X Factor: Louis Walsh Defends Voting Out Laura White
Louis Walsh has defended the decision to vote off X Factor star Laura White after the judges faced a backlash from viewers last night.
Laura was voted off after being in the bottom two after the public vote. She competed against Ruth Lorenzo in the showdown, with Walsh’s deciding vote seeing her leave the competition.
Louis was booed by the studio audience as he discussed his decision on ITV2’s Xtra Factor, but he insisted that the public voters were to blame for the result.
"Do you know what? They can boo all they want," Walsh said. "The girls were in the bottom two, somebody didn’t vote for them. People at home often vote for the person they feel sorry for most of all."
Louis was then asked to name a finalist who’s "getting away with" delivering poor performances and Louis replied, "Daniel, by a mile."
"But you know, there’s going to be someone in the bottom two every week," Walsh continued. "One person’s going to win the series. But when Ruth sang ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’, wow! I had to keep her."
Dannii Minogue has defended Louis, saying that he tends to be blamed only because he was called on to vote last.
"Louis has had it every week [when] it gets to his deciding vote," she explained. "It’s the hardest seat to sit in. Please don’t put me in that seat!"
So what do you think? Can you forgive Louis for his bad choices over the last two weeks? I know I certainly can’t!!
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laura white was in the botton two and deserved to go as ruth was far better in the sing off and everyone knows it who watched.
the best acts are jls and alexandra and who wants to buy a cd of diana as she sings the same for every song like katie melua and is so depressing to watch.
by the way cheryl cole is so full of herself now and dont forget simon and louis voted laura off but she didnt attack simon because she knows better.
Yes, I also agree Ruth deserved to stay, she is passionate, fiery and talented, but really neither her nor Laura should have been in the bottom 2. Should have been Rachel, Daniel or sadly Eoghan. Diana should not be given a free ride to the final either. I am sorry but I really dont think Diana is talented at all. Her voice is weak and limited,and her hands in the face all the time is so annoying! What is special about this girl? The only reason she is “unique” as they say is coz, unlike some of the others, e.g. Austin and Laura, Diana is out of her league in this show. And just coz she managed to reach some of the higher notes during disco week doesnt mean that performance was good, because her voice still doesn’t compare to the other contestants that have been voted out in the past 2 weeks. The judges are lowering the bar for her, for some reason. FOR GODS SAKE, she sat down for the entire Blondie performance, and it was a DANCE song. AUSTIN HAD THE FULL PACKAGE. Why is there so much media coverage of the Laura White petition, but none of the Austin Drage petition. His was there first!
Get a grip everyone. It is only an entertainment show after all. I know it means the world to the contestants but if everyone just stopped to think for a moment, in the scheme of things, it is really unimportant. People starving all over the world, crime rising, children being murdered by their own parents etc. What does a record contract really mean – material things are really not that important !!
everyone should realise that if continue to vote for the people they fancy and the ones they feel sorry for then then they will find themselves left with some very boring artists. we are all to blame if we didn’t vote for Laura we should not feel sorry in future.
i hope nobody is listening to the rummers about Diana. she has that extra factor-we can all hear it loud and clear!!!