televoting
Call-in audience voting
Televoting is voting conducted remotely via telephone or electronic means, typically to select contestants in television competitions or to participate in polls.
Viewers call premium-rate numbers or send text messages to cast votes: Televoting determined which singer would be eliminated.
The term is especially associated with Eurovision and reality TV talent shows.
European song competition
- The VoiceNBC singing talent competition
- talent showAmateur performance contest
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- finalistsLast competitors standing
live show · performances · winner · scoreboard · results · competition · jury · nominees
Mobile text protocol
- appMobile device software
- interactiveAllowing mutual exchange
- toll-freeWithout connection charges
- shortcodeAbbreviated phone number for texting
IVR · touch-tone · smartphone · landline · call-in · text message · hotline · automated
Voting document
- tallyingSumming items systematically
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
- verificationProving something accurate
authentication · registration · deadline · window · announcement · reveal · ranking · percentage
Gathered viewers collectively
- viewersPeople who watch
- callersThose who phone
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
interaction · response · involvement · supporters · fans · public · opinion · voice
Eurovision
European song competition
- The VoiceNBC singing talent competition
- talent showAmateur performance contest
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
live show · finalists · performances · winner · scoreboard · results · competition · jury · nominees · viewers
SMS
Mobile text protocol
- appMobile device software
- interactiveAllowing mutual exchange
- toll-freeWithout connection charges
shortcode · IVR · touch-tone · smartphone · landline · call-in · text message · hotline · automated · real-time
ballot
Voting document
- tallyingSumming items systematically
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
verification · authentication · registration · deadline · window · announcement · reveal · ranking · percentage · split
audience
Gathered viewers collectively
engagement · interaction · response · involvement · supporters · fans · public · opinion · voice · feedback
televotingpaper ballots
Tangible voting documents
paper ballot · show of hands · voice vote · hand count · viva voce
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