American Idol winner Kris Allen and runner up Adam Lambert are in New York to appear on the Today Show’s summer concert series.

There has been a lot of talk about the fairness of the outcome in the voting, specifically with regards to AT&T reps attending a couple of Kris Allen supporter parties where they provided cell phones to the party goers and were shown how to power text.  FOX has issued a statement with regards to the issue:

“Fox and the producers of ‘American Idol’ are absolutely certain that the results of this competition are fair, accurate and verified. Kris Allen is, without a doubt, the American Idol. We have an independent third-party monitoring procedure in place to ensure the integrity of the voting process. In no way did any individuals unfairly influence the outcome of the competition.”

AT&T also issued another statement:

“Going forward, we will make sure our employees understand our sponsorship celebrates the competition, not individual contestants. That said, it’s quite a leap to suggest that a few individuals could have impacted the final results.”

Do you think the results are fair? 

Note:  I’ve added 30 mores pics as they came up after I originally posted this

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