I know the results are in a while before the show and the producers and Ryan know the results before they go on air, but do the judges know? I think they used to in the past but I wasn't sure if that changed after the save was introduced.

Nicki just tweeted about the upcoming 'shocking results show' and I wondered if this was to do with the actual result or nicki speculating/ suggesting the results are always shocking.

I don't think that the judges would like to know in advance. What difference would it make?
Surely Nicki would only have tweeted that if she thought Lazaro was staying. A shocking result indeed.

I think they're all told to say it's a shocking result ahead so it gets people tuning in.