I'm pretty sure you may have found out by now about the "role" AT&T had on Kris Allen's win. According to TIME magazine AT&T provided phones for free text-messaging services at two Allen parties in Arkansas on the night of the finals. They showed fans how to "power text", that is, sending 10 votes at a time with one-touch ease, thus "violating" American Idol rules.
However, the article does not say whether AT&T reps deliberately went out of their way no matter what to tutor fans, or if fans knew about power-texting before hand and/or wanted to learn how to send multiple texts before AT&T reps responded and showed them. It also seems that the reps did not barge into the party, but that they were invited. Who knows, maybe their invitation by fans was part of a diligent strategy?
But Adam Lambert fans are now more infuriated than ever, claiming that the American Idol Kris Allen did not deserve his "rigged" win. There was no mention of any similar invitation to any Lambert parties (who knows, perhaps they know how to power text in San Diego anyway?).
I still believe that Allen's win was in God's making. I am not extremely well-versed with the rules, though. I look forward to hearing your comments below.
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