That kind of sucks. They probably thought they had to change the format with the new judges since they will lose viewership. Trying to gain some back of the loss with new viewers who will tune in for challenges and what-not. It doesn't make horrible sense. How long is this show going to be though, because I can't see how they can get rid of the live performance version at all. I have a friend that is going to be on it, that's the only reason I'll be watching the first few weeks.