November 26th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor finalists Rachel Adedeji, Miss Frank, Rikki Loney and Kandy Rain won’t be heading out on the official XF tour this year. The acts had hoped that they would be allowed to perform at some of the venues, but this year’s lineup includes only Lucie Jones, Stacey Solomon, Joe McElderry, Lloyd Daniels, Jamie Archer, Olly Murs, Danyl Johnson and John and Edward Grimes.
The news seemed to come as a shock to Dannii Minogue who was sure that Rachel Adedeji would take part in some of the tour dates. She wrote on her Twitter page:
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October 21st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Laura White - X factor 2008
Laura White has defended her pal Rikki Loney, who was booted off the X Factor last Sunday night.
Laura, whose departure was a shock moment during last year’s series, knew Rikki from last year’s bootcamp and told stv.tv:
“I know we have just lost Rikki and Rikki is one of my friends, he is amazing. It’s so sad he has gone week two. With his talent, he definitely deserved to stay a lot longer.”
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October 20th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Rikki Loney has admitted that whilst he is devastated to have left the show, he does understand why the public saved John and Edward Grimes.
On hearing of Rikki’s fate, his mentor Cheryl Cole blasted the public for continuing to vote for John and Edward. However Rikki told The Sun:
“They are really, really entertaining. We all cheer for them backstage. They work so hard.
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October 20th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor reject, Rikki Loney, has blamed Cheryl Cole’s mentoring skills for his exit last Sunday night.
In an interview with The Sun, Rikki admitted that Whitney Houston advised him to change his song from ‘Respect’ to her own hit, ‘My Love Is Your Love.’ He said that he didn’t, because of the lack of time, but thinks that the big Aretha number was his undoing.
He said: “I should have listened to Whitney. They advised me to change.
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October 18th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor judge Louis Walsh, may have been missing from the show this week but that doesn’t mean that he wasn’t watching. In a live telephone chat with the Xtra Factor tonight, Louis admitted that he had watched the whole of the results show and added that he would have agreed with Simon Cowell and saved Rachel Adedeji.
“I never want to watch the show at home again,” he joked with Holly Willoughby. “I’ve been shouting at the TV all night.”
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October 18th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Tonight’s X Factor results show was certainly eventful. Cheryl Cole performed live (well sort of), Whitney Houston sang her heart out then talked herself into a sure spot in tomorrow’s tabloids and Rachel Adedeji ended up in the bottom two again.
Rachel sang against Scottish hat enthusiast Rikki Loney to keep her place on the show and she belted her song, ‘With or Without You.’ She really fought for her place and put every bit of angst she was feeling into her performance. Rikki chose a bland Westlife song and put very little passion into it.
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October 15th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor 2007winner, Leon Jackson, has admitted he is backing fellow Scot, Rikki Loney in this years series. leon says that he remembers Rikki from last year’s bootcamp stage.
Jackson told Scotland’s Daily Record, “I’ve always thought he had a good voice, a good modern image and a nice tone to his voice.
“I don’t think he has anything to worry about right now and I’d like to see him stay in for as long as possible and progress.
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October 8th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor contestant Rikki Loney has admitted that he gave his all at the last stage of X Factor auditions, as he genuinely feels that this is his last chance.
Rikki made it to bootcamp last year and was put through to Simon Cowell’s final six boys. However he was later dropped and replaced by Liam Payne.
Rikki told The Sun: “I went to Marrakech to give it my all.
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October 7th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
The mother of X Factor contestant Rikki Loney has claimed that ain’t seen nothing yet!
Loney has made it through to bootcamp twice and is delighted to make it through to this year’s live shows.
Rikki’s mother Irene told the Daily Record: “The whole family was over the moon and we can’t wait to see him at the weekend. We don’t think he’s done his best yet.”
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October 4th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
AGE: 21
LOCATION: Glasgow
OCCUPATION: Singer
Rikki lives on his own in Glasgow and is desperate for 2009 to be ‘his’ year on The X Factor. Rikki has previously auditioned in series 1, 2 and 5. In series 5 he reached Bootcamp stage but was devastated to be culled at final 50 stage. He has now picked himself back up and is determined to do well in the competition.
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