Calls For Audit Hit ‘American Idol’

Last night’s ‘American Idol’ finale is under fire after host Ryan Seacrest told viewers the show’s winner Ruben Studdard won by only 1,335 votes out of 24 million total were cast. After the show, they claim it was actually 130,000 votes. “Listen, I’ve been around Hollywood for a long, long time, and this reeks of a contrived, phony ending,” a top executive from a rival network charged Thursday morning. “No one here believes for one second the votes landed just 1,300 apart. It’s a disgrace… in fact, I think we are looking at a modern day version of the $64,000 question!”