American Idol Goes Online Voting via Facebook

"American Idol," Fox's massively popular TV singing contest, will be adding online voting next week, according to international news release. Voters can now use their Facebook account to log in to a designated voting page on the "American Idol" website.

Simon Fuller said, the show's creator, "We have been wanting to do online voting for several years, and now Facebook has offered us a secure solution and we are ready to go."

The online voting system will begin after AI Tuesday's episode.

People will still be able to vote for their favorite singers via text message or voice call. And according to the news, Fans will be able to vote up to 50 times from each Facebook account.

As Jackie Cohen statement, "Adding Facebook voting would likely foster more participation in the voting. It certainly makes sense for 'American Idol' to limit each viewer to a maximum of 50 votes per show, but that could be more voting than most fans can achieve via telephone."

FYI! according to the leak reports, "X Factor," the upcoming talent show to be hosted by former "Idol" judge Simon Cowell, also plans to introduce Facebook voting.

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