Pete C, if you bothered to click on the rules and actually read them, you'd see it state US Residents only! I copied and pasted from the rules so you wouldn't have to check, though you should to see for your self. Get a grip.

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I really don't watch Idol. Since Jeniffer Hudson won a Golden Globe and an Oscar, I've been following the press about the show. Except for Paula Abdul, the judges are arrogant, pompous jackasses. If you do a bit of research you'll find that the "Winners" have gone on to obscurity and the "Losers" have gone on to great things. Jeniffer Hudson is a prime example. I really hate to compare the Idol judging to the American Electoral College, but, in popular voting, Bush lost. At this time THE AMERICAN PUBLIC thinks Sanjaya is the winner! I've watched a couple of shows and think he's extremely entertaining, has a great voice and knows how to work the camera. So what if he changes his hair styles. He's an entertainer. To paraphrase one of Frank Sinatra's songs. "He's doing it HIS way!"