 The number or the percentage of SMS votes received by each contestants are kept private from the viewers of the show.Since the channel has its reach over 60 countries including the Indian sub-continent, Sri Lanka, China, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe, United States, Singapore and the lower half of the former Soviet Union at various time zones, the SMS voting end-time was initially not announced.Asianet later clarified after the eighth stage that SMS voting deadlines are based on Indian Time.