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X-Factor final was not raunchy enough, says OfCom
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 21 April 2011
Despite swaths of complaints, the final of last year’s ‘X-Factor’ was not raunchy enough to be considered too raunchy, OfCom has ruled. The organisation received nearly 3000 complaints from viewers who thought that performances by Rihanna and Christina Aguilera were too sexually explicit to be broadcast before the watershed.
OfCom stated in its ruling that although Aguilera’s performance “featured some gentle thrusting”, it was “suitably limited”, which is probably the best thing you will ever read in an OfCom ruling. As for Rihanna, the organisation said that “taken as a whole, the performance by Rihanna was presented in a style which would not have exceeded the likely expectations of the audience”. Bitchy.
