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THE X FACTOR - RHYDIAN 'ROBBED', FANS CLAIM
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RHYDIAN 'ROBBED', FANS CLAIM
Welsh tenor Rhydian Roberts was "robbed" of the X Factor title, according to fans of the ITV1 talent show.
The theatrical singer had been the bookies' favourite to win this year's series only for Scottish crooner Leon Jackson to take the title on Saturday night.
Leon's debut single - a cover of the 1998 Mariah Carey/Whitney Houston duet When You Believe - is released today, but fans have flooded the X Factor message board and Rhydian fansites claiming they were unable to vote for the Welshman during the live final.
One angry viewer wrote: "Rhydian was robbed in my view. For the last three minutes his line was blocked and that had not happened before, while another added: "The X Factor result was a complete travesty.
"As soon as Rhydian finished singing in the final showdown I tried to vote for him on at least 12 occasions within the allowed voting time (approx three minutes) only to hear a recorded message each time that the network was busy - try again later.
"How many thousands of other people had a similar experience I wonder? Leon fans had a much longer time span to vote for him. What a con!"
And 'sprinkle22' said: "I must have tried calling in about 50-100 times by hitting the redial button to vote for Rhydian - but I didn't get through once."
A poll on Xfactorblog has also revealed the huge support for Rhydian, with 83 per cent of respondents saying the Welshman should have won this year's series rather than Leon.
A spokesman for the show said that there had been no problems with the voting system but added that some viewers may have experienced problems with their specific phone providers.
Rhydian is contracted to Syco and is expected to release his own single in the New Year.
17 December 2007 12:46:03
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Blodwen 
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posted on 18/12/2007 08:46
I tried repeatedly on Daturday evening to vote for Rhydian but failed. Id love
to know if this problem was only encountered by West Wales supporters, or was
it country wide. Seems to me that the X Factor judges should be judging the
final s and getting one or two other people in to judge as well instead of
relying on the telephone networks.
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Blodwen ( 2)
posted on 17/12/2007 13:42
Id love Rhydian to make a cd in Welsh, it might not make millions, but we need
people like him to promote the languuage. Im upset that I cant carry on hearing
him sing while Im doing the washing up and peeling the spuds. He should be in
Margam with Catherine and in Faenol with Bryn Terfel.. charm personality hes
got the lot.
