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Ofcom's opinion is that the bottom two were decided by the public who knew who they were voting for and what they were paying for and once a pair of contestants are identified, then it is at ITV's discretion to pick the deciding final voting process.

http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/846868-x-f...-over-fix-show

...there's also other articles on this - just search Google.

And this is of course correct - if you don't vote you can't complain if a favourite of yours lands in the Bottom Two. Once there the decision is out of your hands - it's always been that way. Nothing has changed. If you don't want your favourite to be at risk of a 'fix' then vote for them. Simple, really.