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X Factor revolt as fans query results
Bo WilsonUpdated 12:23pm on 14 Nov 2008
Ofcom was today considering investigating the voting figures that saw X Factor contestant Laura White booted off the show.
ITV bosses are under pressure to publish the exact figures of Saturday's show after an online petition with 50,000 signatures calling for White to be reinstated demanded the information be made available.
Sing-off: Laura White and Ruth Lorenzo
One of the petition's organisers, Dan Kirby, said: “People just want to know what happens when they vote and we have a right to know the figures. How do we know Laura was even in the bottom two? How many votes did she get? We don't know.
“They need to come clean. The voters pay the bosses' wages — they have a right to know.”
A spokesman for Ofcom said: “We have received complaints about the X Factor programme broadcast on Saturday 8 November. These complaints are being assessed against our Broadcasting Code.”
White, 21, was kicked off the show after performing a sing-off with Ruth Lorenzo on Saturday.
But there have also been allegations, denied by an X Factor spokeswoman, of a glitch in the phone system which some viewers say stopped them casting their votes to save her.
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You mean 50,000 people actually watch this dross? Incredible.
- Bob, Cheam, 14/11/2008 14:05
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so if they can prove that laura was in the bottom two by the same amount that signed the petition, can all this rubbish stop please?! this is ridiculous. How to prove that ALL those that signed the petition actually picked up the phone and dialled the number first.....
let it go people!
- Nl, london, 14/11/2008 13:28
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