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Babyboo
Member
06-16-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 11:25 am
Good for you Landi
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 11:30 am
wow.. I thought I was doing good when I voted 4 times for Anthony...
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 11:41 am
Well Terolyn that is four more times than I voted.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:08 pm
LOL 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:20 pm
LOL 4 times, Terolyn! Poor Anthony! No wonder he got voted off! LMAO Seriously, when I go over and read the FOX AI board, I am flabberghasted how some of these people vote hundreds of times, some close to 1000! I actually voted for both Carrie and Bo.. but more for Carrie. OK, I admit it, I was checking to see whose line was harder to get through on and I thought they were about equal. At least I could get in votes this time. During the Ruben/Clay final, I couldn't even get in a single vote. I don't know if I bothered to vote last year or not. If I did, it was probably against someone rather than for them, so that would have been tacky, and well, you know.. I'm not THAT tacky...... LMAO.... uh huh uh huh! 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:24 pm
BTW - I saw both Carrie and Bo on the Fox station this morning. They both seemed fine. Bo was cool and seemed to be enjoying himself. All these people would talk about seeing them on AM FOX or something like that and I would check our local affiliate and there would be some old show on so I figured we didn't get it. LOL I only go to the network one occasionally and try to flip it off before I start getting a migraine..... heh heh..... but I guess that's where THAT show was all along. DUH. 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:24 pm
That's a good link. Something I would like to share. Yesterday I had lunch with three friends. My three friends loved Bo and thought he should win. They were very vocal in the restaurant about Bo. I asked them how many times they voted. All three said they have never EVER voted for Idol since it started. I, being a Carrie fan, voted every week since day one for her. Proves the article true - Bo's fans are the loudest - Carrie's fans are the quiet ones that sit back and vote. At the end of the day, Bo's fans just didn't vote in the numbers for him that he needed to win.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:24 pm
Just because y'all couldn't get in on the land lines doesn't mean you couldn't text. You have no idea how many text messages were sent per contestant. I imagine that was how certain people were able to vote so many times. They were using both land lines and text messaging.
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Rabbit
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:26 pm
My voting story is amusing. My mother-in-law Granny Hare is a big Carrie fan, I like Bo. I took her with us on a trip to the beach and over lunch I proposed a deal. If she didn't vote I wouldn't vote and we could cancel each other out without all the effort. She agreed. Right at the end of the show Tuesday I am sitting there feeling smug knowing I had neutralized a big Carrie fan without lifting a paw, when Mrs. Rabbit turns to me and says "You're being mean, Mom enjoys voting!"... Crap. So I call Granny and release her from the deal and spend the next two hours voting, connecting 20 or 30 times. At 11:04pm I get a call, it seems Granny realized she can't stay awake for more than 2 hours of voting and wants to call a truce. Well, I don't trust her, after all she supports a singer who sings with a twang but doesn't talk with one. So from 11:00 to 1:00am I voted and got thru almost 80 percent of the time for more than 700 hundred "Botes." Turns out Granny was telling the truth and I out voted her by hundreds but in the end it was 4 hours for naught.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:27 pm
Oh I know they text vote, Escapee. They talk about how many phone calls they got in on land line, cell phones AND Texts....it's wild. The circuits were always too busy in my area to get through like that even if I was dialing with both hands and both feet. I figure the only sure way to get votes in for your fav is to text. It's good for the sponsor..doncha know!!!!!
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:36 pm
Rabbit - a priceless tale (tail?)!!! 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 12:53 pm
Now that's funny, Rabbit. Thanks for the laugh.
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 1:59 pm
Lexie_girl, I am one of those Bo fans who wanted him to win, thought he had it in the bag and I never picked up the phone to vote!
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 2:01 pm
But I am ok with Carrie winning. She has the talent, she just needs to learn some stage presence,
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 2:13 pm
ok, maybe i am dense here, but i don't understand how carrie singing independence day in the finale "sold her out" as was stated WAY upthread? she stated in her original audition that martina mcbride is her favorite singer. btw, i am a huge martina fan too...i got to see her in concert (15th row) at the state fair 2 years ago. and that group she sang with, rascal flatts, is a very popular country music band at the moment. not sure how many top 10 songs they've had, but there are several i can think of off the top of my head. btw, before i voted in puttergirl's game last night...i looked up betting odds at who was predicted to win...of course i've never understood how to interpret those damn things, but i did see a poll on the teen people site, and it predicted a carrie win....60% to 40% over bo. now, am i wrong in thinking that this is a very popular show among teens? arent' they the ones who have time to set on the phone for hours on end to hit redial? i tried over the course of 3 hours after the show to vote for carrie and i MAYBE got through 20 times, but probably not even that. (but it wasnt' for lack of trying) i totally agree with whoever said that carrie needed this win...she does need shaping, while bo would probably be held back by the 19 management. i hope he is successful, too. although his genre is not my choice of music, i do think he has great talent. i am amazed by the bitterness about this result. can't we just be happy for both of them in that they both did so well. arguing back and forth doesn't make the one you like the best look better. and yes, i would say the same thing even if carrie hadn't won. as always jmho. <crawling out of here before i can get yelled at>
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 2:24 pm
I was also a bit disturbed by sunrvrose's post. I realize that your main goal was to piss us off, but I am not pissed off. I am, however a little confused as to why you are so angry about the results and why you felt compelled to put Carrie down? Those of us who like carrie are not puting Bo down, in fact I have heard nothing but praise toward Bo from Carrie fans. I don't get how she "sold out" either. Maybe you can explain that a little bit. She sang one of her favorite songs, by a well known artists, whom she really liked. It was "HER" song choice, afterall. I too love Martina McBride, and I like Rascall Flatts. I also thought Carrie had deserved to win. She was never in the bottom three, and this show goes on votes, and guess what, she won the majority of the votes. So how does that constitute bitterness and resent. I also keep hearing people say that there are "Too many Carries" out there. What? Well, obviously that is what people like and are listening to and buying. Quit poo poo'ing the winner, she earned it. Not that Bo didn't, but just because he didn't win the competition, doesn't mean he didn't win.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 2:29 pm
BTW.......Carrie has a genuine Oklahoma accent if I have ever heard one. Now, I sing (bear with me) with a twang because I listen to country and southern rock, and since it's what I hear, it's how I sing. I am not from Oklahoma, either.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 3:15 pm
I grew up in Oklahoma but since I have lived in Oregon for 20 yrs, I have lost that southern accent. It's funny, when I visit down there, I revert back to the southern accent. I love Carrie and Bo! Good post Escapee! You said what I was thinking.
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Buggles
Member
09-07-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 3:59 pm
Well I was rooting for Bo but am happy for Carrie Like Randy I was surprised and blown away by the emotion in her 3rd performance. IMHO it was one of the best AI performances ever. I don't think the voting was rigged because all season long Carrie's line was the toughest to get into. Not to mention Randy, Paula & Clive were obviously favoring Bo at least up until the very end. Carrie's Independence Day did not sway my husband to vote for her tho its one of his favorite songs. He likes Carrie enough to want to buy her CD, but we both found her rendition a weak and disappointing imitation.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 4:52 pm
buggles, that was very well put. let's not forget, too, that carrie was the only one from this season to never land in the bottom....the only other idol with that record was kelly. that's pretty cool if you ask me. 
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 5:20 pm
Well all is well that ends well. Carrie seemed very happy to win, Bo was very gracious, now they all can get excited about the tour and performing there as a group. I'm sure they are all glad that the pressure of the competition is over.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 5:23 pm
Yep, all they have to look forward to this summer is more group numbers, YIPPEE
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 6:00 pm
I don't think that Martina McBride meant "Independence Day" to be a "catchy nationalistic jingle" anymore than Bruce Springsteen wanted "Born in the USA" to be a "catchy nationalistic jingle" about war and an unemployed, depressed Vietnam veteran. They can't help it if some people don't listen to the words and turn everything they hear into something patriotic.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 6:03 pm
I don't understand how Martina McBride's song 'Independence Day' is a political song and I also don't understand why some are so upset that she sang it. I don't know. I guess people hear the part of the chorus where she sings, "let freedom ring..." and they automatically think it's about politics or democracy or party lines. *shrug I was (and still am) a huge Bo fan but I have nothing against Carrie at all. I was very glad to see both of them in the final two and it didn't really matter to me who won it. Both of them are going to be very successful in their singing careers. For that I'm glad. I also hope that Bo and Carrie will both be able to stay true to the type of music they want to sing (somehow).
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Babyboo
Member
06-16-2003
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 6:39 pm
I see the AI cd is listed in the correct order that the contestants went out in, I don't get why people don't see that it's all fixed.
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