Susan Boyle

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On May 31st, I received a comment from Emma Wittenstrom on the article entitled “Queen requests Susan Boyle..”

In the comment, Emma stated: “The wrong voting number was placed by some jerks on most of the Youtube sites for Susan Boyle? I saw somebody say ( on several of the sites ) that if you wanted to vote for Susan then phone: xxxxxxx This sadly wasn?t Susan’s voting line but Diversity?s line?!! I?m not trying to imply that Diversity weren?t good or anything, but I feel absolutely sure that Susan was ?robbed? of her victory by some pranks!!”

Claims that Susan Boyle might have won Britain’s Got Talent if this scam had not taken place have been strongly denied by ITV and Youtube.

A spokesman for Youtube told the Daily Telegraph that he had ?no idea? if incorrect numbers had been displayed on Youtube videos. He then added that ITV have? ?complete control? over their footage that is posted on Youtube.

?Any broadcaster can use our copyright tools to identify any footage they own on YouTube and ask for it to be removed if they so wish.

?Bear in mind, though, that it takes time to record something, time to upload it and time for it to be processed by our systems and for the video to be found by searching on YouTube.?

ITV avoided the issue, saying it was ?not responsible? for material posted on ?unofficial websites?.

Which I suppose is true. This is an “unofficial website” and nobody can tell me what to write. Whilst I could decide to write a pile of rubbish,? I do try my best to be factually correct – and I am always nice! On the internet though, anybody can post anything…

A spokesman for ITV said: “The voting lines for the finalists were clearly displayed and read out after each act had performed in the final, with further calls to action for all of the acts at four further points in the evening. We are satisfied viewers had ample opportunity to know which voting numbers to call.?

Other viewers have maintained that they tried to vote for Susan but couldn’t get through because the lines were continually engaged.