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Syco denies Britain’s Got Talent fixing
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 3 June 2011
So, yesterday a lengthy article was posted anonymously on to that internet thing purporting to be written by an executive at Sony Music UK.
Frankly, it couldn’t have looked more like a hoax if it tried. But at least nine people seemed to have been taken in by the lengthy post which detailed how Syco had apparently been grooming twelve year old singer Ronan Parke to win this year’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ for the last two years.
By the afternoon, Syco had issued a statement saying the following: “There has been speculation on the internet that ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ finalist Ronan Parke was known to and worked with Syco/Sony Music before entering the show. There is no truth in this story whatsoever. Ronan first came to Syco/Sony’s attention when he entered this year’s competition. Syco/Sony Music will not hesitate to take whatever legal action is appropriate to prevent further publication of these unfounded allegations”.
Of course, had Cowell really been involved in planning and furthering Parke’s career, he’d have got him a prime slot on ‘American’s Got Talent’, and then ceremoniously dumped him just before the cameras started to roll.
