Originally Posted by myscimitar:
“Be interesting if Ofcom come down on the show as a scam, wonder what Cowell will do.”
Cowell can afford a LOT of fines.
If people are REALLY concerned about things like this, the true remedy is not some complex court case to strip Jules of her prize. It's not even the fines against the producers, although those probably should be levied anyway (which is NOT the same as wasting time and money going after poor Jules). It's getting more specific laws passed about what reality TV can and can't present, and how.
I mean I keep returning to how much WORSE Big Brother is in terms of this than BGT, with a mere mislabeled act and/or stunt dog that's outraged people so out of proportion. Is that really worse than a show like Big Brother, where they basically change the rules ON THE FLY, constantly, with no integrity, consistency or fairplay? That's FAR worse (and yet justified only by the thin excuse that whoever they manipulate into being up for a vote was "voted out by the public"--even though how often, how many, and who they're up against is ridiculously manipulated).
So again, the remedy for dogs being inadequately labeled, for huge amounts of producer fraud on Big Brother, and for the many other shows that offend people's sense of fairplay are remedies that go beyond what Ofcom seems allowed/capable of controlling (or a travesty like Big Brother wouldn't even exist in the ugly form it does). If it bothers you THAT much, talk to lawmakers. Make sure producers have guidelines they're supposed to follow BEFORE filming shows, rather than it being up to slapdash enforcement after the fact.