance order. Alice must’ve had the luck of the gods—she pulled number five, which immediately made the others perk up. “Nice pick! Not too early, not too late—easy for the audience to remember!” “Totally. Summer’s always got that good luck.” The one talking was a singer named Felix. He’d been around a while and had some solid connections in the industry, though his luck had always been the worst. Since the start of this show, he’d pulled first every single time. And yep, today was no different. Hear