Allegations are rife that the TV talent show the X – Factor is fixed. They come after Saturday’s life semi – final in which the judges for the first time in the show’s history, had the deciding vote. According to the Sun Newspaper, they were flooded with angry fans claiming the show is a fix.

Only one judge voted for Mary, her mentor Louis Walsh, the other three, including long time supporter of Mary, Danni Minogue, opted for the young seventeen year old.  Of the two performances, by far the stronger was Mary Byrne who performed ‘It’s a man’s world’, which she had done earlier in the series to great acclaim.

The fix allegations gain some strength as previous years have been all down to public opinion and, the rules were changed without informing the public at the last minute. In fact, Dermot O’leary said,  "Your votes and your votes alone can get your favourite act safely through to the final."

Cher Lloyd is believed to have lost much of her early support thanks to her tantrums and strops. The singer is alleged to have irritated many fellow contestants.

If the allegations prove to be true then many people will be disappointed. Not just in Great Britain but around the world.

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