Voting fraud hits Israeli version of Idol

Producers of Israel's version of American Idol said they were investigating possible voting fraud during the reality show's live broadcast, according to TV Entertainment.

Producers said they detected "irregularities" during Monday's broadcast of the singing competition, in which viewers can cast for their favourite singer by phone, the Internet and SMS cellphone text messages.

"Our technology people identified questionable patterns in SMS voting during the voting that could have a dramatic effect on results,"Avi Nir, managing director of the Keshet franchise that produces the show told Israel Army Radio on Tuesday".

emily | 9:49 PM | SMS and Television |
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