The outcome of American Idol 2009 has been questioned following the disclosure that AT&T employees helped Kris Allen voters.

According to the reports, AT&T employees in Allen’s home town provided free phones and bulk text messaging assistance at two Allen parties. Allen was not expected to win Idol, with Adam Lambert entering the final week as the short priced favorite.

AT&T and Fox are both denying that anything untoward happened, although AT&T did confirm that employees did assist Allen voters.

It’s difficult to see how two parties in Allen’s home town could have influenced the national vote, but likewise the revelation does break two Idol rules: blocks of votes cast using ‘technical enhancements’ that unfairly influence the outcome of voting can be thrown out, and that text voting is open only to AT&T subscribers and is subject to normal rates, where as in this case voters were provided the ability for free.

Don’t expect any change to the result, but likewise the failure of American Idol to enforce its own rules casts a serious shadow over any legitimacy the show might have had.

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Kris Allen with Keith Urban

One of the most discussed performances of the night was Kris Allen and Keith Urban teaming up to perform “Kiss a Girl.” Acoustic guitar in hand, Allen joined Urban for a duet that, for many, proved to be one of the show’s most memorable moments.

Watch the Kris Allen-Keith Urban duet video below. Or, if you’re more of a Lambert kind of fan, check out Adam Lambert with KISS here.

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America has voted and this years final two contestants on American Idol are Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.

In an overly long show that featured a performance by Katy Perry, a plug for a charity from Alicia Keys, and some serious cross promotion for Night at the Museum 2 featuring Ben Stiller, Danny Gokey was finally shown the door.

The result was somewhat of a surprise. Lambert has long been the short priced favorite, but Allen was in the bottom 3 only two weeks ago, where as Gokey had been a crowd favorite and an early front runner for this years competition.

The American Idol Final 2 2009 show will air next Tuesday, with the winner of American Idol being announced Wednesday May 20.

And I nearly forgot to add: Go Adam Lambert!

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