AI gets the number wrong for the third time!!

What was that number again, Ryan???

This is just TOOOOO FUNNY!!

From Reality Tv Magazine:

Once, twice, three times a wrong number. Let us count the ways American Idol can screw-up the phone numbers. First, it was the on-screen graphics, then it was the closed captioning, and now the audio.
After Vonzell Solomon’s second song, Ryan Seacrest initially announced the phone numbers for Vonzell as 1-866-IDOLS-01 and 05. The correct numbers for Vonzell are actually 1-866-IDOLS-01 and 1-866-IDOLS-04. 1-866-IDOLS-05 is the second phone number for Bo Bice.

Ryan then got the numbers right when he next spelled them out as 1-866-43657-01 and 1-866-43657-04. Ryan seemed to realize that he might have made an error immediately, because he became flustered and stammered through the rest of his talk with Vonzell.
After the commercial break, Ryan Seacrest came back on and said, “I want to make sure I have these numbers correct for you”, and he repeated the numbers for Vonzell. This time Ryan got Vonzell’s phone numbers completely correct.

We can’t help but think of that old saying. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, and it’s frigging hilarious. American Idol just wouldn’t be American Idol without at least one phone number error. Watching the expression on Ryan’s face when it dawned on him that he might have just screwed up the phone numbers was priceless.

We can just envision the producers telling Ryan before the show, “Whatever you do Ryan, make sure you get the phone numbers correct.” Then, Ryan goes and makes the one error that he’s not supposed to make.
Oh well, at least the hearing impaired have nothing to worry about this time, as American Idol cut the closed captioning completely when the phone numbers were read and just showed the on-screen graphics.

Maybe next week, the American Idol producers won’t even let Ryan read the phone numbers and will play a pre-recorded audio tape of the numbers. Meanwhile, the show itself contained some of the best performances to date, and wrong phone numbers or not, it looks like it is going to be a spectacular finale.