dial idol

Screen shot of DialIdol software Design by James Hellriegel Jr. Latest release v3.5.0.0 OS Windows ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista Website http://www.dialidol.com

DialIdol is both the name of a computer program for Microsoft Windows and its associated website that tracks voting trends for American Idol contestants. The program allows users to automatically vote for the American Idol contestants of their choice using their PC's modem. The program then reports back to the main website, which keeps track of the results based on the percentage of calls for each contestant that result in a busy signal. DialIdol assumes that more busy signals means more callers are attempting to vote for that contestant.[1] DialIdol was created during the fourth season of American Idol and was released to the public at the start of the fifth season.

Users can choose to vote equally for their chosen contestants, choose to keep certain contestants "safe" (by voting for their chosen contestant who is ranked the lowest), or choose to keep certain contestants "unsafe" (by voting for the lowest-ranked contestant who is not on their list).

In addition to American Idol, the software may also be used to vote for Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. In 2006, DialIdol also supported Celebrity Duets and Canadian Idol. Contents [hide] 1 American Idol predictions 1.1 Season 4 predictions 1.2 Season 5 predictions 1.3 Season 6 predictions 1.4 Season 7 predictions 2 Controversy 2.1 Legal challenge 2.2 Contestant rankings 2.3 Power dialing 3 References 4 External links //

American Idol predictions

Season 4 predictions

With a limited number of callers in Season 4, DialIdol claimed an accuracy rate of 65%.[2] Contestants Constantine Maroulis, Scott Savol, and Anthony Fedorov each were listed second to last in the weeks that each was eliminated. DialIdol correctly predicted that Vonzell Solomon would be eliminated in the week with 3 Idols, and also correctly predicted in the final week of the season that Carrie Underwood would win over Bo Bice.[3]

Season 5 predictions

DialIdol was 87% accurate for Season 5 of American Idol. The accuracy climbed substantially when the formula for weighting the busy signal ratio was altered to reflect the U.S. population distribution (higher weight for the results from the Eastern and Central time zones than for the rest of the country).[4] This formula was first put to the test on April 6, 2006; as a result, the newly-weighted results correctly listed the bottom three contestants (Mandisa, Elliott Yamin, and Paris Bennett) hours before the official results show. The correct prediction spawned national attention as a result.[5][6][7]

By the middle of the season, the show's producers added additional phone lines for each contestant sooner than ever before in the show's history (final six). DialIdol successfully incorporated the additional lines into the overall calculations and released a new version of the