Dannii Minogue Brands Louis Walsh A ‘Naughty Little Boy’

by Lisa McGarry on Tuesday, September 2nd 2008

X Factor judge Dannii Minogue has hit back at her colleague Louis Walsh after he claimed that Simon Cowell is ignoring him and lavishing all his attention on new judge, Cheryl Cole.
In her column for Closer magazine, Minogue wrote: “Louis Walsh is at it again. It seems the only way he can make the headlines [...]

 
 

X Factor 2008: Holly Willoughby “Louis Loves To Bitch”

by Lisa McGarry on Thursday, August 28th 2008

Xtra Factor host, Holly Willoughby, has revealed that X Factor judge Louis Walsh loves to bitch and that Simon Cowell doesn’t preen as much as one might think.
She told the Sunday People: “Louis is outrageous and likes to bitch. He makes everyone laugh but he can be a bit mean to the contestants.”
On the subject [...]

 
 

X Factor 2008: Louis Has An Admirer!

by Lisa McGarry on Friday, August 22nd 2008

Forget fame and fortune, on tomorrow night’s X Factor show, Shirley Hough, 50 from Rugby reveals that she is only at the auditions for one thing… Louis Walsh.
“I’m here today to meet Louis Walsh” says Shirley. “When I think about Louis, I shudder and shake. I think when I meet him, they’ll be chemistry [...]

 
 

X Factor 2008: Will Louis Walsh Be Axed Next Year?

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, August 16th 2008

Louis Walsh has just gone and got our hopes up by saying that he’s not sure if he will be returning to the X Factor next year.
Speaking to The Mirror, he claimed: “I could be gone next year. Honestly, I don’t know.”
Louis was sensationally sacked last year from the judging panel and then brought back [...]

 
 

Louis Walsh Biography

by Lisa McGarry on Tuesday, August 12th 2008

Louis Walsh is the undisputed king of the Irish pop scene. He is the man behind some of the most
successful bands in pop history, masterminding the careers of Boyzone, Westlife, Samantha Mumba, Girls Aloud and Shayne Ward. The fact that he has achieved a staggering 28 number one hits is a testament to his success [...]

 
 

X Factor 2008: The Grannies Love Louis Walsh!

by Lisa McGarry on Tuesday, August 12th 2008

X Factor is coming back to ITV1 in just four days time and apparently we can look forward to watching Louis Walsh being bombarded by gifts from the older ladies.
Louis has admitted that he does hold some sort of strange appeal to the granny viewers, but says he doesn’t mind as long as Simon Cowell [...]

 
 

X Factor 2008: Cheryl Cole Is The New Cilla Black

by Lisa McGarry on Sunday, July 13th 2008

X Factor judge, Louis Walsh has revealed that new judge, Cheryl Cole, is doing “amazingly well” in the X Factor auditions and that she has fitted into her role brilliantly.
“Since seeing Cheryl in action, I now know she was the right choice from all of Girls Aloud for the role,” Walsh told The News Of [...]

 
 

Cheryl Cole has just started as an X Factor judge, and already she is laying the boot into her old manager, Louis Walsh.
When Cheryl Cole’s group, Girls Aloud, won ‘Pop Star: The Rivals’ in 2002 they inherited Louis Walsh as their manager but later sacked him saying that he was uninterested in the group.
So when [...]

 
 

X Factor 2008: Judges Want Pay Rise!

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, March 8th 2008

The three other X Factor judges, ie, the ones that aren’t Simon Cowell are said to be stalling on signing their contracts for this years series, as they are all hoping for a pay rise from ITV.
Last week news emerged that the X Factor would be going all Strictly Come Dancing and having a live [...]

 
 

X Factor: Dannii Minogue Gets Pay Rise

by Lisa McGarry on Sunday, March 2nd 2008

Dannii Minogue has been given a substantial pay rise for another year on ITV’s X Factor, Simon Cowell confirmed.
“Dannii will get a pay rise this time,” Cowell told The Mirror. “They usually do after the second series - plus she deserves it.”
Cowell also revealed that Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne have both been offered their [...]