[Mrluvaluva]

Loser Rhyd: Final was fixed

X FACTOR loser Rhydian Roberts last night branded his shock defeat a “fix”.

The Welsh opera singer, 25, was odds-on favourite to beat winner Leon Jackson in Saturday night’s telly talent show final.

But thousands of his fans could not get through on phone lines to vote, leaving Rhydian feeling “stitched up”.

Fuming supporters yesterday bombarded The Sun, TV and radio stations and Rhydian’s website. And broadcasting watchdogs Ofcom will investigate the row after receiving 80 official complaints from viewers.

The runner-up’s dad Malcolm, 60, said: “Rhyd’s not a bad loser but he feels the same as us about the result – and we think it’s a fix. He believes it’s possible he was stitched up. He’s disappointed for himself and his fans.”

Malcolm, speaking at the family home near Brecon, Powys, added: “Most of Wales couldn’t get through.”



Outraged Sun reader Sylvia Wardley, 60, told us: “Between six of us we tried to vote for Rhydian 55 times but only got through twice. We tried Leon and got through straight away.”

Scot Leon, 18, ended up with ten per cent more votes than Rhydian.

Producers TalkbackThames said the voting bottleneck was down to the volume of calls and insisted the contest was not rigged.

The row follows a year of TV phoneline and quiz scandals.


Original article here

[natjake2504]

what a sore loser ............... "you lost get over it"

[Tom4784]

Why would they fix it? surely Rhydian would probably earn them more money then Leon would? This article has annoyed me i thought Rhydian was better then that.

[Shaun]

Oh I do wish it was a fix. But I doubt it was.

[CassetteFinger]

X factor is over. American idol next, so much better

[Tom4784]

I like American Idol but i never bother to watch it until the live stages, 4 hours a week of auditions are tiring i think. It is good though, does anyone know when it's gonna be on ITV2? I know slightly off topic.

Back on topic, This bugs me Rhydian nor his family should be complaining his got a recording contract anyway so what's the point?

[GiRTh]

I thought he had more to him than this. He's probably going to outsell Leon anyway. I really dont understand shyw he'd say this.

[Z]

"We tried for Leon and got through straight away."

Good one, morons, you just cast a vote for Leon. If more people did that, is it any wonder he won?

[XxShortyxX]

Oh god, I am going to hear about this for the rest of my life lol.