Originally Posted by
ladygardener:
“So it is fixed then
”
No - the voting figures have to be verified by independent adjuducators. As people have paid to vote, the TV show can't just keep the voting figures to themselves and pass Contestant A off as the winner, when it was in fact, Contestant B. Since money is involved, doing that would constitute fraud - and I can't see anyone being daft enough to go down that road, or being able to keep it a secret. Remember, we've had four series now (with a two year gap between series three and four). Plenty of time for someone to 'blow the whistle', if there was a whistle to blow.
For what it's worth, I would like to see the voting figures released, from all four series.