Twitter Curse


"American Idol" Twitter Curse Is Right Again

Sweet-faced Southern belle Lauren Alaina gracefully bowed out as 17-year-old baritone and Southern gentleman Scotty McCreery walked away with the honors for this season's American Idol singing competition. Strangely enough, Twitter predicted the winner in an unexpected way. It's called the "Twitter curse," where the number of tweets about a contestant has an odd way of predicting that contestant's likelihood of being voted off the show.