There have been serious discussions in this forum regarding wild card entrants...Well we might have some hope...Here are some snippets which indicate towards 'Judges favourite' round:
On the episode aired on 27th Dec, some events point towards it.
1) Towards the end of the show, Mini Mathur said that after 3 weeks the finalists will contest in the Galas. Which means there is 1 week for the 4th batch, 1 week for 'judges favs' (can be a possibility!) and 1 week for the besurons(a.k.a bathroom singers) {from last year's format}.
2) When Amey and Anuj were left in the final four, Sonu wanted a tie!! This might lead to the round!!
If it takes place I think they will choose 2(a boy and a girl) from 6(3 boys, 3 girls) to make it the 'final 14'. The possible candidates are
1. Kshitij Wagh
2. Anuj Sharma
3. Nakash Aziz
4. Dilpreet
5. Ritu Pathak
6. (from group 4)
This can be done to stretch Indian Idol further as it is Sony's no.1 program resulting in more TRPS and of course income!!
But remember this theory is entirely based on assumptions and I could be wrong (I hope I am not!!). So keep your fingers crossed!!