Cowell promises 'clean' X Factor
Simon Cowell has promised there will be "no funny business" with phone voting on this year's series of The X Factor.
Public confidence in TV competition voting took a hit after a series of issues involving ITV and BBC shows.
Cowell said the ITV talent show came out "clean as a whistle" in an Ofcom investigation last year.
The impresario added: "Our producers pride themselves on fairness. We have to trust producers and we have to have the public trust us."
While shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway were found to have "serious editorial issues" following the watchdog's investigation, The X Factor did not.
In December, Ofcom also said it was looking into 80 complaints from X Factor viewers who claimed they could not phone in to vote for eventual runner-up Rhydian Roberts.
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Public confidence in TV competition voting took a hit after a series of issues involving ITV and BBC shows.
Cowell said the ITV talent show came out "clean as a whistle" in an Ofcom investigation last year.
The impresario added: "Our producers pride themselves on fairness. We have to trust producers and we have to have the public trust us."
While shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway were found to have "serious editorial issues" following the watchdog's investigation, The X Factor did not.
In December, Ofcom also said it was looking into 80 complaints from X Factor viewers who claimed they could not phone in to vote for eventual runner-up Rhydian Roberts.
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