Rebecca Ferguson has brought a private complaint about The X Factor she lodged with broadcast watchdog Ofcom to public attention.
The Liverpool-born soul singer finished in second place on the seventh season of the ITV singing competition in 2010. In recent years, she has been vocal about her negative experiences as a contestant on the programme, as well as her frustrations with the wider music industry.
On Wednesday (7 June), Ferguson shared a screenshot of an email she sent to Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, regarding her concerns about the treatment of contestants on The X Factor.
The artist claimed that her words ultimately went unheeded. In the email, sent in 2021, the singer noted issues with the programme such as “contestants [being] mentally manipulated and abused whilst having mental health problems” and “contestants [being] reduced to tears due to pressure/bullying”, among others.
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