American Idol Voting Doesn't Make Sense - GoFuckYourself.com

Spice · 05-21-2003, 06:36 AM

Ok now, last night, American Idol had 3 hours of voting after the show. Well, I thought for the hell of it, I'd place my vote

Well, after trying OVER 100 times, just to see if I could get in, I gave up.

Now, this brings me up to my point here. Just say they have 100,000 phone voting lines for Clay and 100,000 voting lines for Ruben (I don't know how many lines for sure) and I'm sure with the last night, all of them were constantly busy for those 3 hours with people calling getting busy signals all night. I tried at the beginning and after a couple of hours into it and it was still constantly busy.

So, if that's the case where the voting is limited by the lines and if all of them are busy, how could there be an actual true count ?There could be twice as many people trying to vote for Clay, but if those people could only get in on the 100,000 lines were tied up constantly then the voting would be limited, equal to what Ruben was doing, rite ??? I suppose that for AT&T, it'd be pretty damn hard to whip up enough lines to take in every vote without a busy signal, just for a limited time like that.

I know, I know, a lot of you will probably say that it's all rigged anyways, which it could be, this is just my

on the matter.

PR_Phil · 05-21-2003, 06:38 AM

American Idol sucks big fat donkey dick!

netstarz · 05-21-2003, 07:13 AM

I wonder if it depends on where you are calling from too? My daughter called in a bunch of times and got through. OR she was voting for the looser.............lol

Rice_Master · 05-21-2003, 07:23 AM

Amerian Idol does suck donkey ass...

It's sad to see that Clay and Ruben make it to the final 2... this is suppose to be the best two in america? if so then they are definitely lacking talent!

netstarz · 05-21-2003, 07:30 AM

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It's sad to see that Clay and Ruben make it to the final 2... this is suppose to be the best two in america? if so then they are definitely lacking talent!

They are by FAR not the best in America. I play with people all the time that can out sing (and out-look) them both.

It is what it is. A great opportunity to sell commercials. That is all it is ever really about or it wouldn't be on American television.

PimpRoll · 05-21-2003, 08:58 AM

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Originally posted by NWPhil
American Idol sucks big fat donkey dick!

It's true!

Rip · 05-21-2003, 09:42 AM

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Originally posted by netstarz

They are by FAR not the best in America. I play with people all the time that can out sing (and out-look) them both.

It is what it is. A great opportunity to sell commercials. That is all it is ever really about or it wouldn't be on American television.

Yeah I have to agree, even though tons of people are watching this shit....

I listened to it last show, and I have to say that the group singing together sounded like a bad high school theater production...

most local small choirs could blow those howling coyotes off the stage easily

as for if the final 2 contestants

that reuben guy sounds good enough about 0.5% of the time and that guy clay sounded good in one song a few weeks ago, for one single verse

big f'ing deal

the thing is, that I think a lot of how shitty they sound has to do with;
#1 their considerable lack of talent
#2 the stupid piano player or arranger or whatever he is who coaches and prepares the singers. HE SUCKS

my final

would I buy a cd with any of these people on it?

No, but no doubt millions will... rather more like a novelty record, and they you'll never ever hear from them again

KRL · 05-21-2003, 09:52 AM

We ran this concept on MTV with our 900 numbers. First artist we did, was this hot looking white dude that could sing like a Vanilla Ice kind of way and was a fantastic dancer.

We produced a 2 minute TV commercial we ran featuring his music video and then pushed the 900 voting numbers at the end of the spot to vote Yes, He's A Star or No He's Not.

The fucking guy was so excited when I called him after the first week cause I said to him "Mark, you're not going to believe how many calls you got. I could hear him literally jumping up and down thinking I'm gonna be a pop star now. Then I had to say yeh you got a lot of calls Mark but they voted 99 to 1 that you're not a Star. Fucking guy was devasted and never took our calls after that saying we had ruined his singer career forever.

I think a lot of people voted just to fuck him up deliberately cause he had a cockiness about him.

Anyway we did great regardless, which we knew going into the deal. How could we lose, if they loved him we'd get a ton of calls, and if they hated him we'd still get a ton of calls. So either way it was a well hedged bet.

Mishi · 05-21-2003, 09:53 AM

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Originally posted by Spice
I know, I know, a lot of you will probably say that it's all rigged anyways, which it could be, this is just my on the matter.

Okay, here it is - the inside scoop on how the voting for AI works. Please don't tell who told you. It's really very simple. Last year, Tamyra was the obvious winner. But she didn't win. Why? Because she was the obvious winner. The fans got complacent. Well, the PTB decided that was not going to happen this year. Kim, Clay, Ruben - any of the three would have made a brilliant winner, but Clay is the Cinderella Story. I LOVE skinny geeks, but wow, Clay needed a makeover - and he got it. I'm old enough to be his...um, babysitter, but...oh hell, I'll stop now. Vote Clay, vote Ruben, I don't care anymore, as long as I can rent Clay on occasion. Thank you and have a nice week.

cold_ice · 05-21-2003, 09:55 AM

Well I think its just the two best in the competion not America. And if the show reals suxs why in the fuck are you guys watching it. Or you guys just happen to guess these guys names. But then if you didnt watch how would you know its suxs.

You fuckers here just like to bash everything. You all say it suxs but I can bet all you guys will be glued to your TV tonite with popcorn and pepsi in hand( okay maybe not the popcorn).

BTW Clay will win tonite

Lily · 05-21-2003, 11:05 AM

I have to admit, I voted on both phone lines for 15 minutes straight as fast as I could and I succeeded in getting through 11 times to vote. Since they were only 2% apart, I bet the lines were just completely busy the whole three hours. They should just make it a tie!

05-21-2003, 07:13 AM	#3
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05-21-2003, 09:52 AM	#8
KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	We ran this concept on MTV with our 900 numbers. First artist we did, was this hot looking white dude that could sing like a Vanilla Ice kind of way and was a fantastic dancer. We produced a 2 minute TV commercial we ran featuring his music video and then pushed the 900 voting numbers at the end of the spot to vote Yes, He's A Star or No He's Not. The fucking guy was so excited when I called him after the first week cause I said to him "Mark, you're not going to believe how many calls you got. I could hear him literally jumping up and down thinking I'm gonna be a pop star now. Then I had to say yeh you got a lot of calls Mark but they voted 99 to 1 that you're not a Star. Fucking guy was devasted and never took our calls after that saying we had ruined his singer career forever. I think a lot of people voted just to fuck him up deliberately cause he had a cockiness about him. Anyway we did great regardless, which we knew going into the deal. How could we lose, if they loved him we'd get a ton of calls, and if they hated him we'd still get a ton of calls. So either way it was a well hedged bet. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

05-21-2003, 06:36 AM	#1
Spice Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 83	American Idol Voting Doesn't Make Sense Ok now, last night, American Idol had 3 hours of voting after the show. Well, I thought for the hell of it, I'd place my vote Well, after trying OVER 100 times, just to see if I could get in, I gave up. Now, this brings me up to my point here. Just say they have 100,000 phone voting lines for Clay and 100,000 voting lines for Ruben (I don't know how many lines for sure) and I'm sure with the last night, all of them were constantly busy for those 3 hours with people calling getting busy signals all night. I tried at the beginning and after a couple of hours into it and it was still constantly busy. So, if that's the case where the voting is limited by the lines and if all of them are busy, how could there be an actual true count ?There could be twice as many people trying to vote for Clay, but if those people could only get in on the 100,000 lines were tied up constantly then the voting would be limited, equal to what Ruben was doing, rite ??? I suppose that for AT&T, it'd be pretty damn hard to whip up enough lines to take in every vote without a busy signal, just for a limited time like that. I know, I know, a lot of you will probably say that it's all rigged anyways, which it could be, this is just my on the matter.

05-21-2003, 06:38 AM	#2
PR_Phil Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: knee deep in dirty diapers Posts: 1,960	American Idol sucks big fat donkey dick! __________________

05-21-2003, 07:23 AM	#4
Rice_Master Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,582	Amerian Idol does suck donkey ass... It's sad to see that Clay and Ruben make it to the final 2... this is suppose to be the best two in america? if so then they are definitely lacking talent!

05-21-2003, 09:55 AM	#10
cold_ice Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: cali Posts: 3,027	Well I think its just the two best in the competion not America. And if the show reals suxs why in the fuck are you guys watching it. Or you guys just happen to guess these guys names. But then if you didnt watch how would you know its suxs. You fuckers here just like to bash everything. You all say it suxs but I can bet all you guys will be glued to your TV tonite with popcorn and pepsi in hand( okay maybe not the popcorn). BTW Clay will win tonite

05-21-2003, 11:05 AM	#11
Lily Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: BFE WA State Posts: 147	I have to admit, I voted on both phone lines for 15 minutes straight as fast as I could and I succeeded in getting through 11 times to vote. Since they were only 2% apart, I bet the lines were just completely busy the whole three hours. They should just make it a tie!