In a democratic voting process u can cast only one vote. In these talent hunts you can sent multiple SMS from same-mobile-number for a particular candidate and TV channels and their partners are making money unabashedly in the process. I think it will be much easiers and economical for viewers to cast only vote to vote-out candidates they want to eliminate one by one. In this process, If I have to vote-out 1 candidate out of 10, then instead of voting for 9 others I will cast only one vote for the candidate I want to be eliminated. In another talent hunt 'Voice of India' the most talented chap,17 year Abhas got eliminated not because 'Janta' wanted him to be eliminated but because 'Janta' wanted to save other candidates also. But the channels don't want it in this way as they will make very less money outing of SMS voting. So, in the process we may end up in getting a 'Indian Idol' or 'Voice of India' who may not be the favourite candite for the viewers as a whole. SONY would have made 14 crore alone in the final episode (7 crore SMS @Rs 2) .
RE:SMS Economy
by vimal vijay on Sep 24, 2007 02:28 PM Permalink
In the fine print, they write Rs. 6/per sms. So it must have made 42 crores by sms only.
