[Shaun]

Complaints to Ofcom about the raunchy performances of Rihanna and Christina Aguilera on Saturday's X Factor final have reached the 1,000 mark.

Both performances featured the scantily-clad artists and female dancers gyrating on stage.

ITV has also received around the same number of complaints.

"We are confident that the performances given by our guest artistes on Saturday were appropriate for the show," an ITV1 spokeswoman said.

The first part of the X Factor final was aired at 1900 GMT on Saturday.

An Ofcom spokesman said: "We are assessing the complaints but are not currently investigating the show."

It is not the highest number of complaints the media watchdog has received about the entertainment show.

In 2009, the talent search attracted 4,000 complaints relating to remarks made by Dannii Minogue about contestant Danyl Johnson.

Minogue made a reference to Johnson's sexuality but was found not to be in breach of broadcasting rules by Ofcom.
Matt Cardle Matt Cardle was mentored by Dannii Minogue

In 2007, more than 1,500 viewers complained to Ofcom that they were unable to vote by phone for contestant Rhydian Roberts in that year's X Factor final.

More than 17.2 million viewers saw former painter and decorator Matt Cardle win this year's competition on Sunday night's show.

"An audience of almost 20 million is a phenomenal achievement for any channel in the modern digital age," said Peter Fincham, ITV's director of television.

Cardle's debut single - a cover of Biffy Clyro's Many of Horror, to be released as When We Collide - will now be a strong contender for Christmas number one.

According to figures released by ITV, 15.4 million votes were cast during the 10-week series.

Cardle scored the most votes every week, apart from the first week when supermarket worker Mary Byrne came top.

[Marc]

Seriously, why do people bother.

[Jack_]

Pathetic. They should go and have a wank or something.

[Iceman]

I was well and truely satisfied with their performances, moaning old parents id guess.

[Marc]

What's the point in doing anything any more, people will just complain.

[Shaun]

It wasn't any raunchier or dirtier than your average music video nowadays.

Of course, they're setting a bad example for children too...but do something about them first.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

*stabs GBP*

[Vicky.]

Its just pathetic really.

I bet the majority of these parents complaining have bought/are planning on buying their kids a computer for their rooms or something. The internet is way worse than the tv will ever be...

What did they expect? Xtina to perform a song called burlesque(as far as I'm aware...if not I have no idea why I thought it was called that :/)...from a film about burlesque...wearing an ankle length skirt, jumper, and swaying on the spot surrounded by a choir?

[Shaun]

the song was called Express but yeah

[Vicky.]

Oh well...

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

[MTVN]

The complainants are just a tiny drop in the huge ocean of X Factor viewers who had no problem with the performances. Nothing will come of this

[Tom]

I wonder how many people were offended themselves, or were they complaining on behalf of others who might be offended? I suspect the latter. Meanwhile Cheryl didn't wear anything on her bottom half except leggings which stopped at her thighs when doing her performance, I bet she got no complaints

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

ya coz she can do no wrong

nations sweetheart my ball

BETCH

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Scott

ya coz she can do no wrong

In the words of arista

BangOnRight.

[Z]

Meh, people should know better - most guest performers are using it to plug new material, they're not there to observe the 9pm watershed. People moaning for the sake of moaning.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I was well and truely satisfied with their performances, moaning old parents id guess.

Feck right off, I am a moaning old parent and I didnt complain. In fact I was well impressed by both ladies. Blame the prudes they come in all ages.

[Marc]

People should just die.

[patsylimerick]

I'm not quite sure why I'm bothering, but anyways...... I had a roomful of nine year old girls watching that ****e on Saturday night and I was well pissed off, though I didn't complain to OFCOM. Whoever said, "they're not there to obey the watershed", what ARE you on about? It's not what they're there to do, it's a watershed. You know, like a speed limit? Or do you also believe, oh sod this, I've a great car I want my friends to hear, I'm not here to obey the speed limit......
I'm the furthest thing you could find from a prude but I hate the idea of my daughter ingesting the impression that if you're immensely talented, edgy, rich and powerful you STILL have to strip to your knickers and simulate sex to be adjudged to have given an impressive performance. I'm neither surprised nor bothered about the men on here defending it; but to the women - seriously? Have a bit of cop on ffs. This is utterly objectionable on a 'family' show; and it is a family show, the only reason I watch the drivel is because my daughter and her friends like to talk about it at school. I'd prefer they weren't talking about how much of 'that woman's arse' they could see. So shoot me - I'm clearly a boring old prude with no sense of humour.
Well that, or you lot are a bunch of gullible fools who buy exactly whatever Cowell and his buddies and their media machines decide to shove forcefully down your throats of a Saturday night.

[Vladimir]

they couldn't handle rihanna's hot legs. <3

[_Seth]

Rihanna's performance (if she's the one with the high slit in her dress) was too much when she put her leg over one of the dancers' fanny at the end.

What the frig did Christina do wrong?

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Frost Bite

Rihanna's performance (if she's the one with the high slit in her dress) was too much when she put her leg over one of the dancers' fanny at the end.

What the frig did Christina do wrong?

She did one of the dancers with a strapon.

[\PJ/]

This might be going a bit waywood but....Today on loosewomen they were doing an item on winter clothes and they had a man in just his boxers come on to model a hat and this show is on at 12:30 which is way before the watershed will that get any complaints? nope

[_Seth]

That would just be a man in his boxers, if he was having sexual contact with someone else, it would change the dynamics.

[\PJ/]

but it's still suggestive.