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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 2:31 pm
It's Idol that listed the wrong number? If so, they are astonishingly incompetent.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 2:36 pm
Interesting link Roxip. I wonder if Carrie Underwood has overtaken Kelly Clarkson's lead in the year since this article was written.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 2:42 pm
considering that Siobhan has only 25,127 fans on her Facebook page, i doubt that many people used the phone number that may have been listed to vote. most people use the number from the television show. It's just a bunch of rumors that will continue and taint the show to an extent that some people will perpetuate it to be thousands to millions of votes.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 2:43 pm
Siobhan sucked that's why she went home.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 2:48 pm
There were also some voting irregularites in PA regarding Aaron. I have a hard time believing that he is still there over some of the others without some major autodialing going on. He continued presence annoys me greatly. He wasn't even in the bottom 3 this past week, now come on.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 2:52 pm
The Dial Idol results for Aaron were astonishing. I can't believe that one performance could cause such a turn around. I would have thought that the voting would be much more stable at this point with each Idol having a fairly defined fan base. It doesn't bode well for future sales for this season's winner because it suggests that no one is developing steady fans.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 3:01 pm
Last week:
This week:
That's a big change. Dial Idol
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 3:02 pm
I think his boo hoo to his mama at the end swayed some votes in his favor. But honestly, it's way past time for the kid to go home. If he doesn't go home next week, then yeah, something's up.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 3:41 pm
actually i would believe that Tim Urban's fan base switched to their next target, which would be Aaron. So Aaron's new fan base would be quite strong.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 6:41 pm
Jimmer, dialidol also posted this update: Wednesday April 28, 2010 Aaron Kelly's prediction is likely inflated much higher than it should be due to a dialing anomaly that seems to have occurred in Pennsylvania and in particular with one dialer in the 724 area code. You can view this anomaly on the DIHardGraphs page or the GeoPredictions page (especially when you check the Area Code checkbox). On both pages it is obvious that something is going on with Aaron Kelly that doesn't fit with other contestants. This dialer, combined with low call volume for Aaron is likely providing a misleading prediction. If this data had not been included it is likely that Aaron would have at least been tied with the other contestants instead of being predicted to be safe altogether. I suspect that he even would have ranked much lower. Nevertheless - DialIdol will be held to the prediction shown on the Predictions page since most people probably don't read this and since many people have already seen that prediction, some of whom may not come back to even have the opportunity to read this. dialidol.com
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 6:46 pm
Landi, I'm with you. I think he picked up a lot of Tim Urban's fan base. I'll tell you who doesn't have a fan base and that is Casey. He had his best performance of the season this past week and that is the second time he has been in the bottom three.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 6:54 pm
I call shenanigans on that. I think Casey has plenty of fans, but TPTB are trying to drum up drama, or scare him into better performances. Cause Casey is where the big "country" money is gonna be when all of this is over. His studio recordings are excellent and he's a great musician, plus angelic hottie-hotness. Yes he can be boring onstage, but he's learning. But the "hottie" that they are really pushing is Lee. Gotta say his voice is pretty marketable in a Dave Matthews kind of way.
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Donnagg
Member
08-11-2007
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 7:13 pm
I din't think Casey has a lage fan base yet. As others leave he will probably pick up more. I've talked to several people and while they think he is nice eye candy and think he was better this week, they would rather vote for others ie Cyrstal and Lee. They don't want to risk their favorite going home. I don't vote so I don't complain about who goes or who stays. Not that any of you would.lol
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 8:33 pm
Thanks Mak1. That at least partially helps to explain it. I'm still a bit surprised that Siobhan could go from safe to last in one week this late in the season. And Crystal had a huge drop in support. That's very volatile voting.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, April 30, 2010 - 4:56 am
I agree with Donn... I'm not sure eye candy equates to a large fan base. (And actually, I disagree on the eye candy thing... he just doesn't do anything for me. I think he's too contrived, as if all he's ever had to do is get by on his looks.) If Aaron had the dialing thing, wouldn't his (abnormal) call volume cause Crystal to drop? A percentages thing, yes?
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, April 30, 2010 - 8:52 am
FYI, I read an article not too long ago that put Carrie Underwood in 1st place for Idol earners, with Kelly Clarkson right behind her. I think Clay Aiken might have been third. Can't find the original article, but here's a link: http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1611965/carrie-underwood-is-american-idols-top-earner.jhtml
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, April 30, 2010 - 9:07 am
Okay, here's the article I was looking for, "Top Ten Best-Selling American Idols." Enjoy! http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36126063/ns/today-entertainment// Keep in mind that this list only reflects record sales. The Top Earner list could be quite a bit different when you add in show fees, appearances, movies and product endorsements.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:36 am
Thanks for the link BJM - I knew I had heard somewhere that Carrie had sold more records than Kelly Clarkson.
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