Survey: Bowersox Should Win 'American Idol'

(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - "American Idol" singer Crystal Bowersox should be the next American Idol according to a new study of viewers and voters. Lee DeWyze finished a distant second in the voting.

In a national study of 3,901 "American Idol" viewers Bowersox was selected as the contestant who should win American Idol this season based on her performances last night.

Bowersox received 66.2 percent of the votes, while Dewyze received 33.8.3 percent of the votes.

The study was conducted on May 25 and 26 by HCD Research using its mediacurves.com Web site, to obtain "American Idol" viewers' perceptions of which contestants should be eliminated on Wednesday's results show.

The company said it is conducting a series of studies among a nationally representative sample of Americans, which parallel the "American Idol" voting to determine the weekly winners based on a democratic, "one person, one vote" methodology.

HCD Research stated that the studies are being conducted in response to the controversy over the validity of the voting process that is currently used to select the weekly winners. The study results are compared to the actual results of the show each week. To view detailed results visit: www.mediacurves.com/americanidol/idoldemocracy

Those interested in participating in the study can register for weekly Idol Democracy studies .

Respondents were asked to pick the one contestant that they thought should win the competition: