Ofcom Refuse To Investigate John And Edward Complaints

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Media regulator OfCom has said it will not investigate complaints made by 'X-Factor' viewers that dynamic duo John and Edward Grimes were not voted off the talent show last weekend.

The regulator admitted it received a number of complaints about the latest developments on the pop talent show, while ITV said some 3000 viewers complained.

Viewers seem pissed off that the show's boss Simon Cowell basically let Jedward stay on the show by forcing the judging panel's vote to be a draw, meaning the viewer vote decided whether the twins or rival wannabe Lucie Jones should be chucked off the show. Jones lost the vote.

While Cowell claims he didn't know who had the most public votes when he made his decision, cynics say the label exec wanted to keep the twins on the ITV show, even though he has been publicly critical of their abilities, because doing so is good for the telly programme's ratings. Some said cynics have set up Facebook groups calling on viewers to boycott the show. Because some people actually think the show has something to do with singing.

As previously reported, it's thought some viewers vote for the twins, despite their questionable talents, because they think doing so pisses off Cowell, who has said it would be a disaster if the pair were to win the show and the record contract that comes with victory. But, of course, such voting is really playing into the pop mogul's hands. While Cowell probably doesn't want the duo to win this year's 'X-Factor' competition (and they are unlikely to), it's in his interest to keep them in the show until just before the end, given the press coverage they are creating.

And, indeed, Westlife's Mark Feehily has claimed Cowell was bigging up the twins even before this series of 'X-Factor' began, believing they'd create the sort of tabloid story that would keep his telly franchise in the news. A correct belief, of course. He also presumably knows that the more he disses the duo in public, the longer the public will vote for them, ensuring even more column inches for his flagship franchise.

But enough of that, I know what you're really thinking. We don't care what OfCom think about the Jedward phenomenon, what does John Lydon think? Well, good news people, he's had his say on the issue via the Evening Standard. He said: "They're just lazily untalented. It's not fair, it's not right - a perfectly good singer [Lucie Jones] gets voted off while that dopiness gets promoted. How is that singing?" See, told you some people still think it has something to do with singing.