Idol Results Predicted by TiVo?

Idol results have been predicted by TiVo operators. What is impressive is that many of these predictions have been true. American Idol results every week have been Nostradamically foretold by TiVo DVR operators.

20,000 US subscribers use the TiVO StopWatch product. This allows monitoring of fastforwarding and rewinding of recorded programs. This information is then analyzed. Parts that viewers choose to skip help TiVo staff guess the participants that will get voted off.

In the current season there have been atleast 5 correct predictions, although the accuracy rate is not a hundred percent. According to Juenger, VP at TiVo some acts led to fastforwarding by viewers. This kind of information can be useful when monitoring debates by political organizations as well as things like the evening news.

Idol executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz said that the show was about a journey and not just an endpoint and was not hassled by attempts to predict the outcome.