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Gordon Brown: ‘I don’t think John and Edward Grimes are very good!’

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Proving that he is indeed ‘down with the people’, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has offered an opinion on X Factor twits, John and Edward Grimes.

During a Q&A session, he told Manchester radio station Key 103: “I don’t think [John & Edward] are very good. [But] there are some really good people on X Factor. It’s really good. And I know it’s competing with Strictly Come Dancing.”

Brown later asked: “Does anyone want John & Edward to win X Factor?”

X Factor: Olly Murs fancied Victoria Beckham!

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X Factor singer Olly Murs has admitted that he used to fancy former Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham.

“My first celebrity crush has got to be Victoria Beckham. I was a massive Spice Girls fan back in the day, when I was about 16,” he told the ITV1 show’s official website.

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Beyonce follows Cheryl Cole & wears David Koma Dress at MTV European Music Awards 2009

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Cheryl Cole faced quite a media storm over her fashion choices on last week’s X Factor show.

On Saturday night Cheryl Cole emerged on stage, dressed in a £1500 dress by David Koma and some say that it looked like she had stuck two wheel trims over her boobs.

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Pete Waterman: ‘X Factor is a freak and geek show’

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Pete Waterman has hit out at ITV’s X Factor, saying that it is more about the judges than the contestants.

Writing in The Independent, Waterman described The X Factor as “the greatest television show in the world – but that’s not talent”.

He continued: “The problem for me is that kids believe that this is a talent show. It’s not. It’s a freak and geek show. It’s about ratings. That Cheryl Cole has sold more downloads as the judge than the winner of The X Factor proves that it’s a bigger promotion for the judges than it is the contestants on the show.”

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X Factor: Lloyd Daniels WILL sing this weekend

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Lloyd Daniels looks set to sing on X Factor this weekend and is said to be recovering well from his earlier throat infection.

Lloyd was seen struggling when he was forced to sing in the bottom two last Sunday night and at the start of the week, rumours were rife that he would be too ill to sing this Saturday. However his mum says that although she would prefer him not to, Lloyd is determined to sing on Saturday.

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X Factor: Danyl Johnson wants to snog Lucie Jones

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X Factor contestant Danyl Johnson has admitted that he would quite like to snog his fellow competitor, Lucie Jones.

In a video diary for ITV.com, Danyl was asked by a fan who he would most like to snog in the X Factor house. There wasn’t much hesitation before he named the Welsh teenager, saying that she looked amazing in her rock outfit last week.

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X Factor’s Brian Friedman: ‘John and Edward Grimes would struggle with a ballad’

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Brian Friedman has reportedly suggested that John and Edward Grimes could struggle with their vocals, if they were asked to sing a ballad on the show.

When asked if the twins were taking the place of a more talented act, Friedman, the show’s creative director told the Evening Standard: “Yes, but the thing is the public are voting for them.

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Chipmunk – ‘Don’t let John and Edward Grimes get to number one!’

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Oopsy Daisy singer Chipmunk has hit out at X Factor ’singers’ John and Edward Grimes and pleaded with people not to allow them to land a Christmas number one.

“They’re entertainers, not musicians,” he told The Sun.

“Me and Tinchy [Stryder] were talking about it – it’s hurtful that if they were to release a single now it’s gonna go No.1.

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Danny Dyer ‘X Factor’s Stacey Solomon needs to stop acting like a div!’

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Danny Dyer has admitted that he is a big fan of X Factor’s Stacey Solomon but added that she needs to stop acting like a ‘div’ if she wants to win the show.

The actor told AOL: “I like Stacey Solomon, but she needs to slow down on the div act! But she’s lovely and she’s got a great voice, she’s a single mum and I have a lot of respect for that. Oh, and she’s from Essex!”

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X Factor: Stacey Solomon says ‘JLS’ Aston doesn’t fancy me!’

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X Factor singer Stacey Solomon has denied rumours that JLS singer Aston has a crush on her. In fact it may be the other way round, as she admitted that even talking to Aston left her flustered.

Stacey told The Sun: “No he doesn’t [fancy me] unfortunately. It’s just a lie otherwise we could just be this celebrity couple.

“I met him the other day when he came to perform on the show. He said, ‘hiya’ and I was like so uncomfortable, I was like ‘hi’. He was a really nice guy.”

Chinese Ambassador says ‘X Factor is fun’

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Last week reports were made stating that The Chinese Ambassador, who lives next door to The X Factor house, had submitted an official complaint to the police about the crazy fans.

However Madam Fu Ying has now insisted that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding and that she actually finds the whole X Factor madness quite fun.

Madam Fu Ying wrote to The Sun saying: “It was fun finding myself caught up in X Factor fever and reading about the “diplomatic row” involving my Embassy.

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X Factor’s John and Edward Grimes ‘We are Current Artists!’

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X Factor twins John and Edward Grimes, have said that their lack of singing talent is not important, because they are ‘current artists.’

John told The Mirror: “I know people are saying we can’t sing, but we’re singing current songs and we’re trying to show that we’re current artists.

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X Factor: John and Edward Grimes are still virgins

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Pals of X Factor twins John and Edward Grimes, have claimed that the pair are still virgins.

A source from the pair’s hometown of Lucan, told The Daily Star: “Some people round here see them as village idiots. They didn’t get much female attention before the show. John had a girlfriend for just three days when he was 15 and that’s the only time we’ve seen either of them with a girl.”

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X Factor: Has Joe McElderry broken a rib?

X Factor’s Joe McElderry has reportedly ‘broken a rib’ after a prank went wrong. Lucie Jones and Stacey Solomon were trying to play a prank on Olly Murs, when they managed to injure Jo instead.

Speaking on the official X Factor site, Stacey said: “This week me and Lucie decided to prank Olly but Olly was in a bad mood.

“We went downstairs with a bottle of water and the plan was that Lucie would open his pants and I would pour the water, but Lucie chickened out last minute because Olly was getting angry saying ‘get out of my room’.

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Mitch Winehouse: ‘Stacey Solomon is NOT The new Amy Winehouse!’

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Mitch Winehouse, dad of troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been chatting about the X Factor contestants on his new TV show, ‘Mitch Winehouse’s Showbiz Rant.’

Mitch has admitted that he and Amy watch The X Factor each weekend and were gutted when Rachel Adedeji got knocked out.

He said:

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