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Scotland Yard has confirmed it is considering allegations of "malicious communications" after a claim TV contest Britain's Got Talent is fixed.

Police were called after an anonymous internet blogger, who claimed to be a Sony Music UK executive, said show favourite Ronan Parke had been known to Simon Cowell's firm for two years.

The 12-year-old is in tomorrow's night's final (4 June).

The blogger also claimed Ronan Parke already had a management deal.


I read the blog post yesterday. Interesting, if true.

I am dubious about kids going into this kind of thing anyway. I hope his parents have a bloody good lawyer who has scrutinised any contract signed.

The post was here:
http://justpaste.it/c8g (now just a “blog removed” message)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13641872

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There's an old joke about 'criminal records' in there somewhere....


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The post was here:
http://justpaste.it/c8g (now just a “blog removed” message)


I have it saved as a pdf and am tempted to post a few excerpts from it....but perhaps I'd better not. Very interesting indeed. BGT and X Factor have always seemed a little dubious anyway but if the statements in the blog are true then it is much more 'corrupt' and fixed than I'd thought. No wonder Cowell has had the thing removed because even if it's not true the content is very damaging to the Simco money machine.

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Oh FFS, this is a civil case if I ever saw one, why the [LIFTED] have the Police been involved?

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Oh FFS, this is a civil case if I ever saw one, why the [LIFTED] have the Police been involved?


I suspect this is all part of The Pantomime. We’re getting a lot of it at the moment.

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When I heard about this on the radio, I automatically assumed it must be true as otherwise, why would he sue? Why on earth is he bothering, unless it's true and he's trying to cover it up?

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Oh FFS, this is a civil case if I ever saw one, why the [LIFTED] have the Police been involved?

Probably because the fans pay via calls and texts to decide the winner, which if already decided externally would be fraudulent. hence police involvement. Though he would have one more criminal record to his name this time. :lol:

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There's an old joke about 'criminal records' in there somewhere....


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Though he would have one more criminal record to his name this time. :lol:


And there it is. :)

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Cowell spoke about it on BGT last night

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jonbwfc wrote:
There's an old joke about 'criminal records' in there somewhere....


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Amnesia10 wrote:
Though he would have one more criminal record to his name this time. :lol:


And there it is. :)

It did not take long. :oops:

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