During Indian Idol 2 - they openly showed that a lot of people in rajasthan were buying not just simm cards but actual cell phones and giving people to vote for Sandeep Acharya... and guess what it worked he won
So this is the reality... vote as many times as you like ...all's fair in love and competition !!!!! if you got the money buy the vote ...
its never been about the best singer or best dancer or best whatever... a lot of factors are coming into play for this...
only on indian shows do you see them constantly coaxing you to vote agian and again and again...
American idol the phone lines and votes are available only for a couple of hours after the show... and that's it.