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IrishHand · 03-05-2008, 05:17 PM

It's really a shame they don't release voting numbers. It would be very interesting to study them, especially over multiple seasons imo.

I know why they don't - it would largely kill the suspense/drama they try to create for their weekly one-hour, 5-minutes-of-content voting-off show. I suspect it would also butcher their beloved, gaudy "30 million votes this week!" if viewers realized (hypothetical example) that Archuleta was getting 15M votes a week and their "favorite" was getting 800k. Not much point in voting/caring at that point really.

I agree though - it would seem that it takes until final 8 or so before the real voters are able to overcome the VFTW crowd (at least historically - that seems about right).

03-05-2008, 05:17 PM	#407
IrishHand Mascot Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Annapolis, MD	It's really a shame they don't release voting numbers. It would be very interesting to study them, especially over multiple seasons imo. I know why they don't - it would largely kill the suspense/drama they try to create for their weekly one-hour, 5-minutes-of-content voting-off show. I suspect it would also butcher their beloved, gaudy "30 million votes this week!" if viewers realized (hypothetical example) that Archuleta was getting 15M votes a week and their "favorite" was getting 800k. Not much point in voting/caring at that point really. I agree though - it would seem that it takes until final 8 or so before the real voters are able to overcome the VFTW crowd (at least historically - that seems about right).