Brian Friedman has reportedly suggested that John and Edward Grimes could struggle with their vocals, if they were asked to sing a ballad on the show.
When asked if the twins were taking the place of a more talented act, Friedman, the show’s creative director told the Evening Standard: “Yes, but the thing is the public are voting for them.
Oopsy Daisy singer Chipmunk has hit out at X Factor ’singers’ John and Edward Grimes and pleaded with people not to allow them to land a Christmas number one.
“They’re entertainers, not musicians,” he told The Sun.
“Me and Tinchy [Stryder] were talking about it – it’s hurtful that if they were to release a single now it’s gonna go No.1.
Danny Dyer has admitted that he is a big fan of X Factor’s Stacey Solomon but added that she needs to stop acting like a ‘div’ if she wants to win the show.
The actor told AOL: “I like Stacey Solomon, but she needs to slow down on the div act! But she’s lovely and she’s got a great voice, she’s a single mum and I have a lot of respect for that. Oh, and she’s from Essex!”
Hollyoaks actor Kieron Richardson has reportedly signed up for next year’s series of Dancing On Ice.
Richardson plays Ste Hay in the Channel 4 soap and is said to have already gotten some tips from former Hollyoaks actor and Dancing On Ice finalist, Chris Fountain.
X Factor singer Stacey Solomon has denied rumours that JLS singer Aston has a crush on her. In fact it may be the other way round, as she admitted that even talking to Aston left her flustered.
Stacey told The Sun: “No he doesn’t [fancy me] unfortunately. It’s just a lie otherwise we could just be this celebrity couple.
“I met him the other day when he came to perform on the show. He said, ‘hiya’ and I was like so uncomfortable, I was like ‘hi’. He was a really nice guy.”
Last week reports were made stating that The Chinese Ambassador, who lives next door to The X Factor house, had submitted an official complaint to the police about the crazy fans.
However Madam Fu Ying has now insisted that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding and that she actually finds the whole X Factor madness quite fun.
Madam Fu Ying wrote to The Sun saying: “It was fun finding myself caught up in X Factor fever and reading about the “diplomatic row” involving my Embassy.
Pals of X Factor twins John and Edward Grimes, have claimed that the pair are still virgins.
A source from the pair’s hometown of Lucan, told The Daily Star: “Some people round here see them as village idiots. They didn’t get much female attention before the show. John had a girlfriend for just three days when he was 15 and that’s the only time we’ve seen either of them with a girl.”
X Factor’s Joe McElderry has reportedly ‘broken a rib’ after a prank went wrong. Lucie Jones and Stacey Solomon were trying to play a prank on Olly Murs, when they managed to injure Jo instead.
Speaking on the official X Factor site, Stacey said: “This week me and Lucie decided to prank Olly but Olly was in a bad mood.
“We went downstairs with a bottle of water and the plan was that Lucie would open his pants and I would pour the water, but Lucie chickened out last minute because Olly was getting angry saying ‘get out of my room’.
Mitch Winehouse, dad of troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been chatting about the X Factor contestants on his new TV show, ‘Mitch Winehouse’s Showbiz Rant.’
Mitch has admitted that he and Amy watch The X Factor each weekend and were gutted when Rachel Adedeji got knocked out.
On last night’s Piers Morgan Life Stories uncut, Dannii revealed that she was once a victim of a media HIV blackmail plot.
According to Minogue, a journalist sent her flowers and a note which read: “We have tried to contact you to speak to you with no luck, and if you don’t speak to us, we have it on good authority that you’re HIV positive and we’re running the headline.”
An X Factor source told The Mirror: “Brian [Friedman] is working out if it is possible for Cowell to appear as a ghostly figure on stage, or whether someone can float onto the stage with a Cowell face mask on.
Conservative party leader David Cameron has admitted that he loves watching John and Edward Grimes on The X Factor.
Cameron told The Sun: “You only need to watch a few minutes and suddenly 40 minutes later, you’re still nailed to your chair, waiting for the terrible twins to appear.”