(because they wouldnt do with longer format X factor)

Because of iffy voting / general phone scandals / etc by the time they paid charges, network operator fees and charity donations the amount made from the phone calls was minimal however it still made something.

What they should do next year as a one off gesture for the final is have the numbers as freephone numbers and only one vote per landline / mobile.

Fairer, more scope for casual voters and a bit more of a punishment than having to broadcast an apology before the show.

Why must it happen, are you saying it was FIXED?

Iffy voting in the past for which they are being fined for and having to broadcast apologies before the show

If you want the most talented to win, you cannot leave it to the public and also have 3 acts in the Royal Variety Performance.

1. That the Public chose
2. The Judges chose
3. The Audience chose

There is a lot of impact that is made from YouTube and also the structure of the show (weekly to a week long) that some acts will do what Signature did and use manipulation rather than talent to leave a significant memory in people's minds.

It should be based on talent but it becomes a popularity contest and by that, who can make themselves most popular, not who is the most talented.

Do you realise not everyone looks at youtube!! sorry mate they dont! I did not even know George was on youtube!

But over 10 million people do. For Signature, almost 30 million.

Don't be ridiculous. If the public did 'vote in their millions' then there is absolutely no way ITV would allow them to vote for free - they'd lose too much money. What they should do is make the show last longer (i.e. have the semi-finals over five weeks, or at least more than one week), or open the voting lines at the end of the show and give us the results at the start of the following night's show (not sure how this would work if the final was the following night).

I would be interested to know how many people vote in the short amount of time between the lines opening and closing in the semi-finals. It was just over 15 minutes or something ridiculous like that, and with the lines being engaged a lot for the big shows like X Factor and Big Brother (but you get plenty of time to vote), how many people could vote in such a short space of time?

That's a teenager talking about his teenage idol and thinking so wrongly that everyone else does what a teenager does and instantly thinks that George is da best coz he does da break dancing innit.

Delusion and ignorance that they think they know how the world works and go around TELLING everyone else what is what!

Wall to wall tonight telling people why George is the best but when I state that there are better dancers in my own town centre they flatly refuse to listen as they know better.

As with this example, according to their sad little world, everyone watches on youtube (what a sad teenage pathetic thing to say and do) and that it is a big influence. (Yet fails to say a big influence for teenies) and when you dare to bring them back to reality, they flatly gob off that it's you that is wrong.

Best ignore. They obviously think that there teeny opinion is greater than anyone else's to the point where they exclude large chucks of reality to make their little world work.

Isn't this the same theory that you posted on another thread?

Invent some nonsense and then post it everywhere as it's the only important official theory and the correct one.

What an ego!

Can you still get through doorways?