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People who payed money, or just made the effort after-all, to vote are a bit upset that the American Idol contest might not be fair. Statistics say some 100 million votes have been made. Rumours have been going round and round the Internet that the American Idol vote was gamed, and questions have been asked all over on how exactly the vote system works. No small deal was made of the official tabulation and how many votes had been cast.
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The New York Times reported that AT&T, the only carrier whose subscribers could text their votes, “might have influenced the outcome of this year’s competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen, the Arkansas singer who was the winner of the show last week.”
Another interesting (and quite popular, let me tell you) query is on Gather.com. The questions goes: “The discussions around the American Idol season finale aren’t so much around what a great performer Kris Allen is, but rather, how did he win?”
Taking a look at the official rules for American Idol, you can read: “A weekly monitoring procedure will be in place to prevent individuals from unfairly influencing the outcome of the voting by generating significant blocks of votes using technical enhancements. The producers reserve the right to remove any identified ‘power dialing’ votes. Note that this applies to both toll-free and Text Messaging votes.”
Kris Allen
It might also interest you to know that American Idol has come under fire for maintaining what some claim to be total control of the careers of the winners of the contest. Former co-host Brian Dunkleman referred to the show as “owning” the winning contestants, noting that winners sign contracts to only record with companies owned by the show’s producers and to allow related agencies to manage their careers.
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