Irene, Error Cause Sunday Best Confusion
buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Hurricane Irene not only devastated buildings and lives along the East Coast last week, but partially interfered with the voting process of the nationally televised singing competition, Sunday Best. The final episode was expected to run on BET last night, Sunday, September 4 at 8 p.m., but was postponed due to “significant power outages” from the storm and an error with a contestant call-in number during Episode 11. Votes cast by phone during the period of August 29–August 31 were not counted. BET Blogger Torrence Glenn stated in a post on August 31: “. . .we decided it would be best to re-air last week’s episode with the correct information and extend the voting process. . .” Matters got confusing as some fans of the show got that message and some didn’t possibly leaving thousands of viewers who voted the week prior expecting to hear the results last night. Phone lines were re-opened for voting after the encore airing and the ...