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American Idol Viewers Rate Casey James Number One Among Male Performers
Viewers say Jermaine Sellers and Todrick Hall should be eliminated
Flemington, NJ, February 25, 2010 – A new national study conducted among 3,827 American Idol viewers revealed that viewers selected Casey James as the contestant who should advance to the next round of the competition based on his performance last night.
The study was conducted during February 24-25, by HCD Research using its mediacurves.com website, to obtain American Idol viewers’ perceptions of which male 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 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
Casey James received 22.2% of the votes, indicating that viewers believe he should advance to the next round of the competition based on his performance. The contestants with the lowest percentage of votes were Jermaine Sellers, with 3.2%, and Todrick Hall, with 4.7% of the votes. Based on the results of the study, Sellers and Hall are the two 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 |
|
Casey James |
22.2 |
|
Andrew Garcia |
11.7 |
|
Tim Urban |
9.9 |
|
Michael Lynche |
9.0 |
|
Lee Dewyze |
8.7 |
|
Alex Lambert |
8.4 |
|
Aaron Kelly |
6.9 |
|
Joe Munoz |
5.2 |
|
Tyler Grady |
5.1 |
|
John Park |
5.0 |
|
Todrick Hall |
4.7 |
|
Jermaine Sellers |
3.2 |
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HCD Research is a marketing and communications research company headquartered in Flemington, NJ. The company's services include traditional and web-based research. For additional information on HCD Research, access the company’s web site at www.hcdi.net or call HCD Research at 908-788-9393. MediaCurves.com® (www.mediacurves.com) is a media measurement website that provides the media and general public with a venue to view Americans’ perceptions of popular and controversial media events and advertisements.