Taylor Hicks in the top 2....
The Soul Train came to a screeching halt last night, when it was announced that Elliott Yamin received the fewest number of votes on Tuesday night.
The Soul Patorl's mission became even more clear.
So now it's Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee in the big finale at the Kodak theater next week.
According to the show the final 3 were in a statistical tie, with Elliott losing by a .2% margin, with the top 2 only being separated by .4%.
I don't believe that for a second. Does anyone really believe these three have an equal amount of fans all placing an equal amount of votes?
I think American Idol is doing some damage control. Here's why:
After the Tuesday night performances, several media sources declared that Taylor Hicks would win American Idol. An article on Fox New.com even said the finale would be boring because Taylor was the obvious winner.
While these are great compliments to Taylor's Tuesday performance (and well deserved compliments) they don't help the show in terms of ratings.
Fox needs people to tune in for the finale. It needs to be the must see show of the week. They have to make it seem like the race is close. I'm not saying it's not close, but it's probably not as close as they want us to think.
So were the percentages bogus? Probably not. They probably just didn't include all the information. There are some theories about maxed out phone lines. Meaning if each line reached it's capacity, then the number of calls received would eventually even out. This seems like the most likely scenario. They gave the land line totals, without the text votes.
Keep in mind that I'm not implying Elliott wasn't actually last, because I think he was. I'm just saying the info given last night wasn't the actual total of votes.
For more analysis of last night check out James Hudnall's site.
I have more thoughts on next weeks show, but I'll save it for later.
Go Taylor! Go Soul Patrol! Vote!
The Soul Patorl's mission became even more clear.
So now it's Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee in the big finale at the Kodak theater next week.
According to the show the final 3 were in a statistical tie, with Elliott losing by a .2% margin, with the top 2 only being separated by .4%.
I don't believe that for a second. Does anyone really believe these three have an equal amount of fans all placing an equal amount of votes?
I think American Idol is doing some damage control. Here's why:
After the Tuesday night performances, several media sources declared that Taylor Hicks would win American Idol. An article on Fox New.com even said the finale would be boring because Taylor was the obvious winner.
While these are great compliments to Taylor's Tuesday performance (and well deserved compliments) they don't help the show in terms of ratings.
Fox needs people to tune in for the finale. It needs to be the must see show of the week. They have to make it seem like the race is close. I'm not saying it's not close, but it's probably not as close as they want us to think.
So were the percentages bogus? Probably not. They probably just didn't include all the information. There are some theories about maxed out phone lines. Meaning if each line reached it's capacity, then the number of calls received would eventually even out. This seems like the most likely scenario. They gave the land line totals, without the text votes.
Keep in mind that I'm not implying Elliott wasn't actually last, because I think he was. I'm just saying the info given last night wasn't the actual total of votes.
For more analysis of last night check out James Hudnall's site.
I have more thoughts on next weeks show, but I'll save it for later.
Go Taylor! Go Soul Patrol! Vote!
posted by Sherry L at 12:36 PM
3 Comments:
Yup, maybe, just maybe, you'll convert me.
I was extremely impressed with Taylor's performance (the 'picks' show) two days ago.
It was extremely good. But still, Im rooting for Katherine.
We'll see how it goes.
It's a tough fight.
And some ppl say this is the best season ever. I don't think so. The best, I think, was Clay vs. Ruben.
Are you going down to Kodak Theatre next Tuesday?
P.S My blog's birthday!
Come and tag! Marsha left a comment already.
I couldn't get tickets to the finale. A trip to California would have been a little expensive right now anyway.
I'll be watching and voting from the comfort of my living room.
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