ICSTIS released a statement yesterday saying it has received
almost 2,500 complaints from voters who are outraged by Mikey,
Nikki, Grace and Lea getting a second chance to win the £100,000
prize. ICSTIS is referring 2,000 of the complaints to Ofcom.
"The majority of the complainants believe that they have been
misled as they were under the impression that they had voted to
evict the contestants permanently," said ICSTIS in the
statement.
ICSTIS said that Channel 4 and production company Endemol are
not the service providers in this case. The service providers are
Minick and ITouch UK, both based in London. Minick is providing the
mobile shortcode text vote option and ITouch UK is providing the
090 numbers for telephone voting.
ICSTIS said it is currently considering all of the complaints
received and is "working closely" with Minick, ITouch UK and
Channel 4 to discuss a potential resolution and reviewing the
situation "on an hourly basis". It reserves the right to conduct a
full, formal investigation.
