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PositionMEDIA - Voting on American Idol - Brief article

Winning on American Idol takes more than a great set of pipes: It may depend on the ability to inspire fans to spend hours sending in blocks of votes. Just how big block voting can get was demonstrated by 23-year-old Erika McMahan of Conway, Arkansas, and two of her friends, who texted 11,700 votes on the final night of this year's Idol. And there's circumstantial evidence that viewers are sending in ever-larger blocks of votes: Idol's ratings have declined in recent years, but the number of votes this season was 25 percent higher than four years ago. Idol's producers don't reveal many details on the...

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