carolinawolf
May 2005
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The producers of Britain's Got Talent are facing an investigation over their treatment of contestant Susan Boyle after she was admitted to The Priory clinic suffering exhaustion.
Media regulator Ofcom is considering launching an inquiry after receiving 'a large number of complaints' from viewers of the hit ITV programme.
Media regulator Ofcom is considering an investigation into whether ITV has breached the broadcasting code after viewers flooded phone lines with a 'large number of complaints'.
Ofcom would not reveal how many complaints it had received about the Miss Boyle controversy last night.
But it is expected to release a general figure for complaints concerning the last week of Britain's Got Talent later today.
ITV was also unable to provide any viewer response figures when contacted.
Critics have long been concerned about the effect of reality television on contestants' mental health.
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Most criticism has been levelled at Channel 4's Big Brother.
More than 54,000 complained about the treatment of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty after she was subjected to racist bullying from fellow contestants Danielle Lloyd, the late Jade Goody and Jo O'Meara on Celebrity Big Brother.
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Gordon Brown's sympathy call
Gordon Brown weighed in on the Susan Boyle drama
Gordon Brown weighed into the controversy surrounding Susan Boyle's mental health yesterday.
The Prime Minister took time out of his busy schedule to speak to judges Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan and ask if the singer was all right.
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Fame? I want to be a scientist! Diversity's lead dancer insists his exams come first.
In the coming months Diversity have a UK tour to plan and rehearse for countless media interviews and, of course, that much-lauded performance in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance in November.
As if all that wasn't hectic enough, group choreographer Ashley Banjo, 20, also has to find the time to study for his masters degree in physics and biology - something he considers every bit as important as his new-found fame and dancing for royalty.
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The Brits can dish it out but they sure as hell can't take it.
something they just can't do, sort of like brushing their teeth.
The few crooked ones they have that is.
good by you pricks.
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