American Idol error directs voters to suicide hotline

[Chuckup]

"American Idol," the most popular talent show in all of history, mistakenly displayed incorrect voting phone numbers during Tuesday's show, which resulted in a revote and the crashing of a popular Ohio suicide hotline.

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[short bus president]

1. what exactly constitutes a 'popular' suicide hotline?

:shrug:

[Kire]

2. ROFLMFAO!

wow

[JohnKleeb]

3. well you know how they check your phone records

do the math, hey hes been calling in there, and so have they, thats how they know. Plus it probably has some celebrity endorsement.

[BlueJazz]

4. No...That's what happens after you hear some of the talent...

[Spinzonner]

5. I watched it once

I don't see anything wrong with that.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Maybe the viewers were calling the right number

:eyes:

[Catchawave]

7. It's a joke !!??!!!

Had me going up to this part of the "article":

<snip>When asked if he felt the FOX voting telephone number error could have resulted in a potential loss of life, Cunningham replied, "Probably not, it was a Tuesday night, most of our suicide calls come in on a Wednesday night, when they kick off a performer on American Idol."<snip>

LOL

[Chuckup]

8. got it!

hehhee

[Deja Q]

9. How convenient!