This week, as we all know, is a HUGE week for us and for Blake. If he makes it past this week, he will be in the top 4 and only 2 eliminations away from the finale. Even if some of us are conflicted about whether or not we actually want Blake to be signed with Clive, I think the desire to see him on stage at the Kodak Theatre for the finale is universal. If we want that to happen, we have to VOTE.
While it is my personal belief that at this stage of the game, the votes that matter the most are the swing voters (aka the casual viewers who watch and only place a few votes) and the voters who vote based on the “best” performance of the night, we as Blake fans are a vital component to his success and whether or not he makes it through each round. Every vote helps.
If you are a myspace user and have “friended” the Blaker Girls, you have likely already seen the voting strategies below. Thanks to one of our highly astute readers/commenters, I received an email with these voting strategies, which I then forwarded to Kristi, the spokeswoman for the Blaker Girls. She agreed that this week’s voting is very important, and forwarded this out in a bulletin last night. These great voting methods were developed last year by our awesome friends in the Soul Patrol, and it is my understanding that they were implemented around this time in the season 5.
My belief is that the best and most effective way to vote on American Idol is increasingly becoming text voting. Since you have no busy signals, you can get more votes through more quickly than constantly hitting redial and getting busy signals. If you have a Cingular phone with a text plan, OR if you have disposable income to buy a Go Phone, texting is the way to go. You can even pre-program the votes into your phone - which is what I did (with a dummy number since we don’t yet know the performance order) while I was sitting in traffic behind an accident for 45 minutes this morning. :)
Please don’t misunderstand - I am not telling you to spend money on voting for Blake. If you can’t, please don’t feel guilty for it - do what you can. Any way you can get them, every vote counts, and every vote matters.
Please post any questions or comments about voting in this thread. We can do this for Blake!! I want to see him in the top 4!! DO YOU?
Voting FAQ’s:
1. Text Vote for Blake
TEXT VOTE, TEXT VOTE. TEXT VOTE with Cingular or AT&T Wireless Cell phones.
TEXT VOTING IS THE MOST POWERFUL WAY to VOTE
- No busy signals when text voting, NO CAPACITY LIMITS !!
- Each text vote counts !! 1,000 TEXT votes is much better than 12 land line calls!!
REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE with a Cingular wireless cell phone to VOTE for Blake. Every text vote COUNTS!
If you do not have a Cingular Wireless cell, then ask around and BORROW one!!
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE if you are new to texting.
Only TEXT VOTE to the number that AI indicates on the TV screen.
TEXTING = MASSIVE VOTES for BLAKE
New Go Phone users
1. Make sure that your Go Phone has charged for 24 hours
2. Make sure that you have funds in your account to text vote. Each text vote will deduct .05 cents from your account.
2. Land line calling strategies
As soon as you hear that the line has connected through, DO NOT listen to the full length of the message – hang up and hit redial.
The shorter connection will free up the busy lines to allow for MORE incoming votes.
It is HIGHLY recommended that Blaker Girls/Boys DO NOT call in on the 1st line. Most likely the general public will be calling the 1st line. Try the second line, and if it is busy too, don’t give up! Keep trying instead of switching over to the other line.
3. Online voting through Skype.com and DialIdol.com
It is suggested that Blaker Girls/Boys should utilize MORE than one method of voting.
Use Skype.com or Dialidol.com automated software to get in more votes than you would just hitting redial on your phone. Remember that Skype now charges for calls to landline phones.
4. Do not split votes
We know many of you have more than one favorite, but of course we’d love it if you only voted for Blake!! :)
One final thought: SAVE THE BEATBOXER. SAVE THE WORLD.
Well said.
I feel like we are preparing for battle. Strategies, encouragement for the long night ahead, remembering our purpose, accepting the risks, and the slogan. Its all good though. I love Blake.
SAVE THE BEATBOXER, SAVE THE WORLD!
When I saw these go out last night, I wondered if they came from Erinn! :)
We can do this!!! Sing your heart out tonight Blake!
How cool is it that the Blaker Girls made a banner with the slogan?
I’m really excited for tonight’s performance and I’m ready to vote, vote, vote!
Hey guys, Raina has confirmed my guess about Chris’s song choice in the thread below. If someone wants to take it to MJ’s, feel free. I can’t log in over there from my current location. :ninja:
Star, you are a smart cookie! (and so am I for making that my song choice for him on the spoiler list that never got posted because stupid people take all the fun out of doing fake spoilers).
My list was:
Chris - Wanted Dead or Alive
Blake - Living on a Prayer
Phil - Who Says You Can’t Go Home
Lakisha - I’ll Be There For You
Melinda - Thank You For Loving Me
Jordin - It’s My Life
If that list is even half right, I’m going to be PISSED. LOL.
Chris is now dead to me for singing that song. *sigh*
Oooh, big risk for Chris. I can’t wait until the judges remind casual voting America that Daughtry owned that song last year!!! Heh!
Sarah, you weren’t allowed to post them?
Thanks for the tips!
Do the Blaker Grils already know about Team Plaid?
I hope they do and tell Blake.
Chris singing Wanted Dead or Alive? Hmmmm Don’t know how that will go, but you would think the way the judgesa re loving Chris lately they will tell him he was incredible.
Heh.
Anyways can’t wait for Blake’s performance tonight! I am ready to VOTE!
Good news. Blake is the top Idol on Yahoo Buzz!
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/68895/idol-watch-superior-six
PJ - no, it’s not that I wasn’t allowed. But since there were already 2 other fake lists out there floating around, no one would have fallen for a 3rd. So I decided to just not post it. *sigh*
Not only did Daughtry OWN that song, it was also his track on the compilation cd. This is the second time Chris has done that. He sang “I Don’t Wanna Be” in the semis, which was Bo’s track on the season 4 compilation cd.
ETA: Awesome, pj! I usually check the yahoo buzz log every day, but today has been a day of putting out fires at work, and I haven’t had time. Boo. Anyway, yay for Blake! :)
Nasal Boy is sing WDOA for real?? I can’t believe that! Maybe he didn’t watch the show last year. I don’t think he can pull it off. Guaranteed elimination this week.
I can’t wait. Thanks for posting all this. I’ll call via crackberry tonight.
Looks like someone at TWOP has a friend attending the rehearsals, so we should get some spoilers later!
BUH BYE CHRIS!!
I can’t wait to see Blake perform tonight!!
Woo hoo! Good to know, PJ! :)
I just hope the judges are critical with Chris but that they don’t rip him a new one, because that might garner a sympathy vote.
Go Blake! Go Team Plaid! Go Blaker Girls! Save the Beatboxer! Save the WORLD!
(it’s almost 5 pm, I’m excited, gimme a break. lol)
Heh. Yeah, I provided the voting FAQ. Just for the record. I was a recipient of it - I did not write it. Too many caps in a message tends to gives me hives. Even so, it’s great advice.
Remember from here on out…try to utilize multiple voing strategies (phone/ text/ DI/ Skype - costs money now). Try to encourage “casual fans to vote. Some friends of mine agreed to do it with me on top 3 night last year and we had a blast. The great thing is you’re not actually on the phone. Just dialing. So we chatted and laughed for a few hours acting like crazy people every time we actually got through.
Poor Chris…
Save the Beatboxer! Save the World!
Dumb move on Chris’ part. I was just listening to Chris D’s version today and he rocked. I can’t wait to find out what Blake is doing tonight!
I’ll be using Dial Idol again tonight. I got in about 400 last week and missed the first bit because I needed help setting it up. Of course I hand dialed at the same time.
Go Team Plaid!
Another message from the Blaker Girls for those who don’t Myspace:
as you all know, tonight is a HUGEEEE voting night and we need to keep blake around! i challenge all of you to give blake 10 EXTRA votes on top of what you normally do. If you don’t vote, please vote at least 10 times. if all the blakers JUST on this page vote 10 times, that is almost 42,000 votes!
blake told me he is SO excited about his performance tonight and thinks you’ll all love it. he said he has something special in store for us. can’t wait to find out what it is!!!
Hmmm. Something special? I’m glad to hear he’s excited about this week. Helps my nerves.
Go Plaid Go! Save the Beatboxer, Save the World!
ETA: Hair Spoiler!!! Dyed black!
I have a feeling however Chris does, the judges will probably be nice to him. I suspect that they want to help him because his MP3 downloads are high, probably second only to Blake, so they want him around a little longer, at least to outlast Phil or Kiki. I don’t think they want him in the F3 or F2. Everybody is wondering why the judges are pimping Chris when his performances aren’t that great, and the MP3 downloads are the only possible reason I can think of.
I don’t like the sound of black hair on Blake.
Please don’t tell me he dyed his hair black.
Will that take away votes from him? Oh no!
I love the black hair. It’s for rock week. Bad Boy Blake is back! I love it.
I love the black hair. It’s for rock week. Bad Boy Blakey is Back! I love it!!
I saw a picture. He still looks good. Perfect to Rock out with. Blake is back. :))