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Media watchdog Ofcom is looking into complaints from X Factor viewers who claim they could not get through to vote for runner-up Rhydian Roberts. Ofcom has received 80 complaints from viewers about the voting.

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The Welsh singer was the hot favourite to win but narrowly lost out to Leon Jackson on Saturday night's show.

With just 1% in it, tearful Leon clinched the title, saying his victory was "the best Christmas present ever".

A HMV spokesman said: "Leon as the winner has to be the overwhelming favourite to get the Christmas number one."

He said predicted sales of Leon's single could be up to 400,000 in the coming days: "You have a very motivated fan base who have been watching X Factor. Millions of people will have voted (on Saturday) night."

But Ofcom has received 80 complaints from viewers about the voting.

"They expressed concerns about the operation of the voting and many said they were struggling to get through," an Ofcom spokesman said.

An X Factor spokeswoman denied any voting irregularities.

X Factor production company Talkback Thames admitted some viewers trying to register their votes were met with the engaged tone.

But they blamed it on the sheer volume of calls and insisted the contest was not rigged.

"As all numbers go through to the same lines and vote platform, it is impossible for there to be any bias in favour or against a particular contestant," a spokeswoman said. "Phone lines were monitored throughout the night and there were no issues on voting lines.

"We do get a huge surge of calls and depending on phone operators some callers may have experienced an engaged tone or network busy message and therefore may have to call back, but these calls should not be charged.

"Some Virgin Media customers did experience problems getting through because of high call volumes, but there were no other reported faults on the lines."

[HCSmith]

I voted for Rhydian and Leon every week roughly 3 or 4 votes each.
But on Saturday I voted about 20 times for Leon only.
I did not try to vote for Rhydian.
I know some of my friends voted for Rhydian but they had no problem.
I normally vote from my Bt landline but as I was out on Saturday I used my mobile . ( orange net work )
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H Smith