American Idol Viewers Believe Aaron Kelly Should Be Eliminated From Competition
-- Crystal Bowersox continues to be viewers’ favorite among contestants --
Flemington, NJ, April 28, 2010 – A new national study among 3,151 American Idol viewers revealed that Aaron Kelly was selected as the contestant that should be eliminated from the next round of the competition based on his performance
last night.
The study was conducted during April 27-28, by HCD Research using its mediacurves.com website, to obtain American Idol viewers’ perceptions of which contestants should be eliminated on tonight’s results
show. HCD Research is conducting a series of studies among a nationally representative sample of Americans, which
parallel the American Idol voting to determine the weekly winners based on a democratic, “one person, one vote”
methodology.
The studies are being conducted in response to the controversy over the validity of the voting process that is currently
used to select the weekly winners. The study results are compared to the actual results of the show each week. To view
detailed results visit: www.mediacurves.com/americanidol/idoldemocracy
To register for weekly Idol Democracy studies go to: https://www.hcdsurveyscom/panel/join.cfm?source=idol2010
Crystal Bowersox received 35.2% of the votes, indicating that viewers believe she should advance to the next round of the competition.
The contestant with the lowest percentage of votes was Aaron Kelly, with 8.3% of the votes. Based on the results of the
study, Kelly is the contestant who should be eliminated on tonight’s show.
Among the findings:
Respondents were asked to pick the one contestant that they thought should advance to the next round of the competition:
Contestant /% that voted for contestant to move on
Crystal Bowersox / 35.2%
Casey James / 17.4%
Siobhan Magnus / 16.5%
Lee Dewyze / 12.3%
Michael Lynche / 10.4%
Aaron Kelly / 8.3%
ENDS