Paul McCartney has admitted that he sincerely believes his band The Beatles could have won The X Factor, had it been around in the 60s.
In an interview with The Daily Record, the song writing legend admits that tunes like ‘Love Me Do’ may not have won the band the title, but says that some of their later performances would have guaranteed them the top spot.
Paul McCartney has revealed that he had a lot of people advising him not to perform on The X Factor last December. He admitted that he only said yes to the offer, after Beyonce appeared on the show.
Paul told Contactmusic: “Actually, when the offer came through it polarised a lot of people. Lots of my friends told me not to do it. It’s a pop show. But what turned me around – apart from the huge audience – was the fact that it’s a family show, and so many kids are obsessed by it.
Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that many of his advisors warned him not to appear on this year’s X Factor final.
The former Beatles star revealed that some people thought he was too big for the show and that an appearance would damage his reputation.
Paul told The Sun:
Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that he would be happy to see Rage Against The Machine score this year’s Christmas Number One.
After an amazing viral internet campaign, protesters have ensured that RATM have so far sold more copies of their single ‘Killing In The Name Of’ than X Factor winner Joe McElderry’s ‘The Climb’.
Paul McCartney made his X Factor debut tonight as part of the live final show. Dermot O’Leary almost peed himself as he introduced the former Beatles singer, personally we weren’t quite so excited.
Paul sang the Beatles classic ‘Drive My Car’ and even though he bobbed way more than was necessary and looked suspiciously like my dad, we found ourselves really getting into the whole vibe.
Last year’s X Factor runners up JLS, will reportedly be performing on tonight’s live final.
JLS previously performed their hit single ‘Everybody In Love’ on week 4′s live show, it can be seen in the clip above.
John and Edward Grimes are returning to The X Factor stage this weekend.
The twins will perform alongside Sir Paul McCartney and the other 11 final acts and their new manager Louis Walsh has told them to be sure and upstage everyone on the stage.
A source told The Daily Star:
The X Factor final 12 will be returning to the show this weekend and will perform on the final with Beatles legend, Paul McCartney.
John and Edward Grimes are said to be particularly excited by the prospect and a source told The Mirror:
“Not many people would have guessed at the start that the twins would get to sing with a music legend.
We recently revealed that Simon Cowell has lined up Paul McCartney, George Michael, Robbie Williams and Michael Buble for his weeks X Factor final show.
Rumours now suggest that Paul McCartney will be singing his hit ‘Say Say Say’ with young Joe McElderry, a song he once sang with the late Michael Jackson.
Simon Cowell confirmed on last night’s Xtra Factor that he had confirmed all the guest performances and duets for next week’s X Factor final. The Mirror has now reported that those guests would be George Michael, Paul McCartney, Michael Buble and Robbie Williams.
It is thought that Olly Murs will perform with Robbie Williams, Joe McElderry will sing with George Michael and Stacey Solomon will duet with Michael Buble. Paul McCartney will most likely give a solo performance during the live grand final.
