http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009...g-fiasco-ofcom
"Media regulator Ofcom has decided not to punish the BBC over a voting gaffe that saw all three semi-finalists on last year's Strictly Come Dancing being put through to the final.
Ofcom received 297 complaints over the break down in the Strictly Come Dancing voting system, which saw viewers – paying between 15p and 80p to vote – unable to save Holby City actor Tom Chambers and his partner, Camilla Dallerup, from the dance-off, in which the two lowest-scoring couples compete in front of the judges to stay in the show.
The BBC received nearly 2,000 complaints about the semi-final round of 2008's series of the hit BBC1 reality talent show, broadcast on 13 December.
However, Ofcom today ruled that "the mistake had resulted from an oversight, rather than any shortcomings in the technical arrangements for voting or in the handling of votes received".
Oh weren't the message boards on fire that night
"Media regulator Ofcom has decided not to punish the BBC over a voting gaffe that saw all three semi-finalists on last year's Strictly Come Dancing being put through to the final.
Ofcom received 297 complaints over the break down in the Strictly Come Dancing voting system, which saw viewers – paying between 15p and 80p to vote – unable to save Holby City actor Tom Chambers and his partner, Camilla Dallerup, from the dance-off, in which the two lowest-scoring couples compete in front of the judges to stay in the show.
The BBC received nearly 2,000 complaints about the semi-final round of 2008's series of the hit BBC1 reality talent show, broadcast on 13 December.
However, Ofcom today ruled that "the mistake had resulted from an oversight, rather than any shortcomings in the technical arrangements for voting or in the handling of votes received".
Oh weren't the message boards on fire that night
