Why not pimp Adam and Kris to the finale cause they sold a lot and will probably be more sucess after idol end. . That will promote AI more like Kelly, Carrie and Daughtry done so far.

Like the Boston Globe article said about MJs, they’re probably both enthralled and frustrated with MJs, Idolatry, TWOP and the rest because of the “don’t look at the man behind the curtain” factor.

It’s not so much that they think any specific secret conspiracy is revealed is that explaining to the public how the tricks are done feels like a threat to their money-making magic show.

Like the Susan Boyle thing–if you’d seen the Brit show do the EXACT SAME THING with Paul Potts, and endless useless child singers, it wasn’t nearly as moving.

Concealing iTunes data is probably less about protecting a specific contestant and depimping others just this year as the fact that viewers armed with a better understanding of actual music sales would be far more skeptical about the show.

I say that even though my first instinct, like the fandiot I am, was “they just want to hide how well Kris is doing!”

Second Singles Sales (approximate numbers only)
DAVID COOK (Come Back To Me) ~99,000
DAVID ARCHULETA (A Little Too Not Over You) ~160,000 **

This is interesting. So David C. is selling more albums, but his singles arenà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t doing as well as David A. Very, very interesting.

Er, that would only be if you left out DC’s other single, Time of My Life, currently at 1.1 million.

Yeah, there’s some reasons why the winner’s single sells for different reasons, but it seems kind of odd to say, “hey Archie sells more singles– as long as you subtract a million from Cook ’cause he had a head start.”

According to iTunes Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fans have not transferred their votes into sales.

Nope, and that is a BIG warning. 40 million votes/26 million viewers doesn’t necessarily turn into a long, lucrative career. Personally, I’d rather have the people who sell than the reverse. I also find it interesting, how the top sellers (Adam/Kris) also seem to have the largest online following…….

Anyways, it doesn’t make the show look good when the losers outdo the winners….. besides, the is about finding stars who can hang with the best of them.

I don’t understand the big deal about the Itunes release. For one thing, it was only for a day, and for another, they should care who sells!! lol Obviously, Adam was starting to get bigger than the show, and Kris was really creeping up there so we had to bring them both down a peg or two.

Oh well. the truth will be after the show. Not who wins. As we know, the winner doesn ‘t always do well. Actually, outside of Carrie and Kelly, the winner hardly does well. And Please don’t bring up Jordin Sparks…that single with Chris Brown saved her from a similar fate of Fantasia/’Ruben/Taylor. I don’t know much about David C. I missed last season so I can’t say anything about him.

Album Sales (Soundscan):
DAVID COOK (David Cook) 1,106,166
DAVID ARCHULETA (David Archuleta) 689,798

First Singles Sales* (approximate numbers only):
DAVID COOK (Light On) ~900,000
DAVID ARCHULETA (Crush) ~1,700,000

Second Singles Sales (approximate numbers only)
DAVID COOK (Come Back To Me) ~99,000
DAVID ARCHULETA (A Little Too Not Over You) ~160,000 **

This is interesting. So David C. is selling more albums, but his singles aren’t doing as well as David A. Very, very interesting.

It irks me everytime I see Dannyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s name in the same sentence with Taylor Hicks. Taylor is an ENTERTAINER, Danny is a slightly better than average singer.

It irks me too because I could never stand Taylor and think Danny’s voice is miles better. Taylor was smart and worked the show to his advantage and he won. I actually don’t mind Danny’s personality. I don’t always love his song choice but I do like his voice and the studio songs I bought were very good. My favorite at this point is Allison but I’d vote for Danny over the other two.

I know why you omitted ToML, so that’s cool. But do you have the latest total on it? I’m curious as to how high that little rainbow can go.

sunchick, another good one, although I’m not sure I like any of those theories (but only cuz I’m a big ol’ Adam fan. ) After Adam actually sang Feeling Good, I did wonder if he took any heat for that call to the Upright. Hmmmm….

As for Kenny boy, I’m still ‘turbed that he can spin the press so easily with his toss out of “no numbers were released” to refute that “popularity bars could be seen” and “comparison revealed Adam way ahead and Kris second.” Both of those facts remain untouched, unaddressed, unrefuted, and credible. But the media walks away satisfied? *shaking head*

Does anyone know who sells better between David A. and David C.?

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve learned my lesson. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not touching that one!

Oh for goodness sakes. Alright, I’ll take one for the team.

Album Sales (Soundscan):
DAVID COOK (David Cook) 1,106,166
DAVID ARCHULETA (David Archuleta) 689,798

First Singles Sales* (approximate numbers only):
DAVID COOK (Light On) ~900,000
DAVID ARCHULETA (Crush) ~1,700,000

Second Singles Sales (approximate numbers only)
DAVID COOK (Come Back To Me) ~99,000
DAVID ARCHULETA (A Little Too Not Over You) ~160,000 **

*excludes David Cook’s Time of My Life
** ALTNOY sales as of 4/15/09 (I can’t seem to find more recent numbers)

Does anyone know who sells better between David A. and David C.?

Hang on, let me go grab some popcorn

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve learned my lesson. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not touching that one! :laugh_tb:

:laugh_tb:

According to the iTunes popularity rankings Kris Allen has been coming in second place after Adam. Even on his off week when Kris sang “All She Wants To Do Is Dance”, Kris came in 3rd. But every week Kris Allen was in 2nd place since he has performed on the show in iTunes sales.

Now the media has picked up on that.

So how is the show going to push a Adam Vs Danny final when Kris is the 2nd top seller on iTunes?

That means that Danny Gokey is getting a lot of votes, but people aren’t buying his music, like Kris.

According to iTunes Danny’s fans have not transferred their votes into sales.

That being said, you can never have *enough* ratings or enough buzz so they do resent MJ and other online detectives removing any of the mystery with data.

Very true.

Does anyone know who sells better between David A. and David C.?

I’ve learned my lesson. I’m not touching that one! :laugh_tb: