November 28th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Dolly Parton has admitted that she has no inclination to work with Simon Cowell.
The ’9-5′ hitmaker revealed that she has been approached to judge, coach and mentor on a whole variety of singing show however, she wants nothing much to do with the British X Factor boss and has repeatedly turned down his offers.
Dolly revealed that she was asked to join the lineup of American Idol – which Simon worked on for almost a decade – and was then offered a spot on his new show The X Factor USA.
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October 26th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Christina Aguilera is not one to mince her words and she certainly didn’t hold back when speaking about Simon Cowell this week.
The ‘Dirty’ hitmaker is a coach on The Voice in America, which goes head to head with the music mogul’s X Factor USA on a weekly basis and it seems she doesn’t think much of the competition.
The buxom blonde blasted the TV boss, calling him a d*** and insisted that she has a totally different judging style to him.
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September 14th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh is full of doom and gloom this week!
The X Factor judge has been predicting the downfall of two of the biggest and most popular TV shows on British TV and what’s worse, he’s been starring in one of them for the last nine years.
The Irish star thinks that the BBC should cancel their series The Voice, after they experienced a severe ratings slump during the live shows earlier this year. He thinks bosses would be better off paying American TV networks for their version of the talent competition and just air that instead.
He explained:
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August 3rd, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Danny O’Donighue has revealed just how far he would go to help one of his acts on The Voice.
The Script frontman coached finalist Bo Bruce and performed with her on the final of the BBC show and so full of chemistry was their duet, that it caused speculation that he was dating the quirky singer.
The newspapers were full of stories that the burgeoning romance had ruined Danny’s four year relationship with model Irma Mali and that the pair were only denying their less than platonic feelings for one another, because Bo wanted to keep things low key. However, now O’Donoghue has confessed that the whole thing was a ploy, sparked by a pretty talented BBC choreographer.
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July 8th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Bo Bruce is said to be getting closer and closer to her former coach on The Voice.
Rumours have been circulating about the quirky singer and Danny O’Donoghue ever since they performed together on the final of the BBC show last month, as the chemistry between them appeared to be electric.
Soon after the series ended, The Script frontman split from his long term girlfriend and he was spotted out on the town with Bo on various occasions.
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June 28th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Danny O’Donoghue and Bo Bruce have been quick to deny that they are dating or anything other than friends, but the rumour mill was turning again this week after the pair were spotted clubbing the night away together in London.
Danny split from Irma Mali – his girlfriend of four years – recently and many sources blamed his growing bond with The Voice hopeful Bo on the breakdown of their relationship.
The gossip moved up a level when the pair performed together on the final of the BBC series and got up close and personal as they sang. At one point it even appeared as if they would kiss.
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June 17th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
It seems that if you want to be a real, bona fide celebrity, you really need to have the right car and we know already that Simon Cowell has quite the collection.
However, the X Factor boss has apparently added yet another vehicle to the garage full of classics he has at his LA mansion, as this week he was spotted driving around Hollywood in a cool little Ford Roadster.
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June 10th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Leanne Mitchell has failed to take the charts by storm, with her debut single.
After the former holiday cap entertainer won The Voice last weekend, her version of Whitney Houston’s ‘Run To You’ was released via iTunes, for fans of the show to download.
However, it got off to a slow sales start, with Bo Bruce’s EP rocking into the album top ten, while Leanne’s release failed to make it into the top 20 by the time the midweek results were revealed.
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June 7th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Leanne Mitchell will be disappointed to discover that her debut single is not exactly taking the charts by fire.
The former holiday camp entertainer won The Voice last Saturday night and at midnight, released her debut single to the nation. The track she chose, was her favourite song of the series – Whitney Houston’s ‘Run To You’ – but in Tuesday’s mid week chart, it was revealed that the single had climbed to only number 27.
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June 7th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Jessie J has revealed that she takes a leaf out of Lady Gaga’s book, when she is performing on tour.
The Voice coach revealed that while the ‘Poker Face’ hitmaker uses a bucket backstage, when she needs to use the loo, she prefers to use a cup when she is caught short.
Speaking to The Daily Star the ‘Laserlight’ hitmaker revealed:
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