American Idol Voting Fraud !!??!!
 

(What better way to ensure your crappy show stays in the spotlight?...faked voter fraud)

From DRUDGE:

CALLS FOR AUDIT HIT 'IDOL': CONTEST QUESTIONED AFTER DIFFERENT VOTE TALLY; FOX TO LAUNCH REVIEW

On air last night AMERICAN IDOL host Ryan Seacrest claimed only 1,335 out of 24 million phone-votes separated the two singing finalists, resulting in a dramatic Florida election-style ending to the series.

Or was it really 130,000 votes, not the numbers quoted on the air!

One thing is clear, one out of three televisions in the nation tuned in to the broadcast, which originated live from Universal City. But now serious questions are being raised about the integrity of the final IDOL vote, and the entire franchise may be at risk.

"Listen, I've been around Hollywood for a long, long time, and this reeks of a contrived, phony ending," a top executive from a rival network charged Thursday morning. "No one here believes for one second the votes landed just 1,300 apart. It's a disgrace... in fact, I think we are looking at a modern day version of the $64,000 question!"

The network president, who demanded anonymity, suggests an outside audit be performed on the IDOL showdown, but he stopped short of calling for an official state or federal criminal probe.

"Listen, we all get hurt when the viewer is misled, or tricked, I really think FOX, [the show's producers] 19 TV and even AT&T should open up the process, not hide behind secrecy or the complexity of counting so many votes over different time zones... Who or what told them this? A computer? Was there any human review? I know how this works, and I just do not think the truth is being told here...

"If this show is going to return next season with any integrity, whatsoever, I think there needs to be a top to bottom review of the [voting] process," the rival network executive said.

IDOL host Seacrest added to the confusion by announcing conflicting margins and votes throughout the evening. Seacrest moved from a 1,335 vote difference to a 50.28 per cent score for winner Ruben Studdard, putting him at about 134,000 votes ahead of Clay Aiken.

Seacrest announced a 13,000 vote difference in the first hour of the program, 1,335 votes when he revealed the decision. Finally, after the show, producers revealed a 134,000 margin!

News organizations on the morning after the night before were quoting various final totals.

FOX will launch an internal review of what led to the voter tally confusion, a FOX source told the DRUDGE REPORT.

"As far as we are concerned, the votes are not in dispute," said the insider. "We are looking at how the bad math got on the air."

Officially, Scott Grogin, Vice President of Corporate Communications for FOX Broadcasting tells DRUDGE: "The host simply read incorrect information on a live broadcast."

It does seem shady. But with both contestants getting albums produced at the same time, what's the point in having an actual winner?

the link:
http://www.drudgereport.com/idol1.htm

that show sucked assballs.

This contest is rigged... :Graucho

I wouldn't be surprised.

It's fox, they've got all the other networks running scared.
and all the other networks ever do now is try and bash them.

remember the big msnbc stink put up about Geraldo's "detailed" map he drew in the sand?

also notice the guy didn't have the sack to identify himelf.

none this would be happenin if the fag won

i guess you werent watching the show everyone else was.

the fag didnt win

weren't they both fags?

their song selection certainly made them seem extremely faggish.

I thought the big gay black guy won?

he did.

Are you sure? I always saw Reuben checking out Ryan Seacrest's ass. Clay was always staring at the chicks.

Reuben may have won, but now he's got to worry about staying alive. That dude is drenched in sweat after only a few notes. If he goes on tour soon, he'll need a wheelchair. Talk about a ticking bomb ...

clay is the next paul anka...defintiely not star material..even with his new look and punk rock hair it still didnt work

Who the fuck cares anyway?
You fuckers should all have been watching the hockey game anyways!!!
:winkwink:

I never watched that show.. boohoo :sleep

"Sens are gay like Ruben and Clay."

See, I'm a rapper. Maybe I should go on the next Idol.

There was some controversy surrounding the last season too. There was a big stink about how people were using computers to auto-redial the voting number.

I even heard Ruben's brother saying on tv, that he had voted for his brother over a hundred times - and that he was gonna keep on voting.

My girlfriend voted a number of times in a row (for Clay), so there's obviously no kind of security involved in the voting process.

very true.

Welcome to America.

It doesn't really matter... the best man won in the end (you can even ask Quentin Tarantino! :) ), and they both get recording contracts anyway.

Now let's see which album outsells the other.

I am glad to see someone else noticed Clay checking out the chicks. I swear he had something going with Carmen.. LOL..

It's funny how a southern accent and being 20 pounds underweight makes some people think someone is gay..

Kinda reminds one of the Presidential election.. LOL