How Do I Vote Online For American Idol

If you’re an American Idol fan, then you know that you can call or text message in your vote and make your voice heard for who will be the next American Idol. However many people would really prefer not to keep dialing jammed phone numbers or to spend the money to vote by text message and would love the chance to vote online. In fact, one of the most popular questions asked is “how do I vote for American Idol online?”
Well, the short answer to that question is very simple: You can’t. The show simply does not allow you to vote online for the winners. However you can vote for the sister show, America’s Got Talent, online. That said, there is a way for you to vote online even though the folks from American Idol would prefer that you didn’t. The method for doing it is to use online text messaging.
Text messaging, for the non-teenagers among my readers is a method for sending out short messages via cell phone to people. It is extremely popular with kids and has become an indispensable method of communication for them. Even companies have gotten in on the act, sending out periodic texts with information that might be useful to you as a consumer. But how does that help you with the question “how do I vote for American Idol online?”
Well, in addition to being able to send texts from your cell phone, another method is to simply do a Google search for free online texting. There are dozens of sites that will happily send your text message out with no charge. Just punch in the number you need to reach along with your vote and voila, text message sent. However, these services may not be as reliable as sending a straight text because of the fact that they will send out an ad also (that’s how they make their money).
Instead, in order to answer the question “how do I vote for American Idol online,” you might want to consider simply using a paid texting service which will send your vote in with no ads attached and thus will allow you to guarantee that your vote really is counted toward the most important question of all, who will be the next American Idol? Or of course, you could simply ignore my advice and bite the bullet by actually spending the money to send a text from your phone.