Nobody has ever had to figure out how to pull together an all-star reality singing competition finale when literally nobody on your show is in the same place.
Until now. So leave it to American Idol showrunner/executive producer Trish Kinane and her ninja team of fellow producers and dedicated crew to make the most of an admittedly terrible situation in the lead-up to Sunday night's (May 17) all-star season 18 finale.
It wasn't easy, but Kinane tells Billboard that the Idol braintrust has learned a lot of lessons over the past few months, during which they've had to go from shooting the long-running series in the usual, close-quarters way, to setting up dozens of remote locations all across the country.