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LOS ANGELES — A few overeager AT&T employees brought demo phones to “AmericanIdol” viewing parties in Arkansas and helped fans text their votes, but their actions did not affect the outcome between native son Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, the company said Wednesday.
Allen, 23, of Conway, Ark., won by an undisclosed margin over Lambert, 27, of San Diego, a powerful singer who’d been cast by the show’s judges as the front-runner. Host Ryan Seacrest said nearly 100 million votes were sent by phone or text message after last Tuesday’s final performance, but did not mention how those votes were divided.
