May 24th, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh has offended just about everybody this week, but it seems he isn’t the only one with bitchy tendencies.
The X Factor judge slagged off former X Factor winner Joe McElderry in one interview recently and yesterday he blasted Girls Aloud, saying they were hard to work with and secretly really dislike one another.
However, it seems that the star was just being honest and he’s used to bitching about other people in the industry, because that’s what he does with his two BFFs Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne.
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May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh has revealed the real reason that he never got on with Girls Aloud.
The Irish star managed the girl group for a year, when they finished on ITV’s Popstars, The Rivals but they dropped him and picked up new management as soon as they were contractually able to.
At the time, the ladies said that Louis wasn’t working hard enough to promote them, but the X Factor judge claims their real reasons were totally different.
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May 23rd, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
It’s been revealed today that this year’s X Factor judges, Sharon Osbourne – who as we reported was officially confirmed as returning to the show and replacing Tulisa this year – Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger, are costing the show £6million!
In terms of the judges’ wages, that’s a hike of £2million on last year’s salary bill, however, as this year’s series will be the show’s tenth anniversary, it’s believed ITV and Simon Cowell came over all L’Oreal and declared, “We’re worth it.” Read more & comment »
May 22nd, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
As we reported today, Sharon Osbourne is officially back on The X Factor’s judging panel, and it’s been revealed by ITV that Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger are returning too…
Which of course means that Tulisa is not.
She took to Twitter to tell her followers, “Just wanted to let you all know that I won’t be part of the X Factor panel this year… Read more & comment »
May 22nd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh has confirmed (again) that he will be back on the X Factor this year and he has some thoughts on who he’d like to be seated beside.
The Irish star previously revealed that he’d quite like to have Tulisa back on the lineup, but we now know that’s not going to happen after she revealed yesterday that she was stepping down from the ITV show.
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May 22nd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh has admitted that he would much rather have Simon Cowell on The X Factor than Gary Barlow.
The Take That star will be back for his third stint on the ITV show this year and will be seated at the opposite end of the judges’ table to Louis, who will be judging for the tenth year in a row.
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May 21st, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh has confirmed that there will be some format changes when The X Factor returns to our Tv screens this summer.
The Irish star will be returning for his tenth series on the ITV show and previously confirmed that Take That singer Gary Barlow will be back for his third.
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May 21st, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
As we reported recently, X Factor judge Louis Walsh is on the hunt for a bunch of pretty faces – and talented singers of course – who can become the next big boy band…
And last weekend, Louis, who says the project has the backing of a “high-profile” UK based entrepreneur, who may or may not be his BFF Simon Cowell, held auditions for wannabes.
And today, the Daily Star reports that one of the hopefuls who attended the try-outs was former X Factor finalist Eoghan Quigg, who, as fans of the show will no doubt recall, finished in third place in 2008. Read more & comment »
May 21st, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh seems sure that James Arthur is set to achieve great things when his debut album is released later this year.
The singer songwriter won the ITV series in 2012 and has been busy working on his new tunes with stars such as Labrinth and Naughty Boy for the last few months.
This month James’ winner single reached number three in the Spanish single charts and Walsh thinks it’s a good indication of what he can achieve in the next year.
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May 20th, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh has claimed that Kelly Rowland will be on the list, when the X Factor USA judging lineup is revealed this week.
The Irish star is close friends with show boss Simon Cowell and even stood in for the music mogul as auditions when he was sick last year.
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