I know AI revealed the voting breakdown for Season 1 and 2 final voting, but I really want to know if anyone knows what it was for Season 4.
I know random question, but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere, so I thought I would use my best Carrie resource.
From what I remember it was fairly close... Don't know the specific numbers though...
I think you are thinking of some online poll where the difference was only by a few hundred votes. I remember for a while, many (including me) thought it was the real deal, but it was later revealed it was just some online poll.
As the poster above me stated, Nigel said the voting wasn't close. It makes sense to me. If the voting was close, they would have announced it on the finale. For the first 3 seasons, they announced the percentages. For season 1, I think it was 58% to 42% in Kelly's favor. Season 2 was extremely close, by only a few hundred thousand votes (less than a percentage). Season 3 was also really close, I think 51% to 49% in Fantasia's favor. So, given this, we can conclude that Carrie most definitely won by greater than 58%. From what Nigel said about Carrie winning the vote every single week, I am thinking Carrie's percentage may have been in the 70's, but that's just speculation on my part.
I like Bo (and would have pulled for him in some other seasons, especially since he's from my home state), but it's really quite funny remembering comments from some people after the finale saying that Bo would be Clay and Carrie would be Ruben. They nailed that prediction, didn't they? HAHA!
From what I remember it was fairly close... Don't know the specific numbers though...
I would think she won by a fairly large margin, but does it honestly matter at this point lol? She clearly has "won" in a big way with her career.
I love Bo, though! I'm glad he is country music now. He was my second favorite during that season.
I agree that it doesn't really matter how much she won by, I'm just a sucker for trivia.
Me, too! I wasn't giving you a hard time for wanting to know the numbers, btw, sorry if it seemed that way .
More worrisomely, it could have made Carrie fans chill out and think "We've got this in the bag". Now, THAT would've been bad.During season 4, I got the impression the voting for the final two was extremely close, especially considering the amount of people who seemed to favor Bo over Carrie on finale night.
But after hearing Bo (and the other contestants) openly admit that Carrie was consistently above everyone else every week, my impression is completely different.
Plus, the success of other Idol contestants (winner or otherwise) doesn't come close to Carrie's explosive success; that alone makes me think Carrie's success was larger than the show itself, even before her career followed.
I'm actually glad the show didn't reveal the results every week; when they reveal results or hint that one contestant is more popular than another, it seems to create backlash.
I'm convinced the judges praise/Adam's passionate fanbase are part of what cost him the win in his season.
Same seemed to happen with Lee as well; Crystal's hype was so carried away by the public and the fans, yet the votes went the other way during finale night.
If the judges/fans had treated Carrie like that, it could've very well drove Bo fans into overdrive and cost Carrie a win that could've otherwise been hers.
That is why I hate that dial idol website. Most the time people know who are going home now before the show even airs. I know the website is not 100% accurate but it is right most the time. It takes all the suspense out of the show.
This reminds me of an article I read after Carrie won. It said something like, "While Bo Bice's fans were busy being vocal, Carrie Underwood's fans were busy voting instead." I still love that quote, lol.During season 4, I got the impression the voting for the final two was extremely close, especially considering the amount of people who seemed to favor Bo over Carrie on finale night.