Ofcom has cleared Dannii Minogue following accusations she made "homophobic" comments about X Factor contestant Danyl Johnson.
Last month, The X Factor judge sparked 4,000 complaints after she commented on the sexuality of singer Danyl, who had just performed And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going from the musical Dreamgirls.
Thousands of viewers were angered by Minogue referring to newspaper reports surrounding Danyl's bisexuality, saying "If we're to believe everything we read in the papers, maybe you didn't need to change the gender reference in it?"
Judge Dannii later apologised to anyone who may have been offended by her comments, stating that they were meant in "humour."
The regulator Ofcom said it received nearly 4,000 complaints, the majority of which were concerned that Dannii's remarks were malicious and homophobic.
Danyl said in a statement that he was not offended by Dannii's remarks and that they had talked after the show.
The media regulator ruled: "In Ofcom's view, it was not outside the established nature of the programme for an X Factor judge to make such a comment as Dannii Minogue's especially in circumstances where the performer had placed information about his sexuality in the public domain.
"Ofcom did not discern a pejorative or homophobic intent behind her comment."
Last night, Dannii Minogue voted off controversial twins John and Edward Grimes leaving Danyl, Ollie, Stacie, Lloyd and Joe in the final five.
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