VIEWERS accused the ITV show of fixing the voting system after Louis Walsh was seen talking to boss Richard Holloway during the sing-off between Carolynne Pool and Rylan Clark.
X FACTOR fans were last night threatening to boycott the show after Saturday’s fix claims fiasco sparked a furious backlash from viewers.
Under-fire ITV was hit by more than 2500 complaints and tens of thousands took to Twitter to slam the decision to send Carolynne Poole home amid allegations dithering Louis Walsh was ordered to change his vote to deadlock – which saved joke act Rylan Clark.
Boss Richard Holloway was yesterday unmasked as the executive seen on camera crawling along the studio floor to have a word in the Irish judge’s ear during the sing-off between the pair.
The 62-year-old is one of Simon Cowell’s closest pals and also works as his axeman.
It was Holloway who told Cheryl Cole and Kelly Brook they were sacked.
Angry celebrities were among those tweeting their disgust at the antics while Carolynne claimed she was sacrificed by producers who knew a row would spark more interest in the ailing show.
Holloway was spotted having a word with Walsh as the 32-year-old singer from Leeds performed.
The flustered judge initially put Carolynne through but also said he wanted to save Rylan, 23.
With host Dermot O’Leary shouting at him to reveal who he was sending home, he finally threw the decision over the public, who voted to keep Rylan.
The show has become a laughing stock now and the Production team are getting what they wanted, for all of us to be talking about this Ailing show, it is so obvious that the whole thing reeks of fixing,it all started when Nicole put the talentless Rylan through at the judges home, Do the xfactor honestly believe that we are that stupid?i for one Wont be watching this tripe of a show and lining their pockets AGAIN,oh let me see ... keep the Novelty act in for a few weeks & let us all vet our anger out at the scam... bye bye LOSER-FACTOR
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