Being outside America sucks if you have ODD, and Having figured out how we (outside the US) can actually vote for David, I hope you guys can show your support by voting for David, even if you're outside the US. This is in an effort to keep him on top, and to prove wrong all the news on David's numbers going down bla bla bla.

We have had quite some shockers this season, Johns and Smithson to name a few. The former was one of the strongest contenders, never having been in the B3 til this week. This confirms NOBODY is really safe.

That is why we have to VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE like crazy every Tuesday (or Wednesday for Asians)

Anyone game for the project?

HOW TO VOTE?

Option A: GIZMO5 Cost: FREE
Please download GIZMO5 from https://www.gizmocall.com/
It offers free calls and free sms. I have personally used this and has successfully casted my votes for the last 3 weeks.

Please PM me to request for a GIZMO TUTORIAL. Thanks!
All you need is a headset or speakers, a desktop/laptop, the software, and your voting spirit! :)

Option b: Your CELLPHONE Cost: Confirmed FREE by some angels. [Depending on your Network Provider]
Archangelxxx and Razarchuleta have posted thhat they have successfully voted thru their cellphones.
They are on prepaid/top-up plans, and have tried calling to vote. After each call, they kept checking their balance/credits which have remained untouched. As a conclusion, calling +1866 numbers are free.
NOTE: If you want to be sure, do the same test. Call once, and check your credits.


WHEN TO VOTE?

IMPORTANT: Please check your voting time block so you'll know when to vote. If you need help, you can check and convert the time here:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

For now, here are some i have converted:
(I will update if there are any schedule changes. If you're from outside the US, and know/do not know what your voting time block is, please pm me so i can post your time block here.)

USA - Show airs at 8/7c Tues, Voting shortly after that.
PHIL/SINGAPORE/HK/CHINA - Show will air at 6pm Weds, but voting should be at 9:00AM-11:00AM.
UK - Voting is at 2:00AM-4:00AM
KOREA - 10:00AM-12:00NN

Since Idol does not air live in Asia, you can follow the folliwng liveblogging sites to get David's VOTING NUMBER (1866) for every week. Also, you will know when the voting time will open.

http://idollive.blogspot.com
http://slimtainment.blogspot.com

PLEASE VOTE VOTE VOTE!


UPDATE(5/05/08):
Please follow these steps:

25 Votes at Once.
1. Once you open Gizmo, there will be a prompt for an update. Download the new version so that it will allow you to send up to 25 votes for Archie at once!
2. Once the software is updated, go to the Contact tab and right click on Idol Voting.
3. Click on Start Chat and then type in the number 1.
4. You will see a list of contestant’s numbers. Choose Archie’s.
5. It will begin to register your 25 votes.
6. It is important to keep your email open during this entire process. After about 8-10 minutes, you will be notified that your 25 votes have been cast and that you can do it again. (Therefore, it is not a powerdialer! Votes are cast individually by the Gizmo Team)
7. While waiting for the email confirmations, continue using gizmo and vote manually (dial tab) or text, or calling.

Please bear in mind that it would take 8-10 minutes for the 25votes to be cast, so its not powerdialling. Also, it should only take 10-20 seconds to complete the steps above, that's not much time eaten if in case they do get thrown out. What's important is while waiting for the confirmation, continue voting the regular gizmo way.


From http://www.gizmo5.com/idol

edit:

First of all, I request that before some of you post REDUNDANT questions, do TAKE TIME to backread. After all its just 4 pages. I'd appreciate if you could pay a little more attention, Thanks. Anyway, for the benefit of everyone., HERE:

Voting for David thru Gizmo is FREE. How many times do i have to say that. 1866 numbers are under tollfree/servicenumbers, just like 1800 numbers. The reason Ryan says "Remember, these are 1866 not 1800 numbers" is basically just to inform you they're not 1800 numbers. BUT STILL THEY'RE FREE. SO vote like crazy. :)

Yes, it works. We all got the THANK YOU voice prompt after voting within the right time block. If you vote outside the voting time block, you'll get a busy signal. Here's more proof. I'm from Asia and I have NO CREDITS whatsoever in my gizmo wallet, so yes its free. Ive been voting for 3 weeks now. Here's my call log from last week's voting.



If you're all skeptical, you can try it yourself. If you already have it on your computer, try dialing David's number last week, You should be getting a busy signal since the lines are closed. When you vote on Tues/Wed, you'll get the THANK YOU prompt instead. If you're not too sure, ask your older sibling's help or your folk's.

Here are the links:
To download, please go to http://www.gizmocall.com/
To convert your time, 8/7c as base time (eg. NY time) http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
To get David's voting number follow http://idollive.blogspot.com (I hope Travis will do a liveblogging soon!)

And here's a screenshot of the DIALPAD tab, where you dial/input the number.

I don't know if that's going to work, but I do vote by asking all the people I know in the US to vote for him. :) That's the best I can do.

YOu know what, I was thinking about World Idol. LOL. If he ever joins there, OMG, I'd be voting for him like crazy as well.

GIZMO Tutorial:

(from a DA fan at rickey's)
GIZMO WORKS…..

Installing and Using GIZMO

1) To install Gizmo – go to http://gizmo5.com/pc/ - on the bottom right side of the page, click the DOWNLOAD NOW tab.

2) In the section FOR THE COMPUTER, choose the appropriate version you want to download. When you are done, the window will pop and tell you if you want to tun the program.

3) Click on SAVE THE PROGRAM or RUN and it will start downloading.

4) In the setup wizard, you will have to ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS and FINISH.

5) Then you have to choose a USERNAME AND PASSWORD, do so. It will also ask you if you want to find friends that are using GIZMO, skip this part if you don’t need it and in the next window, click FINISH. (you can make a test call to be sure that you installed in properly)

AFTER THE SHOW TUESDAY NIGHT
Go ON THE DIAL PAD AND WRITE DAVID’S NUMBER: 186643675XX (no spaces between the numbers)

The phone handset button will turn green when the number is entered. Click the green phone handset button to dial.

A new window opens for the call. The duration shows the connect time. When
you hear “thanks for calling” you can click the red phone handset button to hang up, and that window will close. To redial, just click on the green button again.

VOTING TIPS
• If after 4 rings you don’t get through, hang up and call again.
• Sometimes it connects and you can’t hear anything, leave it for 8-10 seconds and place another call.

edit.

That's a great idea! But I'm not sure if it would work. I'll be in trouble if we have to pay for voting outside US when it's kinda free for people living in the US to vote. :)

sorry i think this isnt fair. i would say it for any contestant. thats breaking the rules and imagine the scandal if this happened!! and how it would reflect on david and his fans. bad idea.

can we vote too??

we are from the philippines and i don't know how to vote ..(yeah,,i 'm stupid,,sorry)

haha, my dear, you got it all wrong.

It is more expensive for us, and we are paying MORE to vote for David. That's fair play, imho.

I vote for David using LONG DISTANCE, and you don't want to know how much i pay for just to vote for David, because the phone rates are high here. That's more than FAIR considering those who vote in the US actually pay lesser to vote.

As for using SKYPE and YAHOO messenger, there are RATES, 1cent/min for yahoo, to make calls to the US (like David's number). So to vote, we will need to purchase credits from YAHOO, with 10$ as minimum, that's 400P here, almost double the daily minimum wage rate. but since calls to vote for David will be more or less 1cent/minute, that'll be around 40Cents per minute for us.

As for Gizmo, they offer +1866/+1800 numbers for free (for now), and it's not even a hack. It's a built in FEATURE. We're just using it to our advantage.

Plus, we just call in during your voting hours there so we are able to get through, since phone lines will close at other hours.

I hope you understand how this isnt anywhere near a scandal.

no, voting is for AMERICA only. would you like it if australia voted for michael johns. or other countries voted for him or say carly? i bet you wouldnt. its not fair to the other contestants. doesnt matter if you are paying thats not the point at all. if we do it for david then all the other contestants should be on equal ground. sorry. david can win on his own with votes from america. its cheating otherwise.

Oh its free for them? WOW. Haha.
YOu can use gizmo. Download it to your pc, and just click on the DIALPAD to call. Don't forget the +, and be sure it's the exact time for voting!



Hi, yeah, here are your options:

1. Thru your landline, if your NDD/IDD is open, you can just dial the +1866 number. But this would have a longdistance charge. Check with PLDT/Bayantel for their rates ;)

2. Thru YahooMessenger. Their rates are $1Cent/minute. That's 40Cents for us.However, credits are purchased by 10$ or 20$ (400P or 800P), and i think you can purchase them via credit cards, so panahon na lambining si mommy or daddy!

3. Try downloading GIZMO5, check gizmoproject. Just google it, or i think i posted the link at the OP. Install it to your pc, laptop or mobile. You can call/vote using the +1866 numbers, and since i got a busy signal, i'm assuming it's free for +1866 numbers although it was indicated in their page that +1800 numbers are FREE.

There you go, lets bring David to the TOP until he wins the AI crown!

Hmm. Now that I think about it, I agree with you. We should be fair to the contestants and let America vote for their favourites. We can however encourage Americans to vote for David more! :)

same here, but I wish I live in American to vote for him.

Haha! Not really sure if it's free. I'm just assuming. Haha! :D

that would be so cool if other countries could vote since so many other countries watch idol. but we cant vote in other countries idol shows. :( i watch canadian idol and have to ask my friends in canada to vote for me. haha zaren, ur right. your american friends can vote for you! :)

The way i understand VOIP services like Yahoo/Skype/Gizmo, the calls are re-routed to certain voting windows, which are in the US. Technically, the calls are just like coming from America too. There are also voters who vite using Skype/Gizmo, so i don't see why there should be any discrepancy as to geographical locations basis.
Honestly, i don't know how this can be cheating. I haven't also heard Ryan prohibit calls from Abroad. So idk really.
Tell you what, to be FAIR, i will send an EMAIL to idol/fox and inquire about this. Will that put you to peace?

ah thanks,,,


argggg,,,they should allow online votes too!!

I've sent an email to FOX/IDOl. Hope we get a reply asap.
Anyway, in jurisprudence, there has been this maxim "What the law does not prohibit, it allows", which still holds true.
That being said, absent any express prohibition, i don't see this as breaking the rules.imho.
But then again, to be fair, we must await the reply. =)

I live in England so we don't get to see the shows until Thursday or Friday (which is after the voting has ended). Does anyone please know how we can vote? I would love to give David my support. He is amazing and MUST win this competition.He deserves it so much.

I live outside of the USA too.
I wish I could vote but I can't, but I still give him support though.

same....here

You can call via longdistance, but then that would cost you a lot. BUt if you want to, go ahead.
Or you can try downloading gizmo. Search google for Gizmo5 or gizmoproject. They offer free calls for 1800 numbers, and for some strange reason, includes 1866 numbers.

Please vote for David! Thanks.

IMPORTANT: Please check the corresponding time in your place. American Idol airs at 8/7C in the US which means voting opens at 10/9C. This voting time block varies if you're in another country, Please research on the equivalent at your place.

Eg. 8PM Tuesday in the US is actually 8AM Wednesday here, so when voting opens in the US, it's actually around 10AM-12:00NN here, that's when we vote even if Idol only airs 6PM later that day here.

Anyway, please post your countries, I will try to give you your voting time block. Thanks!

EDIT:

I tried to convert the timezones, here's what i got (im not yet sure, ill try to confirm)

London - When Idol airs live in the US, it'll be 12:00AM-2:00AM Wednesdays in London, so voting is 2:00-4:00AM
Indonesia- Idol is live at 7:00AM-9:00AM Wednesdays, so voting is at 9:00AM-11:00AM (i used java to convert, ill need to know where you are exactly, so the time zones are exact)

you can vote by skype. Download it from Skype.com, install, and you can have a free PC to PC calls, but if you need to call from PC to a fixed line number like David's 866 number, it will charge you some money, around 0.3-0.6 euro/mins depends on which country are you going to call.

i'm from England as well, and I know there is a way to vote, but cos of the time zones i think we'd be voting at about 2am (which would really please my parents lol)

^ hahaha. yeah. well, make sure you sneak in your wireless phone into your bedroom before you got to sleep :)

GIZMO5 offers FREE CALLS to 1866 numbers download it here http://gizmo5.com/pc/download/

Do not waste your time with Skype. Skype does not support Idols numbers. Try this number +18664365703 and you will see the result. It is David's number from last voting. I was able to vote by Skype 2 weeks ago. But, last week it did not work.

I'm going to try Gizmo5 this week. So far I can hear busy signal for above number. It means, they do not block idols numbers.

i dun think its really unfair to the other contestants because if they also have really "dedicated" fans who live outside the US, then they would also find a way to vote for they favorite right?

I dun live in the states but my sister does but den she does not really watch AI (yea and i hate her too) so I kind of just vote on my own..im frm the Phils and I downloaded GIZMO 5 last wed and voted for david! (coz I saw cook was beating him on dial idol) Its for free also..i think it worked coz there's this guy saying "thanks for voting for contestant 8..watch american idol..blah blah" so yea..but den I had to do it during 9:30 - 11:30 (in philippines) only coz after that i got like busy signals..

anyways, so the really "dedicated" fans..you can download gizmo 5 and vote for david!! (hope its not illegal ..hehe..)

hey!

yup, it DOES work, so please spread the word!

Download GIZMO5 and Vote for David A this tuesday/wednesday!
Please be sure to check and make sure your on the correct voting time block.

A got through with almost a hundred votes for David. I'll try harder next time.
Zain from the UK voted through GIZMO5 too, and he got through with more than a hundred, and he woke up at 2AM just to vote for David!


So please, let us all keep supporting for David!

OMG IT DOES? YAY! I just downloaded it. But there's only one problem for me... SCHOOL! If voting ends at 2pm here in Singapore then I can't vote because my school ends at like 1.45 and for me to get home from school takes a long, long, time.

HI there! Singapore and Philippines have the same time, right? I voted from 9:30-11:30AM (I thought it was around 10-12, but last week the show ended around 9:30AM (I was following through idollive.blogpsot.com), and so the voting began shortly after that.

As for the 12:00-2:00, im not sure, maybe that's when it airs for the ones at the West Coast. I'll try to vote at that time too and see if i get through. Ill update you.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AS TO HOW TO VOTE FOR DAVID OUTSIDE THE US, You can PM me or add me up at yahoo messenger (krengsta.rockchiq), id gladly answer.

Please download Gizmo5, google it or check gizmoproject.com if you wanna vote.

My friends and I have thought of a way for Philippines and other countries to vote!

To do this, you should have a Yahoo account and a Yahoo messenger downloaded in your computer. Once you have those, log-in and go to the "action" tab and click "call a phone number..." or simply enter David's idol number on the blank under the "add contacts" button.

Philippines can only call between 12pm to 2pm on Wednesday (because when its Tuesday 8pm in the US [AI showing time], its Wednesday 11am in the Philippines [but AI only airs on Philippines at 6pm Wednesday, so even if we didn't see David's performance yet, we have to start voting] ). So as i was saying, Philippines could only vote at around 12pm to 2pm, Wednesday because voting lines are open then. So once the clock strikes at 12pm Wednesday here, we have to start voting.

REMEMBER:

-American Idol's phone number is 1866 4365 700 (00 is whatever David's performance number is that week.)
-Make sure your area code is set to US before calling
-PC to Phone Number calls MIGHT BE 2 cents per minute.

It worked for me, I hope it works for you too

This is great! I know this applies to people in Singapore (me!) and Malaysia too because we have the same time difference. The only problem for me is... SCHOOL! My schools ends at 1.45pm on Wednesdays! :((

That's great:)
I might vote if I can...but I have to vote!!

woaaah! thank you so muuuuuuuuch! i will start doing it laterrrr! :) whoohoo!!


keep voting for david archuleta!

Wow thanks! But how are we going to pay for it in any case?

wow, that's really good news!! but how do we pay for it? i guess one needs to have a credit card to charge the calls on? if so, i dont have one so i still wont be able to vote

I think you'll have to pay when you call a fixed number

Guys, i use GIZMO. calls are free to 1866 numbers ;) Check www.gizmoproject.com
8/7c is actually 7:30/8:00 around our time. I vote from 9:30am to 11:30. After that, i just get the busy signal.

I guess the 12:00-2:00 voting time is when voting opens in the West? This is so confusing.
But if so, that means we could actually vote TWICE. That's all the more good news.

Btw, I will be merging this thread with a similar one SOON. For your next replies, please look at the INTERNATIONAL VOTING PROJECT thread instead.

IF THAT'S TRUE.....THEN RAMIELE IS GOING TO STAY FOR A WHILE....:(

Great idea!
My home country can now support David too!
:]
Mabuhay si David Archuleta!
:D
Rofl.

it sucks to be in canada...

thnx for posting the gizmo thing

I checked gizmo, and it's only for XP users.
I'm using Vista. Darn.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to try this next time. =D

i'll do this for the finals(i'm surmising that david will be in the top 2 of course) provided i don't have school! i'm a college girl actually but i love david! (why do people think that only twelve year olds could like david? that is so low)

Thanks for the info. :)

That's great news!

I'm so glad people in other countries have found ways to support David!

i'm on vista. gizmo's working pretty well.
they have versions for mac, linux, windows.

bump

Yey!!! Thank you very much for finding ways to vote for David!!!

I'll try them next time. Hope Gizmo has no charge or else my parents will get mad at me. xD

Yup! Gizmo is ab.so.lute.ly FREE :)