August 30th, 2011 by Sarah.
The Daily Mirror today reports that X Factor judge Louis Walsh is said to be “furious” that the show’s bosses have told him he must “pick another Wagner” so that there are novelty acts in the show’s live rounds.
The paper states that Louis fears his credibility will be damaged by choosing another underdog act this year for his final four. Which category he will be mentoring hasn’t yet been revealed.
A show source said, “Louis means business, but in the end the producers got their way and one of his finalists is a bit more outlandish than he would have liked.” Read more & comment »
August 30th, 2011 by Sarah.
Long serving X Factor judge, Louis Walsh, has revealed that he thought new judge Tulisa Contostavlos was going to be a “little chav”.
However, once he’d met her, Louis was reporteldy “pleasantly surprised” to find that she didn’t have the attitude of a diva hip hop star.
He said, “She’s everything I thought she wasn’t going to be.
“I thought she was going to be a nightmare – lots of tattoos, rapping all the time, hoodies, all the bad things that I hate.
“I never knew about The N-Dubz and I was expecting this little chav in a tracksuit, full of tattoos, doing rap… Read more & comment »
July 6th, 2011 by Sarah.
During a recent round of auditions in Manchester, one of the hopefuls confessed that he’s once come close to killing judge Louis Walsh!
Hopeful Neville Bradley revealed, “Me and my dad were once driving around Dublin and we almost ran Louis over.’’
This prompted much laughter on the judges’ bench, with Gary retorting, “A lot of people try to do that to Louis!” Read more & comment »
June 30th, 2011 by Sarah.
After it was revealed that all charges against Louis Walsh had been dropped – and the man who made indecent assault allegations was being charged by police – the X Factor judge received a standing ovation from the audience at yesterday’s auditions.
The Sun reports that Louis was “close to tears” as the 5,000 audience members cheered, clapped and chanted his name.
Clearly relieved to have been exonerated, Louis said, “I’m delighted. It is great to be here and get on with the show again.” Read more & comment »
June 24th, 2011 by Sarah.
Former X Factor judges Cheryl Cole and Sharon Osbourne are among a number of celebrities and close friends of Louis Walsh’ who have vowed to support him against allegations that he sexually assaulted a man in a nightclub.
Earlier today, Simon Cowell said he was “100%” behind Louis’ bid to clear his name following the accusation, and now as well as Cheryl Cole and Sharon Osbourne saying much the same, Mary Byrne told The Sun, “I don’t believe it, not with Mr Walsh – he’s too much of a gentleman.”
Shane Lynch of Boyzone added, “I’d rather not comment – I don’t want to make anything of a matter that doesn’t exist.” Read more & comment »
June 24th, 2011 by Sarah.
Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh deliberate!
Simon Cowell has revealed to The Sun newspaper that he’s backing X Factor judge Louis Walsh “100%” over yesterday’s reported allegation that Walsh indecently assaulted a man in toilets at a night club, which Louis denies.
Simon told the paper, “I don’t believe for a second these allegations are true.”
Louis denies molesting a 24-year-old male in Dublin after a recent Westlife gig, and he told the paper, “I’m devastated by these completely unfounded and malicious allegations.
“Anyone who knows me knows this is all a pack of lies. I won’t take this lying down.” Read more & comment »
December 9th, 2010 by Sarah.
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has hit back at allegations that The X Factor is fixed by Simon Cowell so that his favourite acts stay in the contest.
While speaking on LBC 97.3 this morning, Louis took the opportunity to stress that last Sunday’s sing-off between Mary Byrne and Cher Lloyd was not fixed so that Cher would remain on the show.
He said, “I’m furious about the rumours because it’s all untrue, it is all untrue.
“I can understand why people are angry but I’m Mary’s mentor.
“I wanted her to make the final but I knew I was in trouble, I so knew I was in trouble on Saturday night.”
And when asked if he thought Mary would’ve stayed in the competition if only the phone votes were taken into account, Louis replied, “I don’t know. We never get the vote until after the series.
“We get them after the final. I don’t know. I honestly don’t know… Read more & comment »
March 18th, 2010 by Sarah.
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has told The Sun that he wants fellow judge Dannii Minogue return to The X Factor after she’s had her baby.
Dannii’s first baby is due this summer, so Dannii will be absent from at least the first stages of this year’s show.
Louis told the paper, “I don’t see why she shouldn’t be back.”
He added, “I don’t know who else is back [this year]. I presume Simon and Cheryl will be there, and maybe Dannii will.. Read more & comment »
July 13th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
The Daily Star has revealed that all four of the X Factor judges use code names to book hotel rooms, in a bid to stop crazy fans tormenting them.
Cheryl is known as Miss Coco after her favourite designer Coco Chanel, Simon is known as General Mills, Dannii’s secret name is Pussy Jones and Louis calls himself Captain Fang after he splashed out thousands of pounds on teeth whitening treatments.
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June 9th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor judge Louis Walsh will be back on the show this year and if reports are to believed, he will be sporting a new set of gnashers when he appears.
Simon Cowell has been trying to convince Louis to have his teeth done for years and until now Walsh has resisted.
However all that has changed and a show source told The Sun: “Yes, Louis has had his teeth done.
“He is very much looking forward to showing them off – though there is no way he was ever going to go as white as Simon.”
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