‘American Idol’ Exec Says Votes Aren’t Rigged

Entertainment Weekly quizzed ‘American Idol’ execs on recently criticism that voting on the show may be victim to tampering following the recent almost ouster of Justin Guarini a few weeks ago. Michael Eaton says penetrate the show’s vote-tallying system — which is monitored by London-based Telescope, creator of high-volume phone-vote lines for companies like Evian and Pepsi. ”Nobody can get in there and change the votes,” says Eaton. He does admit though that unlike game shows, “There’s nobody from the government side regulating the vote.” Read more.