X Factor auto-tune scandal

X Factor bosses have admitted using auto-tune technology. Do you think that this is right?

X Factor hit our screen with a record 1.1million viewers tuning in. However, many people complained that it sounded like the voices had been auto-tuned.

Auto-tune is a digital way to automatically make your voice sound better and make you sing in tune.

X Factor bosses admitted using auto-tune but said they only did it after the acts had performed to the judges – so that it sounded better for the viewers.

A spokesman said: “The judges make their decisions at the audition stage based on what they hear on the day, live in the arena.

“The footage and sound is then edited and dubbed into a finished programme, to deliver the most entertaining experience possible for viewers.”

What do you think? Was the X Factor right to use auto-tune? Leave a comment or vote on our poll at www.firstnews.co.uk/polls and let us know. 

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