Rethink.

As promised in Monday's post , here are the percentage breakdown figures for the public voting on the "Britain's Got Talent" finale , in order of highest percentage: Act % of vote in SF Diversity 24.9% Susan Boyle 20.2% Julian Smith 16.4% Stavros Flatley 16.3% Aidan Davis 6.5% Hollie Steel 3.9% Shaheen Jafargholi 3.8% Flawless 3.6% Shaun Smith 3.4% 2 Grand 1% It looks like Susan Boyle did not lose by too much . Doing a simple calculation, based on the reported approximately 4 million votes, Diversity received around 996,000 votes; Ms. Boyle received around 808,000 - a difference of 188,000 votes . The difference between Julian Smith and Stavros Flatley, however, is VERY CLOSE : approximately 4,000 votes , according to my estimates. Well,...

Saturday evening was full of "Talent" for all of Britain. And it appears the country was all tuning in to find out which act would walk away 100,000 pounds (approx. $159,000) richer and get a spot to perform for Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Variety Performance show in December. A remarkably large 19.19 million viewers tuned in to the finale, making it the most successful TV show in the country for five years, according to the show's official Web site. More than 71 percent of people with a TV on had it tuned to "Talent." Granted, 19.19 million viewers seems average compared to the American standard. The final night of "American Idol" garnered more than 23 million viewers ( source ), which was considered low. Of course, one must also consider the size of the United Kingdom, which has a population more than five times smaller than the United States ( source ). Here are a few more interesting facts from the show's site: • That many people haven...