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American Idol Rumor: Web site inspires viewers to 'vote
for the worst' on 'Idol'
By Maria Elena Fernandez
The Los Angeles TimesHOLLYWOOD, Calif. - For at least three weeks,
fans of "American Idol" have been pondering a philosophical
mystery: How in the world has charisma-challenged R&B balladeer
Scott Savol managed to survive this competition, jumping ahead of
the magnetic Nadia Turner, the soulful Anwar Robinson and total-package
Constantine Maroulis?
A group of wireless rogues thinks the answer lies with a social
experiment that began last year: a call for viewers to vote for
the least-talented contestants in the hopes that "American
Idol" producers will get stuck with marketing a lemon at the
end of the season.
After noticing that his favorites kept getting voted off last year,
Dave Della Terza, 22, and some college buddies took matters into
their own hands. They created their online campaign, voteforthe
worst.com, to throw the competition off course.
"American Idol" votes are supposed to be cast in favor
of contestants fans want to keep each Tuesday. Fans can call or
text message as many times as they want in a two-hour period.
"The show is less of a contest for who America picks and more
of who the show's producers will influence to win," said Della
Terza of Santa Clarita, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles. "The
producers and the judges tend to say, 'We like this person' ...
'This person is going to win,' and then America just tends to vote
along with them." ...
Savol, 28, has drawn the ire of judge Simon Cowell week after week.
Last week, the cranky judge told Savol to pack his suitcase because
of his rendition of "Dance With My Father." But on Wednesday,
Savol landed in the top three, sending popular contestant Maroulis
home.
A statement issued by Fox and show producers dismissed the group's
effect: "While it is unfortunate that a small group of people
are so caustic that they believe it would be humorous to negatively
sway the voting on 'American Idol,' the number of purported visits
to the Web site would have no impact on voting."
But that doesn't address the increasing support for a contestant
who has turned off many fans with his back talking and cold personality,
not to mention the revelation of a previous domestic-violence arrest.
On Internet message boards and blogs, fans have not been shy about
posting their dislike of Savol.
Della Terza added a visitor counter to his site April 25. By Sunday
afternoon, 323,000-plus hits had been registered at votefortheworst.com,
the majority from people who pledged to keep the Savol cause alive.
Della Terza said that although Fox has not asked him to shut down
the site, on Friday, producer Freemantle Media demanded that he
remove all copyrighted materials from the site.
The site might be working to the network's advantage. "Fox
is really working the audience participation, and these kinds of
controversies give the show a high news profile," said Stuart
Fischoff, a media psychologist at California State University, Los
Angeles.
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