The American Idol producers, Ken Warwick and Nigel Lythgoe, have noticed a particular pattern when it comes to voting habits of their viewers. Since their target audience is mainly girls and women they are noticing some negative consequences. During the past five weeks girls have been voted off the show. It seems to be that women are only voting for the guys on the show. This leaves are the girls on the show in the dust.
The producers are trying to come up with a plan on how to change this outcome. They have three ideas. One is to limit the amount of phone and text votes per viewer. Another is to model the voting style of another reality TV show, Dancing with the Stars. They vote off contestants with not just the viewers votes, but also the judges. Their last idea is to model the style of So You Think You Can Dance. They have the public vote. Then they take the bottom three and let the judges decide who to vote off.
They are not going to change any rules during the rest of this season. They will save that for more seasons to come. I think that this is a great idea and would be a great addition to the show. After all the public doesn't really know who should be voted off. I think the ultimate decision should be left up to the professionals.
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