On the X Factor final last Saturday night, Louis Walsh kindly offered Simon Cowell a two for one deal on boybands and brought both Boyzone and Westlife along to duet with the male finalists. Word is that Westlife were last minute replacements for Rihanna, but those rumours are as yet unconfirmed.

When we got the news I didn’t know whether to be glad or sad for Eoghan Quigg. He was to sing with Boyzone, who lets face it were never great vocalists. I wasn’t sure whether the boys would bring Eoghan down or whether he would spectacularly out-sing them making us realise that if Boyzone could be famous then young Eoghan was certainly able for the job.

Saturday night’s show started and after the solo Christmas song was done and dusted Eoghan took to the stage singing ‘Picture Of You’. Check out the video below and not only was Eoghan fab, but Boyzone actually weren’t bad either! Who else thinks that the boys should bring Eoghan on board a their sixth member?

Then JLS took to the stage. The boys were great, Westlife not so much. Mark keeps trying to out-sing Aston which is beyond conceited and since when did Westlife sing opera anyway? I was a little confused at the start wondering why Mark was miming to Il Divo vocals…. watch the clip below and you’ll see what I mean.

So in all I think I owe Boyzone an apology. I thought they would make idiots of themselves and Eoghan when they sang live, but actually I think that is the coolest they have ever looked and while they will never match Take That in terms of talent and personality, they are certainly getting better with age. Westlife on the other hand are currently on a years break from the band….maybe that could be extended? What do you think?