Lately there has been talk about an American Idol Voting Scandal. For the last vote, 64 millions votes were made. These text messages and calls are not toll free either. So how much do the producers of American Idol make from each text or call?

Votes are supossedly combined with the judges score to determine who goes home. Noone seems to know how exactly the votes are counted or how much weight they have against the judges.
American Idol makes an amazing amount of money from commercials so is charging everyone text/call …