[TommyDale]

Anyone else notice this tonight?

[scab4faa]

Hmmm.. well... nope still don't care....

[discostu]

It would only be rigged if Fox had done something to mess up the phone system. As it is it's just luck of the draw, sometimes phone systems get f'd up.

[Texas Eagle]

How did the contestants do? The show doesn't come on for another hour here.

[lelio]

I stopped watching after they canned the chick with the crimminal background.

[Wait4Truth]

I don't live in North Carolina but I sure hope you find a way to let Fox know about this. Clay deserves to win this competition. He is the best and has been my favorite since the first night. Start howling to the network and get everybody you know to do the same. God bless!

[mystery-ak]

Clay sang my song tonight, Unchained Melody...sent shivers down my spine....beautiful.... hope he wins.

[TLBSHOW]

Was the girl kicked off tonight?

[Texas Eagle]

The show was on during an NBA playoff game?

Uh-oh. That's not a good thing for Reuben or Kimberly. And then you add the fact that the number of white youngsters who own cell phones vastly outnumber the number of blacks.

Bye-bye Reuben or Kimberly.

[JimVT]

How can the voting be tabulated fairly if people in the home city of Clay Aiken can't even cast their votes??

Being the old fart that I am, I don't watch crap like this but I wonder......How can the voting be fair if everybody votes for the hometown favorite?

[sharktrager]

That is what happens when calls overload the system.

[Luis Gonzalez]

TEXT the message...no wait.

V-O-T-E

4365703

ONE FOR AIKEN!

[Ben Bolt]

FReepers watch this .. ? Maybe folks who read the site .. I'll accept that much .

[StockAyatollah]

If South Dakota RATS can rig voting, I'm sure Fox can too.

[strela]

If the voting were truly honest, I could send a Dial-a-Kick-In-The-Butt to Simon Cowles. What a tool.

[Bogey78O]

I hated whoever sang "Mack the Knife".

That's a rat pack styled song. I was apathetic till that point.

[MississippiMan]

I suspect Raleigh just overloaded the system. I watched it time-delay on the TiVo and started voting as soon as I was sure Clay was gonna be 03. Been dialing for two hours and never got through once. Wife got through ONE time. Go Clay.

One thing's for sure: The South kicked butt!

MM

[Scothia]

This just in: Water is wet, you can't brush your teeth with lemon juice, and reality shows aren't real. Details at 11.

[Dell Dude]

I like the show but that's all it is: a show. The people of America do not choose the American Idol, the producers do. Unless the votes are *independently* tabulated and counted by a *trusted* source, the whole thing is a scam and a sham.

The fact Ruben was even in the bottom two a couple weeks agao pretty much proves my pint. they just wanted some drama. I don't believe that had anything to do with any votes.

[JustPiper]

Nope just got normal busy signal. Kim's line was free. Only Roooben and Clay's were busy ;)

[Dave S]

Sounds like the local phone service was overloaded. Sounds typical of what happens when concert tickets go on sale, etc. Nothing sinister.