I remember being shocked in Season 2 to find out that people were power-voting, so that one person could cancel out the votes of 200 others who stupidly thought this was an actual democracy.I felt guilty the first few times I did it, knowing that I was doing the same thing that bothered me.
Now I just think of it as part of the game, and vote a lot if I'm in the mood.
Now I've gotten jaded about the fact that it's NOT a democracy, that the entire show is controlled by the small segment of viewers who are willing to vote for two hours.
They should have fixed this four years ago.
I think American Idol is the ONLY version around the globe with free unlimited voting. some markets have a pay system, I think others restrict it some other way.
But then Ryan couldn't brag about how many votes they got.
And god forbid, their sponsor couldn't rake in the bucks with text messages.