Traffic was so heavy Friday that the site was crashing at times. One message urged voters to use text messages as an alternative form of voting. Keep on voting, as it is your votes that decide the New 7 Wonders of the World, the message said.
We have traffic that is simply off the scale, Tia Vering, spokeswoman for the New 7 Wonders of the World campaign, told CNN.com. Things are just going ballistic.
The new wonders will be announced at a star-studded event Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal, that will feature performances by Jennifer Lopez and Chaka Khan. The event will be hosted by Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Ben Kingsley as well as Bollywood star Bipasha Basu. Send CNN.
com photos and video of your favorite wonder The top contenders for the seven wonders were last made public in early June. Organizers have since been tight-lipped about the ever-changing list. The June tally showed the Colosseum, the Great Wall and the Taj Majal were all doing well.
Peru's Machu Picchu, Jordan's Petra, Greece's Acropolis, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer and Mexico's Chichen Itza ruins were in the thick of the competition. The oldest candidate is Britain's Stonehenge; the newest is Australia's Sydney Opera House. Statue of Liberty also is among the choices.
Voting has nearly doubled since those June results, when organizers said about 50 million votes had been cast. A single user can cast multiple votes. To be considered for the competition, all structures had to be built or discovered before 2000.
All are among top tourist attractions around the world. Of the seven ancient wonders of the world, only one remains standing today, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Traffic was so heavy Friday that the site was crashing at times.
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