Should American Idol Copy Dancing With the Stars?

Jeanne — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:49:00 +0000

Some of you have complained about the voting system on American Idol and you’ve said the Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) procedure is better.

Currently, Idol viewers can vote as many times as they can get through during the specified time period. I went to Wikipedia and here’s what I got for the DWTS system:

Scoring and Voting Procedure

The scoring begins with the judges’ marks. Each judge gives a 1 to 10 score, allowing for a perfect score of 30. With multiple performances, the scores would all be added at the end of the program. The scores for all competitors are added together and each contestant’s “judge share” is determined by dividing their score by the sum of all the scores combined and recorded as a percentage. This percentage is then added to the percentage of North American votes received by each contestant. The bottom two couples are identified in the results show, and the couple with the lowest combined total is eliminated.

Do You Think that American Idol Should Adopt a Similar System?

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France Idol’s Julien Does Sinatra

Jeanne — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:48:15 +0000

Julien Doré, star of American Idol’s French counterpart, Nouvelle Star, sang Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night.” It wasn’t his best performance but he is still one of the most entertaining people I’ve seen this season. The female judge seems like she could eat him up, though, in a slightly creepy way but it’s okay ’cause I think she’s cool. Here’s a video!

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