X Factor faces more ‘fix’ claims as Fright Night is randomly chosen as theme during Halloween week

X FACTOR viewers have branded the show a “fix” after Fright Night was conveniently chosen as the theme for next week’s episode - which will air during Halloween week.

According to X Factor bosses, the spooky theme was selected at random by the mechanical jukebox which determined the song theme for the upcoming show during Sunday's brutal elimination. 

One angry viewer wrote: "@TheXFactor haha yeah right what luck it lands on fright night for Halloween 🎃 and we r 2believe that's luck."

Another added: "Defo a 'coincidence' when the wheel falls on fright night to be the theme on Halloween weekend."

A third tweeter posted: "#XFactor too obvious Halloween weekend and theme is , that's right fright night #fixfactor."

Sun Bets confirmed that the Halloween-themed song week was the 2/1 favourite to be chosen for next week’s show before Sunday's episode.

Other themes that could have been chosen included Louis Loves, Disco, Eighties, Boy band vs girl band and Movies.

Louis Loves was the second favourite to be next week’s theme at 3/1, while Disco also seemed likely at 4/1.

Sun Bets spokesman Tim Reynolds revealed: “We’ve had to make Fright Night our stand out favourite at 2/1… because we’ve got a sneaky suspicion that no matter what theme the wheel lands on, Dermot will nudge it to Fright Night for Halloween."

Despite this, X Factor bosses have confirmed that the Halloween-inspired theme could come up at any time during the live show – even for the Christmas episode.

An X Factor source told The Sun before Sunday's episode: “Fright Night could come up at any time during the live shows and so it’ll feature as and when it appears.

“There is no contingency plan and it could even appear the week before Christmas.”

However, droves of viewers had picked up on the fact the jukebox is bound not to be random as claimed.

Aaron Bumby said: “Not saying the X Factor jukebox is fixed… but wonder what the chances of it landing on Fright Night on Halloween are.”

Joseph Stephen wrote: “Wow that X Factor jukebox is fixed. Like Fright Night week isn’t going to be on Halloween! #XFactor”

And Lauren Ellington added: “Surely that X Factor jukebox thing is rigged??? As if it’s gonna land on fright night the week before Christmas.”

This week’s theme was Divas, which saw Honey G perform Ice Ice Baby and favourite Matt Terry sing Mariah Carey’s I’ll Be There.

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