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Sensei · 03-23-2005, 12:36 AM

The frickin geniouses coudlnt' figure out how to convert letters to numbers on a phone. The biggest error since Nikki McKibbin mysteriously made the Top 3.

‘American Idol’ gives wrong numbers
Show to be rebroadcast Wednesday for new vote
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
MSNBC
Updated: 2:44 a.m. ET March 23, 2005

"American Idol" displayed incorrect phone numbers for three singers after Tuesday night's edition of the Fox show aired. At least one reality TV fan Web site, TVgasm.com, has announced that the network will reair the program Wednesday night, with the results show moved to Thursday.

Screen captures of the episode show that incorrect phone numbers were listed for contestants Anwar Robinson, Mikalah Gordon, and Jessica Sierra. The phone numbers are always listed twice for each contestant, once as a number and once in a kind of shorthand, incorporating the letters on the phone that spell out IDOLS.

For Robinson, Gordon and Sierra, the numbers spelled out using letters were correct, but the complete phone numbers printed below those numbers were incorrect. Viewers who called the second numbers intending to vote for Robinson, Gordon or Sierra would be instead casting votes for contestants Anthony Fedorov, Carrie Underwood or Scott Savol.

The errors were not corrected before the show aired on the West Coast.

At press time, it was not clear if all votes from Tuesday night would be thrown out or if the show would add those votes to the calls received after the show re-airs Wednesday.

"American Idol" has not been free from controversy in the past. Earlier this month, finalist Mario Vazquez abruptly dropped out of the competition, citing "personal reasons." He was replaced by Nikko Smith. And last season, so many viewers complained that they could not get through on Fox's phone lines to vote that the network was forced to add more lines and extend the voting period.

03-23-2005, 12:36 AM	#173 (permalink)
Sensei Black Belt in Slacking Off Location: Portland Or-ah-gun	Rebroadcast coming up The frickin geniouses coudlnt' figure out how to convert letters to numbers on a phone. The biggest error since Nikki McKibbin mysteriously made the Top 3. ‘American Idol’ gives wrong numbers Show to be rebroadcast Wednesday for new vote By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper MSNBC Updated: 2:44 a.m. ET March 23, 2005 "American Idol" displayed incorrect phone numbers for three singers after Tuesday night's edition of the Fox show aired. At least one reality TV fan Web site, TVgasm.com, has announced that the network will reair the program Wednesday night, with the results show moved to Thursday. Screen captures of the episode show that incorrect phone numbers were listed for contestants Anwar Robinson, Mikalah Gordon, and Jessica Sierra. The phone numbers are always listed twice for each contestant, once as a number and once in a kind of shorthand, incorporating the letters on the phone that spell out IDOLS. For Robinson, Gordon and Sierra, the numbers spelled out using letters were correct, but the complete phone numbers printed below those numbers were incorrect. Viewers who called the second numbers intending to vote for Robinson, Gordon or Sierra would be instead casting votes for contestants Anthony Fedorov, Carrie Underwood or Scott Savol. The errors were not corrected before the show aired on the West Coast. At press time, it was not clear if all votes from Tuesday night would be thrown out or if the show would add those votes to the calls received after the show re-airs Wednesday. "American Idol" has not been free from controversy in the past. Earlier this month, finalist Mario Vazquez abruptly dropped out of the competition, citing "personal reasons." He was replaced by Nikko Smith. And last season, so many viewers complained that they could not get through on Fox's phone lines to vote that the network was forced to add more lines and extend the voting period. __________________ Slacking off with style since 1981.