Most telephone votes for a television programme contestant
- Who
- Taylor Hicks
- Where
- United States
- When
- 24 May 2006
Taylor Hicks (USA) won the final of American Idol 5 on 24 May 2006 after receiving a large majority of the 63.4 million votes cast on the night (the exact percentages were not revealed). During season five's run, 580 million phone votes were cast.