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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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The Rhydian-was-robbed factor

Wales is still in agony over Rhydian's defeat in The X Factor. Hundreds have complained to local radio stations that they couldn't get through on the phone vote. Marc from the Rhondda told Real Radio Wales he voted three times for Rhydian during the main show but failed to get through during the result show "even though I was hitting the re-dial all through the show until the lines closed". Real Radio Wales presenter Chris Moore said: "This is not Wales being bad losers, we are as magnanimous in defeat as we are in victory but we do believe there was a gross miscarriage on Saturday." But meanwhile, rival radio stations Bridge FM, Swansea Bay Radio, Radio Carmarthenshire, Radio Pembrokeshire and Scarlet FM are so enraged by the results that they have decided not to play Leon Jackson's single until "justice is done". Which would completely be a case of Wales being sore losers, surely?

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