AT&T Wireless Kicks off Text Voting on Third Season of FOX's 'American Idol' This Tuesday, February 10
February 09 2004 - 12:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
AT&T Wireless Kicks off Text Voting on Third Season of FOX's
'American Idol' This Tuesday, February 10 The 2004 Presidential
Race? The Academy Awards Run-off? ... Sure, It's Voting Season, but
the Real Race to Watch Is 'American Idol' on FOX REDMOND,Wash.,
Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Who will win America's heart during
the show's third season? Last season's neck-and-neck contest
between finalists Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard kept fans on the
edge of their seats, proving every vote counts -- including every
wireless text vote -- when crowning the next American Idol. Last
season, the country embraced interactive text messaging with
unprecedented fervor, sending 7.5 million messages throughout the
must-watch series. This year, AT&T Wireless is adding new ways
for fans to get into the show by letting subscribers send text
message-based fan mail to their favorite judges, host, and
contestants, play interactive games, access dynamic 'American Idol'
content on AT&T Wireless' popular mMode service, and more.
WHEN: AT&T Wireless's Text Voting Premieres Tuesday,February
10, 2004 at 8 p.m./7c on FOX (Voting is open at least two hours
after the show) HOW TO TEXT VOTE: 1) On an AT&T Wireless phone,
select Menu and start a new message from the Text Messaging option.
2) Type in the word VOTE, then select Options, and Send. 3) Enter
the four-digit number of the contestant you want to vote for, then
select OK. (Numbers are listed during Tuesday night's show.) Fans
can send an unlimited number of text votes during the allotted
2-hour voting window following the Tuesday shows. Visit
http://www.attwireless.com/idol for more details. FUN FACTS: * One
intrepid fan sent over 4,500 text votes during the 2003 season * At
one point during the 2003 finale, over 2,300 text votes were
received each second * More than 1/3 of fans who sent text messages
last season had never previously sent a text message MEDIA CONTACT:
Danielle Perry, AT&T Wireless, 201-576-7707 (office),
646-256-1477 (wireless) DATASOURCE: AT&T Wireless CONTACT:
Danielle Perry of AT&T Wireless, +1-201-576-7707, Wireless -
+1-646-256-1477 Web site: http://www.attws.com/
http://www.attwireless.com/idol
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