Why you should think twice before phoning in

[vehelpfulguy]

Been lots of scandal about phone in shows recently, but when you see things like this it makes you realise how millions of people have been duped.

Soapstar Superstar:
5 - 13 January 2007

Ofcom has imposed a financial penalty on Granada Television Ltd of �1.2 million and directed it to broadcast a summary of Ofcom's findings on two occasions on ITV1 relating to the following conduct:

In one programme, the programme makers ignored the viewers' vote and finalised results before the lines had actually closed. This resulted in the wrong participants being put forward for eviction;

On a number of occasions, the production team overrode the song choices voted for by viewers. On these occasions a proportion of viewers who voted had not got what they had paid for.