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Sounds like people on the coasts vote on the basis of talent, while folks in the Midwest and South vote on the basis of home town.

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I think you had Chis fans, Adam fans and Danny fans.
At that point Chris and Adam were close.
After Danny was voted off i think most of those voting fans jumped over to Chris.

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Yeah I've noticed this pattern every season. I can't really say much since I'm from New York and have only voted for two people on American Idol: Kelly Clarkson and Kris Allen.

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NO QUESTION there was something going on........it took nearly 250 redials to get through 50 times for ADAM.......from my location in the mid Atlantic.....

If i heard this was RIGGED....i'd be the first to say..."TELL ME something I don't already KNOW!!!"

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As a New Englander Idol fan, I definitely agree people are not as fanatical up North. In fact, they're downright apathetic or resentful of the show. Even the fans of the show up here think they'll be stoned to death by shame if they should pick up the phone and vote. People up here need to invest in the show 100% like our Southern neighbors and just enjoy it fully and vote for their favorites.

If you don't vote, you have no right to complain. The show can't make it easier to do so. Hopefully, Adam Lambert's case wakes up a few northern and Californian fairweather fans of the show to start investing in the contest more. No point in enjoying/lamenting this show halfway.

And it's highly unfair and prejudice to insinuate that because southerners rally behind their contestants that they're dumb for doing so in any way. Kris and all the previous winners have been exceptionally talented and wouldn't have made it to the end with just the southern vote. If you're a Northerner and say you have more important things to do than worry about voting, you really can't complain that your favorite lost. The media and celebrity Lambert fans fails to understand all the praise and magazine covers mean nothing if they don't vote.

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I just don't understand the "Kris is exceptionally talented" thing. He's mediocre, uninteresting, and lacks anything resembling star quality. The truth is that he won because he's pretty and unchallenging.

I also take exception to the notion that Taylor Hicks was one of the most popular contestants ever. Compare his sales to that of all the other winners and you'll see that he's one of the least popular ever.

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Look, people outside of major urban areas are going to be bigger fans of this show anyway, for a variety of reasons. I mean, come on, this show is about an unknown talent from nowhere getting recognition and stardom out there in Hollywood. Why would that story have quite the same appeal to people already living in big cities? This isn't a dig, just saying that if you're a teenage girl in the middle of nowhere, maybe you might wish you would live there.

And the other aspect, perhaps more important, is that this is a very family-friendly show with family-friendly people. If people in the Bible Belt have a chance to put one of their own in the entertainment industry, by God, they do it!

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Finally an angle to the travesty that makes sense! We already know about power voters, but I think a big case can be made about regions.

I live in San Diego and the fact that Adam's pep rally was at his old high school shows how much we didn't really care. Add to it that I didn't even know he was in town and he was at a radio station for folks primarily 30+, its a that fact that San Diego wasn't pulling for him as a city.

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I hope you're aware that California is an extremely large state, and that 95% does not include anything like Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego.

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AI has always had issues with the voting and they always will as long as they continue to operate as they do now. The vote needs to be certified by a reputable and unbiased third party and the vote totals need to be made public. Right now its all secretive and shadowy and their is no reason to have any faith in the credibility of the voter results, regardless or who wins and whether you agree with it or not. I also think there should be a limit to the number of votes allowed per phone line or number in order to eliminate or at least limit the effect of power texting or other technological means of casting multiple votes.

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This whole article and the comments with it are ridiculous. Chris won. Get over it! You don't mention that Chris's line was busy all night, also. You don't mention that everyone should have just ONE vote. You don't mention that Season 3 included all the race b.s., that no other season has had to deal with. You don't mention that sometimes the voice on the end of the phone says, "Thanks for voting for Contestant No. >>>," when it's a different number than you called to vote for that night. It's a reality show, People! It's a large pageant! You don't mention that Adam had thousands spent on his clothes, and Chris looked like he went to the store. You don't mention that Adam had tracks, mood lighting, and last slot on the show (the best spot). Even a lot of the gay community didn't vote for Adam because they DIDN'T WANT TO. The show reserves the right to pick the winner. It's a TV show, for goodness sake. Get over it! They will both do well!

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Why would anyone vote for a contestant just because they are from the same area, city or state?

If the singer is good, you vote for them; if not, you vote for someone talented.

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