Originally Posted By ecdc That's why I say I don't think it could impact the outcome. Even if each person at the party were able to vote 1,000 times for Kris, there'd have to be 1,000 people there to get 1,000,000 votes. However, it certainly looks wrong. A sponsor of the show helping people vote for one candidate and not another? That's pretty bad and pretty foolish on AT&T's part.
Originally Posted By mele Is it any worse than Katy Perry wearing a cape with "Adam Lambert" written on it while performing on the show? That seemed pretty rude, imo.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Is it any worse than Katy Perry wearing a cape with "Adam Lambert" written on it while performing on the show?>> Two wrongs don't make a right. AI felt some pressure to refresh itself going into this season. Hence, we got the fourth judge. Even with that tweak, and even with the Glambert thing going strong, earnings from the AI machine were down 24% this season. I'm expecting even more changes for next season. And after this ATT flap, I think there's going to be a renewed emphasis on "integrity" to try to reassure the fans.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 OH! Forgot to ask this earlier! In the past, Ryan/the producers have made a point of announcing the spread in the vote. Such announcement was totally avoided in this season's finale. Anybody know how the vote landed? Anybody know why Ryan didn't announce how close it was(n't)?
Originally Posted By mele I heard there was a wide margin between the two votes and all of the ATT votes wouldn't have evened it out
Originally Posted By danyoung Ryan was actually asking this when he and the Idols all appeared on Larry King Live (thankfully withOUT Larry King!). Ryan said he didn't know the spread, and neither did any of the contestants.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD I thought it was interesting that over the weekend, I heard on the radio for the first time the song that they both had to sing for the finale and it was Adam's version that they were playing. Of course Adam's version was much better than Kris', but I was really suprised.
Originally Posted By danyoung I didn't think either version was worth much, at least the live performances. I have yet to hear the studio versions.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 I agree that neither version was compelling. I can't remember anything about the song now except thinking at the time that it was musically uninspiring and lyrically a string of cliches.
