I guess I got the impression that the illness was far more widespread than it was. Good points, all, thanks.
Given the number of collapses we’re seeing, though, I’d be surprised if the producers didn’t take some action, if only for PR’s sake. How about 1. a static barrier, like a guardrail, or 2. padding on ground level? That wouldn’t break the budget. And if some nutjob sees this an as opportunity to pull a bonehead stunt, so much the better. 
I know that whenever I’m in that type of situation (not that I’d ever be on AI) like speaking in front of more than a few people, anxiety nearly always causes nausea. I don’t want anything in my stomach which might find its way back up.
Gee, I was starting to think that falling was the theme for Idol this season
I’m sure we all saw it last night, but it was hard to tell in the previews leading up to the show, but three of the people passing out were the same person.
The girl who fainted thrice and had to sit down on stage:
a) Her partner that kept singing after she collapsed is front-runner for Douchebag of the Year.
b) Even sick and dying she was better than the 3 other members of the group.
c) Did she get booted off for her singing or her illness. The judges implied the latter but she did sing enough to qualify for the next round. Knowing it was dehydration, she should have gotten to the next round and they can decide later if she needs to drop out.
All alone in the house, I yelled at the screen “Stop singing douche bag”
I was kind of curious about that as well. I feel like we missed something the way they said "If we put you through it’s only going to get harder blah blah blah you’re going home.
What I saw in the video is that her left side – shoulders to hips – took the brunt of the fall. That (plus slapping the ground on impact) is how martial artists are trained to fall, so I wouldn’t necessarily expect more damage than bruising. It actually appeared to me that her head didn’t hit the floor, or if it did it wasn’t with any appreciable force.
Isn’t there some unwritten rule that says if you make it to Hollywood Week and then get too sick to continue (and the producers think you’re good enough - and, of course, you’re not 28 yet), you pretty much get a free pass to Hollywood the following season? (This has definitely happened on So You Think You Can Dance?, and with Nigel Lythgoe back pretty much in charge of Idol, I don’t see why it would be different.)