National Study Reveals American Idol Elimination Does Not Reflect Viewers´ Choice
-- American Idol incorrectly eliminates Siobhan Magnus from competition—
Flemington, NJ, April 29, 2010 - A series of national studies conducted among 8,309 American Idol viewers revealed that
the contestant who was "voted off" during the show´s elimination last night did not accurately reflect the viewers´
choice.
The Idol Democracy study was conducted during April 27-28, by HCD Research using its mediacurves.com website, to obtain
American Idol viewers´ perceptions of which contestant should be eliminated on the April 28 results show. HCD Research
is conducting a series of studies among a nationally representative sample of Americans, which parallel American Idol
voting to determine the weekly winners based on a democratic, "one person, one vote" methodology.
During last night´s show, Siobhan Magnus was eliminated from the competition. In contrast, viewers participating in the
national Idol Democracy study, which employs a "one person, one vote" system, reported that Aaron Kelly should have been
eliminated from the competition last night.
The American Idol voting methodology allows viewers to vote multiple times for multiple contestants. However, the Idol
Democracy study only allows viewers to vote one time for one contestant. To view detailed results visit:
To register for weekly Idol Democracy studies go to:
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