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Are American Idol Voters Idle No More? Pondering Viewer Fickleness

  by Talent & Production | 25 Apr 2012 Bookmark E-mail
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Colton Dixon  | Photo Credits: Michael Becker/FoxTwo weeks ago, Randy Jackson chided the American Idol audience for not racking up enough votes for the undeniably talented Jessica Sanchez, who was on the brink of elimination until the judges wielded their save to keep her. The underlying message to the viewers was twofold: Vote for talent over flash, and just vote, period.And vote they did. The following week, 53 million votes rolled in, the highest number of votes for Season 11 to date. Not only was Jessica safe, but she had enough votes to keep her out of the Bottom 3.

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