<p class="first">Media watchdog Ofcom is looking into complaints from <font color="#003399">X Factor</font> viewers who claim they could not get through to vote for runner-up Rhydian Roberts.</p><div id="an_lrec_ad"><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: center">(Advertisement) </div></div> The Welsh singer was the hot favourite to win but narrowly lost out to Leon Jackson on Saturday night's show.</p> Ofcom has received 80 complaints from viewers.</p> "They expressed concerns about the operation of the voting and many said they were struggling to get through," an Ofcom spokesman said.</p> An X Factor spokeswoman denied any voting irregularities.</p> X Factor production company Talkback Thames admitted some viewers trying to register their votes were met with the engaged tone.</p> But they blamed it on the sheer volume of calls and insisted the contest was not rigged.</p> "As all numbers go through to the same lines and vote platform, it is impossible for there to be any bias in favour or against a particular contestant," a spokeswoman said. "Phone lines were monitored throughout the night and there were no issues on voting lines.</p> "We do get a huge surge of calls and depending on phone operators some callers may have experienced an engaged tone or network busy message and therefore may have to call back, but these calls should not be charged.</p> "Some Virgin Media customers did experience problems getting through because of high call volumes, but there were no other reported faults on the lines."</p>
who gives a ****...its a crap show anyway its only good at the start when you see all the tuneless mutants who reckon they are in with a shot...its truly hysterical thn...after that....*****
It's the same EVERY year! Sour grapes is what it is. And although I do think that Rhydian was a deserved winner, i'm glad that out of the two Leon won. Leon and his mam really didn't seem to have much, but Rhydian on the other hand already looked to have a bob or 2 behind him. I think it could be a blessing though for Rhydian. At least this way he can choose who he wants a contract with, and do an album of the songs that he prefers, rather than the type of album he would have to produce if he was the winner.
