March 15th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: itv, louis walsh, X Factor 2010

Louis Walsh is hoping that he will be able to find some good groups during this year’s X Factor auditions.
The search for the star of 2010 will begin this summer all around the UK and the Westlife manager is hoping that some talented bands will emerge to follow in the footsteps of JLS.
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March 10th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: louis walsh, Tom Cruise, X Factor 2010

Hollywood A lister Tom Cruise has reportedly asked Louis Walsh for tickets for this year’s X Factor series. The Mission Impossible star is a huge fan of the show and made the request at a recent showbiz party.
Louis Walsh told The Irish Herald:
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March 8th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: louis walsh, sharon osbourne, Simon Cowell, X Factor

X Factor judges Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh have had an informal reunion with former judge Sharon Osbourne.
The trio clubbed together to pay for a table at Elton John’s Aids fundraiser last night.
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March 6th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: louis walsh, X Factor 2011

X Factor judge Louis Walsh has tried to save face by claiming that he wouldn’t take part in Simon Cowell’s American version of the show, even if he was asked.
“I’ve got enough on,” he told The Mirror. “Listen, I haven’t even been asked, but I’m a manager first and foremost and I love doing that.”
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February 8th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Britains Got Talent 2010, louis walsh, Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan has lashed out at X Factor judge Louis Walsh, after being branded the ‘poor man’s Simon Cowell.’
Louis made the comments after joining the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel in Birmingham for two days last week.
Speaking out about Walsh’s comments, Morgan told The Daily Star: “Louis is a poor man’s Jason Gardiner and that’s about as bad a place as you can find yourself in the talent judging business.
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February 7th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Britains Got Talent 2010, itv, louis walsh, Piers Morgan

Bitchy X Factor judge Louis Walsh has hit out at Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan and branded him ‘a poor man’s Simon Cowell.’
The Irish music manager made the remarks after standing in for Simon at the Birmingham auditions for the next series of BGT.
“He’s a poor man’s Cowell,” Walsh told the Sunday Mirror. “He’s absolutely desperate to be like him, he even acts like him.”
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February 6th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Britain's Got Talent, Britains Got Talent 2010, itv, louis walsh, Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell has risen from his sick bed and ousted Louis Walsh from the Britain’s Got Talent judging panel.
Having been struck down with the flu this week, Louis was asked to step in for two days of BGT Birmingham auditions as Simon recuperated at home.
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February 3rd, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Britains Got Talent 2010, louis walsh, Simon Cowell

Calm down, don’t worry he’s not a permanent replacement! Louis Walsh is only temporarily replacing Simon Cowell on the Britain’s Got Talent panel, while Mr C recovers from a bad bout of flu.
Today’s BGT auditions are taking place in Birmingham and Simon Cowell has reportedly been forced to pull out, after falling ill.
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January 12th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: louis walsh, Simon Cowell, X Factor 2011

X Factor judge Louis Walsh has claimed that the new American version of the show will be ‘massive’ when it launches.
Simon Cowell announced yesterday that this season of American Idol will be his last and he plans to launch The X Factor in America in autumn 2011
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January 11th, 2010 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: louis walsh, Polls, X Factor 2009
Irish music manager Louis Walsh is the least popular X Factor judge, according to Unreality TV’s poll.
An amazing 9,000 of you voted, but Louis only received a paltry 575 votes, which is a pathetic 6% of the vote. But since X Factor only cares about public opinion when there’s a phone vote behind it, Louis will probably return for the 2010 series.
In just the last series, the unpopular judge chose Irish act Jedward despite any obvious talent, gave a two-fingered salute to the studio audience and told a phone in viewer on the Xtra Factor “that’s why I’m a judge on this show and you’re sitting at home watching”. He also snapped a similar comment at presenter Dermot O’Leary during a live show. (Poll results at the end of this post)
December 21st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: itv, Joe McElderry, louis walsh, Rage Against The Machine, X Factor, X Factor 2009

X Factor judge Louis Walsh has told Joe McElderry not to lose heart after losing the battle for Christmas number one yesterday. He insists that Joe will go on to sell one million copies of his debut single ‘The Climb’ and more albums than RATM could ever hope for.
Louis told The Sun: “You always have novelty records at No1 for Christmas and Killing In The Name is nothing but that. Joe has nothing to worry about at all.
“With all the fuss about Rage Against The Machine, people might fail to realise that Joe has still sold 450,000 records, which is phenomenal. He only lost by a tiny 50,000 sales.
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: louis walsh, Lucie Jones, X Factor, X Factor 2009

Reports are circulating that X Factor singer Lucie Jones, may be about to sign a management contract with show judge, Louis Walsh.
Lucie was spotted lunching with Louis in Dublin yesterday, sparking rumours that the Westlife manager may be about to take her under his wing.
“Lucie hinted that she and Louis were meeting up for a chat, so she could get some career advice from him,” a source close to the singer told The Hearld.
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December 15th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: itv, louis walsh, X Factor, X Factor 2009

X Factor judge Louis Walsh has admitted that his worst moment on the show this year, was when he discovered he would be mentoring the groups again.
Reminding us that he has had the groups for four out of the past six series, Walsh told the Daily Mirror:
“My worst moment [on the show this year] came when I got the Groups again.
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December 14th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: itv, louis walsh, Whitney Houston, X Factor, X Factor 2009

X Factor judge Louis Walsh has admitted that Whitney Houston’s performance on the show was ‘pure car crash television.’
Louis watched Whitney’s performance from home in Dublin, after attending the funeral of Stephen Gately.
He told The Mirror: “I was sat at home watching Whitney’s performance and it was pure car crash television, but it was fantastic.
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December 13th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: itv, louis walsh, Simon Cowell, X Factor, X Factor 2009

X Factor judge Louis Walsh says that his boss Simon Cowell will never quit TV, because he is too vain.
Cowell has given a number of interviews recently in which he claims to be exhausted and considering stepping down from some of his major TV shows. However his pal Louis claims that Simon loves TV too much to quit.
He told The Sunday People:
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