M-Net’s The Voice South Africa has been hit by a technical glitch seeing late delivery of 8 000 SMS votes through Vodacom.
This means that the show, that relies on SMS votes to determine the outcome of each episode, may see 13 singers instead of 12 compete in Sunday.
Each Sunday, the show is broadcast live from the pay-TV broadcaster.
According to Channel24,the 8 000 votes – although not counting towards saving a contestant – will be used for another viewers’ prize.
“M-Net is committed to being a responsible and transparent broadcaster,” says Jan du Plessis, director of M-Net channels in a statement regarding the voting problem.
“We have an excellent and dedicated team who monitors the voting on our reality shows closely.
“Whenever there is a voting anomaly of any kind that might impact the results, we will act immediately to resolve the matter to be fair to the talent involved”.
M-Net says 8 000 “lost” votes could change the outcome regarding which contestant gets the boot in one of the performing groups on Sunday night.
It is unclear which judges and contestants were affected by the glitch.
This means that the show, that relies on SMS votes to determine the outcome of each episode, may see 13 singers instead of 12 compete in Sunday.
Each Sunday, the show is broadcast live from the pay-TV broadcaster.
According to Channel24,the 8 000 votes – although not counting towards saving a contestant – will be used for another viewers’ prize.
“M-Net is committed to being a responsible and transparent broadcaster,” says Jan du Plessis, director of M-Net channels in a statement regarding the voting problem.
“We have an excellent and dedicated team who monitors the voting on our reality shows closely.
“Whenever there is a voting anomaly of any kind that might impact the results, we will act immediately to resolve the matter to be fair to the talent involved”.
M-Net says 8 000 “lost” votes could change the outcome regarding which contestant gets the boot in one of the performing groups on Sunday night.
It is unclear which judges and contestants were affected by the glitch.
