by faninor » 5/22/2003, 5:11 pm
I like how what's-her-name from last year is no longer the American idol, and in a year what's-his-name from this year won't be the American idol either. It's so true that it's hilarious.
I hate that they start off with 10 or 12 different lines to vote on, and then they narrow it down to 2 by the end so that they're probably actually getting more calls coming in to fewer lines, so all the lines are constantly packed. That's why the votes are so close at the end. Let's just say they keep the lines open for one hour, and to make things easy, each line can take 10 calls at a time, and since they're automated calls each one takes 10 seconds. As long as there are at least 10 people trying to call for each person at the same time, the vote will be split. Contestant number 1 could have 100 people trying to call at a time, and contestant 2 could have 20, but since the lines can only handle 10 calls at a time, it is as if 10 people were calling for contestant 1 and 10 for contestant 2. At the end of the hour, they'll both have just about 3,600 calls. Whenever you can call into all of the contestants' numbers for this program and get a busy signal, the vote is completely fucked. A better way to do it is have one number, and you call that number and then after it picks up you press a button to pick who your vote is for. That way, there will still be busy signals, but the ratios between contestants at the end would be an accurate representation of the overall trend in voting.
I hate that the show exists, and that my family watches it. At least it's over for the year.
Anybody else notice that they picked a guy that would probably have a heart attack, or at least sweat profusely, if he ever gave a full concert. Actually, they didn't really pick him. There were just too many people calling for an accurate vote. Maybe he won with 60% of the votes. Maybe the other guy got 60% of the votes. Either way, the retarded voting system kept it real close.
-Josh
I <3 Kiwi
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