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  1. Sara.C wrote on 19. May 2009

    Wow, the voting is really close!!!

    Good to know we finally have to find out the result on the show though.

  2. Mridula wrote on 19. May 2009

    VOTE FOR ADAM!

  3. Tom wrote on 19. May 2009

    Will this be the first season that the Idol Winner was the contestant who forgot lyrics/words to the coronation song?

    I think the judges should have JUDGED Kris’ performance, instead of assuming everyone realized he crapped the bed with that performance.

  4. shelagh wrote on 19. May 2009

    Kris’s lead has shrunk consistently since 10:00 pm…. SO KEEP VOTING ADAM FANS!

  5. man wrote on 19. May 2009

    yeah go kris

  6. suebrody wrote on 19. May 2009

    Good news! Can not get thru to Adam’s lines (Boston).

    VOTE FOR CHANGE
    VOTE FOR ADAM

  7. Go_Adam_FTW wrote on 19. May 2009

    ATTENTION: INT’L FANS of ADAM
    You can vote by buying a phone card to call US. Someone from Peru was able to VOTE for ADAM 150 times in 2 hours. You can vote for 4 hours also . . . You need someone from US to text you ADAM’s numbers that night just before voting time. You can do your share to crown him as the AI . . .
    And ADAM is our WORLD’s IDOL.

  8. Vanessa Green wrote on 19. May 2009

    Kris fans please keep voting! Dialidol is not always accurate – doesn’t take into account text votes!

  9. Godwill wrote on 19. May 2009

    VOTE for Kris!

  10. Yeah wrote on 19. May 2009

    America is stupid.

  11. John wrote on 19. May 2009

    Yes, it is close on Dial Idol, but Adam is way in the lead at Vote Number 1, and is projected to win at Zabasearch.

    AND, Dial Idol had ***** ***** in 3rd place, but he/she just won on Dancing with the Stars.

    So, don’t give up yet.

  12. Cristy wrote on 19. May 2009

    Yes Adam Had a amazing voice, but definitely I’ll go for Kris because he has great quality and his style of song is fit for everybody.

  13. Vanessa Green wrote on 19. May 2009

    Zabasearch doesn’t officialy decide it’s prediction until later on

  14. John wrote on 19. May 2009

    Vanessa Green: Zabasearch doesn’t officialy decide it’s prediction until later on

    Except this year.

  15. Steve wrote on 19. May 2009

    i’m living in feaking asia and i’m freakin votin!
    Go ADAM!

  16. to john wrote on 19. May 2009

    yeah they changed twice this year after the results were anounced

  17. bridgeymah wrote on 19. May 2009

    IF you look at Dial Idol they have a ginormous margin of error so with those numbers is a pretty big old tie. And add to that that many Gokey voters were heavy Dial Idol users and will skew it and I am more inclined to look at Vote # 1 – they have been more accurate this year…

  18. AL FTW wrote on 19. May 2009

    DON’T STOP! Voting!!! It’s going to come down to the fan base with the most stamina.

  19. Jason wrote on 19. May 2009

    John: Except this year.

    No originally back at top 4 week, they had Adam, Danny, Allison and Kris and then changed it to Kris then Allison after she was eliminated. They are not always accurrate! Go Kris!

  20. Go_Adam_FTW wrote on 19. May 2009

    AL FTW: DON’T STOP! Voting!!! It’s going to come down to the fan base with the most stamina.

    dial 1 866 436 5701.03.05..

  21. Lynn wrote on 19. May 2009

    suebrody: VOTE FOR CHANGE
    VOTE FOR ADAM

    WHOO-HOO! I actually went out and bought a new cordless just for tonight. Okay, I needed a new one because the “7″ and “9″ died on my other phone. BUT, I bought this one because the “talk”, “off” and “redial” buttons are RIGHT next to each other.

    Voting for Adam for the next 4 hours…

  22. D wrote on 19. May 2009

    Adam should and will win.

    That being said, his first song was just passable and his third song stunk.

    He wins, as the judges say, based on his overall performance and that his is that much better than Kris Allen, who didn’t step through the crack in the door that Adam left open and, in fact, performed worse on the last song than Adam did.

    BTW, I think Danny Gokey nails that song. Not that i minded having Kris in the final vs Adam as I don’t think that was a bad call by the voters. It’s just, for that song and even that song and maybe the other two that Danny would have picked and would have been picked for him, he might have performed a lot better than Adam.

    One final point: I don’t ‘get’ Adam’s singing style. Again tonight he screamed and screeched.

    If he performs with KISS tomorrow night it would be appropriate.

    Congratulations Adam on winning AI. Anything else tomorrow night would be a t

  23. d wrote on 19. May 2009

    …travesty

  24. TFLS wrote on 19. May 2009

    Still voting (I have it on repeat speed dial). I have to say, however – it’s Pastor Rolex and his mega-church that’s ruling the roost tonight. His ‘vote for the Christian guy ‘cause he’s Christian and the other is not’ exhortations to his congregation really taint the proceedings. This should be a talent competition – not a Christians vs. the lions Coliseum grudge match. But Pastor Rolex has done that. It’s politics – when it should be entertainment. If Kris Allen wins – there will always be a mental asterisk by his title – and that’s not fair to a very capable and talented man.

  25. correction wrote on 19. May 2009

    Kris is deserving to win and take the crown not only he is christian and get the vote of all christians in the US, because he has a total package and had a true talent. PEACE! GO KRIS!

  26. AC wrote on 19. May 2009

    that pastor only has less than 400 followers. If they do listen to him, that would be stupid. I vote for Kris because he is super talented! I think if Adam does not win, it is not because he is gay. It’s most likely because the judges, esp. Simon have been pimping him too much. He really should have put more fear in the voting public by dissing him more, even if he didn’t win it.

  27. AC wrote on 19. May 2009

    Also, as a Kris fan, I did vote for Adam =). I’m probably sounding like a hypocrite since I don’t think people should vote based on religion or what not, but I wouldn’t mind Adam winning so that it can be a big F-U to all those anti-gay crazies

  28. Sealily wrote on 19. May 2009

    Dialidol doesn’t count text messages and has an hefty MOE, so don’t be crowing Kris quite yet!

  29. Sealily wrote on 19. May 2009

    correction: Kris is deserving to win and take the crown not only he is christian and get the vote of all christians in the US, because he has a total package and had a true talent. PEACE! GO KRIS!

    Did you see Kris himself say that he hoped people weren’t voting for him based on religion???????? He said it is about singing, not anything else.

  30. Sealily wrote on 19. May 2009

    Regarding those results? A change is gonna come!

  31. Tom wrote on 19. May 2009

    Did anyone receive a confirmation from texting votes in for Adam? On -01?

  32. Keith wrote on 19. May 2009

    This year’s finale sux.. Last year The Davids brought it. especially David Archuleta …He sang his lung out. I hope Kris is going to win.. but i really don’t care.

  33. Lynn wrote on 19. May 2009

    Taking a break from voting non-stop… 1 hour 20 mins. to go…

    I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. If Adam does not win the title, he’ll end up hijacking it. Not intentionally or maliciously, it will just happen. Simon doesn’t know that Adam’s going to win, and when he said that they’ve found an worldwide star, it had nothing to do with who wins or loses tomorrow night. With Simon’s help, Adam will go international. I’m very, very excited for him!

  34. Sally Bartlett wrote on 20. May 2009

    Kris not leading in votes, nor states won. He is only a slight bit ahead in the busy percentage dialidol score which has not been all that accurate.

    I just looked at the vote totals on the chart with 1 hour to go and Adam has more votes.

    Also is you take the states won and subtract states lost, Adam has a plus 6 and Kris has a minus 6. That has been pretty accurate lately.

  35. Mridula wrote on 20. May 2009

    I hope youre right, Sally. ADAM FTW.

  36. Maree wrote on 20. May 2009

    I hope you’re right, too, Sally. With you, Mrid.

  37. wizkid wrote on 20. May 2009

    Sally Bartlett: Kris not leading in votes, nor states won. He is only a slight bit ahead in the busy percentage dialidol score which has not been all that accurate.I just looked at the vote totals on the chart with 1 hour to go and Adam has more votes.Also is you take the states won and subtract states lost, Adam has a plus 6 and Kris has a minus 6. That has been pretty accurate lately.

    Adam has won all the big states!!!

  38. Mom in the Suburbs wrote on 20. May 2009

    What is meant by someone winning “all the big states”? Where is the website that shows this? You got me excited to think Adam was winning. If he doesn’t win I echo so many–what a travesty. I did my part and voted about 300 times texting on my iPhone. And I’m no young tweener….First time voting since the first season. Now, we fought the good fight whatever happens, and Adam will be a star (but I hope one with the winning title!)

  39. Bill Mitchell wrote on 20. May 2009

    Many have said that DialIdol has “jumped the shark” this year. It would be hard to argue againts that when Adam was Top 2 the week he ended in Bottom 2 and ‘Lil was #1 when she was Bottom 2.

    So, what gives. Simple, FREE TEXT MESSAGING. In prior years, text messaging was an expensive solution. Also, it was not as ubiquitous as it is now. It is clear that MOST of the Idol votes are now coming in via text. No busy signals and you can do 20 vote blocks for every key press.

    “Measuring the busy signal” doesn’t capture this.

    Also, on nights like last night where the lines are 90% busy 3 hours after the show, meassuring the busy signal isn’t as effective since all lines for both contestants are at maximum capacity the whole time.

    Kris was ahead by about 1 just 10 minutes after the show ended and that never changed (although it waivered a bit). I believe the margin of error for Dialidol is something like 5 points, so what we have here is a statistical tie.

    It could go either way peeps.

    P.S., The surprising thing. The lack of busy signals at all on the West Coast. But then again. A MUCH smaller portion of the country was voting at that time.

    We’ll see. Could go either way. I am picking Adam Lambert by 1.5 million votes because Simon WANTS Adam to win and he has the power to throw out any “suspicious” looking block votes (20,000 text votes from a single cell phone, for instance).

  40. Sally wrote on 20. May 2009

    I don’t know if I would call it a travesty if Adam didn’t win. At the same time, Adam deserves the win. He’s had more “moments” the entire season. The press was massive for him – more than any other season. Most of it focused on the music, though recently some are jumping back into the “is he or is he not” storyline. He is easily the best vocal talent AI has ever seen in their 8 years and should have the biggest global career of everyone.

    Adam won last night – his Simon Fuller pick was a million times better than Kris. And I think he won the first song as well, though I call it a close win. I call the last song a tie – it was crap and it didn’t do any favors for either guy.

    I’m royally irritated with AI’s setup this year. Making the guys sing a “repeat” is just wrong.

  41. Bill Mitchell wrote on 20. May 2009

    Someone mentioned Adam “hijacking the title” this year. That is a true statement.

    Question: Who won the “Miss USA” Contest this year? Don’t know? Ok, now who placed second? Sure, Miss California Carrie Prejean – everyone knows. She is now famous for her comments on gay marriage and the MSM’s freakout over them.

    Even if Kris wins, Adam will get more notoriety for placing second than Kris did for winning.

  42. chercat wrote on 20. May 2009

    Adam SO deserves to win this and he WANTS to win – who doesn’t want to the be the winner in a contest ? Why bother entering if you are not ” in it to win it ” .
    That being said , I will have to live with it if the very average Kris Allen is crowned the winner by America and I will not be shocked – saddened , but not shocked .

    Adam’s rendition of ” Change is Gonna Come” alone was worthy of the win even if he messed up every other song all season – and he never hit a bum note ALL season, IMO. Kris on the other hand ….

    Kris is a good singer and seems like a decent guy but they are light years apart in talent .

    I suggest Idol do away with the ” coronation songs ‘ – they ALL suck . It would have been so much better if each contestant could have chosen one more personal choice song – to hear Adam sing Freddy Mercury would have been magic. Hopefully there will be a cover on the multi platinum album he is bound to have .

    I am exhausted from staying up late and voting the entire 4 hrs because I felt this would be a very close one so I did my part .
    Yes, I agree with Bill Mitchell above -e Adam ’s name will the one we know and his will be the songs we hear on the radio. He will be an international star .

  43. Nancy wrote on 20. May 2009

    Bill you are so right. Adam HAS WON is my eyes (and the judge’s and entertainment world’s eyes) no matter what the polls decide. The poor winner will actually have to release that hideous song for their first single. I don’t even know if the magic of the recording studio can fix that one! I actually had a thought that even if Chris pulls through and wins, Adam might be relieved he won’t have to release that song and then repeatedly sing it on tour and wherever he makes an appearance. Can you imagine? As much as I think Adam deserves the win, I shiver when I think he would have to continuously sing that song. What a BUMMER for either of them!

  44. Mridula wrote on 20. May 2009

    Am I the only one who thinks that the coronation song wasnt all that bad???

  45. Mishka wrote on 20. May 2009

    All the gambling sites I’ve checked out has Adam winning this thing. I guess it comes down to whether last week’s result is a good indicator of the outcome. If it is then Kris Allen could have a good chance of winning – especially with Danny Gokey’s votes on board. On the other hand, if people vote how they did last year – Dark Prince versus the White Knight – then Adam’s in. It’s a coin toss but obviously, it shouldn’t be. Based on consistency and the performance in the finale, Adam should win.

  46. LynnieV wrote on 20. May 2009

    If Adam doesn’t win, I can’t help but feel guilty. I called for a solid hour and didn’t get through once (west coast). That hasn’t happened all season. Hopefully it’s a good sign.

    I’m confused by the Dial Idol charts. It says 8:40 west, but we hadn’t even started voting at that time. And apparently Adam killed on the west coast.

  47. Dee wrote on 20. May 2009

    I think for BOTH these guys to have good careers, Adam should win. If Kris wins, he will get serious backlash (thru no fault of his own…but it will be there), the “asterisk” will apply and I don’t he’ll be taken seriously.

    Secondly, if Adam has to release that crap song for a single, he will be able to overcome it. If Kris wins and has to release it, people will listen and just think…”Gee this guy sucks.” I don’t think he will have an easy time getting out from under that.If Adam wins, Kris will be able to sing a song that suits him for his first single. ( I LIKE Kris too…I’ve downloaded 5 of his songs…I’m not trying to be catty)

    If Adam wins, everybody wins!

  48. Lynn wrote on 20. May 2009

    chercat: I am exhausted from staying up late and voting the entire 4 hrs because I felt this would be a very close one so I did my part .

    Oh my gosh, you and me both. By 12:30am I was hitting phone buttons in slo-mo because my brain was too tired to keep going. But I did. Got my second wind around 12:45 and voted like crazy till the end. Four hours of voting was ridiculous. Hopefully it will end up being worth it.

  49. Sky wrote on 20. May 2009

    GUYS, PLEASE VOTE FOR KRIS! I want Kris to win so badly. I was devistated when David Archuleta lost last year! I REALLY REALLY like Kris. I like Adam to, but here’s the thing –

    BECAUSE OF ADAM’S STYLE, ATITUDE, AND LOOK, HE WILL GO FAR EVEN IF HE’S RUNNER UP.

    PLEASE vote for Kris you guys. I like Adam, but Kris is hot and talented, and Adam will go just as far as him if he wins.