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Flemington, NJ, April 14, 2010 – A new national study among 3,183 American Idol viewers revealed that Aaron Kelly and Andrew Garcia were selected as the contestants that should be eliminated from the next round of the competition based on their performances last night.
The study was conducted during April 13-14, 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.hcdsurveys.com/panel/join.cfm?source=idol2010
Crystal Bowersox received 31.4% of the votes, indicating that viewers believe she should advance to the next round of the competition. The contestants with the lowest percentage of votes were Aaron Kelly, with 3.7% of the votes and Andrew Garcia with 5.6% of the votes. Based on the results of the study, Kelly and Garcia are the contestants 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 |
31.4 |
|
Lee Dewyze |
12.2 |
|
Michael Lynche |
11.3 |
|
Katie Stevens |
10.7 |
|
Siobhan Magnus |
8.8 |
|
Tim Urban |
8.3 |
|
Casey James |
8.1 |
|
Andrew Garcia |
5.6 |
|
Aaron Kelly |
3.7 |
