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May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Walsh has revealed the real reason that he never got on with Girls Aloud.
The Irish star managed the girl group for a year, when they finished on ITV’s Popstars, The Rivals but they dropped him and picked up new management as soon as they were contractually able to.
At the time, the ladies said that Louis wasn’t working hard enough to promote them, but the X Factor judge claims their real reasons were totally different.
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May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Lucy Spraggan is building up her fan base quickly and it seems that she has a high proportion of admiring female supporters.
The former X Factor contestant – who stepped down from the 2012 series early due to illness – is preparing to release her new single and is performing up and down the UK to promote it and in a new interview with Sheffield Metro she revealed that her fans have been rather enthusiastic during the appearances.
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May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Cheryl Cole has been gushing about her Girls Aloud BFF Kimberley Walsh again this week.
The ‘Promise This’ hitmaker tweeted about her former bandmate, after after seeing pictures of the Strictly Come Dancing star in this week’s Cosmopolitan Body magazine.
Walsh stripped down and wore a series of skimpy outfits for the new pictures and Cole shared one of the shots with her Twitter followers, adding the caption:
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May 23rd, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
It’s been revealed today that this year’s X Factor judges, Sharon Osbourne – who as we reported was officially confirmed as returning to the show and replacing Tulisa this year – Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger, are costing the show £6million!
In terms of the judges’ wages, that’s a hike of £2million on last year’s salary bill, however, as this year’s series will be the show’s tenth anniversary, it’s believed ITV and Simon Cowell came over all L’Oreal and declared, “We’re worth it.” Read more & comment »
May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
The lads of One Direction definitely brought the fun to the stage in Barcelona last night, but we fear they may have been overshadowed by their band.
Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson took part in a danceoff during their penultimate Spanish gig yesterday and while we thought they did a great job, for a band that don’t normally carry out intricate dance routines, when their competitors started we knew that they’d lost the battle hands down.
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May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Kylie Keene has landed herself the dream job and she seems pretty delighted with herself!
The aspiring journalist entered a competition being run by Nabisco – sponsor of One Direction’s summer North American tour – which offered the chance for one lucky writer to become their correspondent, attending a number of 1D concerts in the summer and being paid for the honour.
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May 23rd, 2013 by TV Writer Lynn.
It’s been revealed today that X Factor the musical is to be titled I Can’t Sing! and also that it will debut at the London Palladium on March 26, 2014.
The musical, which has of course been penned by doctor turned comedian Harry Hill, will preview to invited audiences in February of next year.
Of it, Harry said in a statement, “We’d been umm-ing and ahh-ing about the title for a while… Read more & comment »
May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
The X Factor judging panel has been confirmed (finally) and it seems that no one is happier than former contestant Rylan Clark.
The flamboyant singer made it all the way to the semi finals last year, under the watchful eye and protective wing of his mentor Nicole Scherzinger and he’s elated by the news that she will be back for a second series.
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May 23rd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
James Arthur has issued an apology to his fans after he cancelled a planned appearance at a UK festival.
The X Factor winner was due to take to the stage at Osfest on Sunday, May 26, which is being staged in Oswestry, but has revealed that he has been forced to withdraw due to commitments in America.
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May 22nd, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.
Louis Tomlinson’s mum has told fans to ignore people who hate her son and his band.
One fan tweeted Johannah this week, telling her that some haters were preparing to troll the X Factor stars. The supporter shared details of a plan to send abuse to the fab fivesome and said:
“People can be really mean. PLEASE look at what they are going to say to our boys. 
it’s horrible! ”
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