Social Video Chatters Select Nicki Minaj As Favorite Reality Show Judge In ooVoo Flash Poll

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to reality TV competition show judges starring in a variety of prime time network programs this new TV season, "American Idol" host Nicki Minaj was overwhelmingly voted Favorite Reality Show Judge in a recent ooVoo Flash Poll on Facebook.  The poll, seen by more than 30,000 ooVoo Facebook community members who are in the majority under 25 years of age pitted Minaj against other popular reality show judges including Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. 

The reality TV show judges popularity poll results revealed: 

• Minaj held an almost two-to-one advantage over second place finisher Spears, taking 41% of overall votes
• Spears and Lovato finished closely with 24% and 17% of the votes respectively
• FOX network judges took four out of six spots, including the first, second and third most popular judges, with 88% of all responses
• Levine, Carey and Aguilera rounded out the voting with fourth through sixth place with single digit scores

ooVoo serves more than a billion minutes of video each month to subscribers and is heavily used with TV as a second screen experience. ooVoo is the fastest-growing and largest independent social video-chat provider with 57 million registered subscribers, adding on average 100,000 new subscribers each day.  As the leader in multi-party social video-chat, ooVoo allows friends to participate and be a part of each other's worlds, staying connected to share experiences, including sitting on the "virtual couch" to watch and chat about favorite TV shows together from multiple locations, and using multiple devices.

65% of ooVoo users are currently under 25 worldwide, with 55% of ooVoo users in the United States under the age of 25.  The most recent comScore Top 100 Properties – Panel Only ranking has shown ooVoo as the #1 site with teens, #1 site for people under 25, and the #1 site for households with five people and larger (Composition Index Unique Visitors, comScore Media Metrix, August 2012).

About the Survey
The ooVoo Flash Poll is designed to track consumer opinions and sentiment as it relates to popular culture.  Data from this study was collected from 513 ooVoo subscribers on Facebook from September 25 through October 2, 2012. Respondents self-selected to participate in the poll.  Respondents were not compensated or required to "like" any specific product or service in order to vote.

About ooVoo, LLC
ooVoo provides a high-quality, free, social video-chat service and integrated instant messaging for more than 57 million registered users worldwide. Bringing multi-party HD video chat to users around the world, ooVoo enables people to connect with their friends, family and community via 12-way video chat over the Web, Facebook, desktop and any Android or iOS-based mobile or tablet device using cloud-based connectivity. Named "Best of the Year" by PC Magazine in 2011, the free, award-winning ooVoo mobile app can be downloaded at www.ooVoo.com.

Headquartered in New York City, ooVoo is a privately-held company funded by Myrian Capital, a growth capital firm with investments in video communications, social media and advanced advertising, www.myriancapital.com.  Follow ooVoo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ooVoo and through Twitter at www.twitter.com/ooVoo.

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