Louis Walsh has defended his controversial decision to send Laura White home on Saturday, saying she was ‘never going to win’.
“Laura was in the bottom two – her performance was bad and her styling was even worse”, Louis was quoted as saying in The Sun.
The evicition of Laura White has produced a torrent of comments in defense of her here on X Factor Blog. Questions have even been asked in Parliament, with Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham calling Laura ‘very talented’.
Lilly Allen has also spoken out, saying she felt ‘quite upset’ at the show.
Cheryl Cole is reportedly furious with Louis Walsh after his shock vote to eject Laura White from the competition on Saturday.
Quoted in the Mirror, a source said:
“Cheryl was incandescent with rage and let her feelings be known.
She was absolutely furious and was giving him what for. No one has ever seen her so angry but she is really passionate about her acts.”
Laura White also spoke out about the incident, saying “Cheryl was really angry last night. She doesn’t know whether it was a personal thing from Louis or what. I think she’s just really upset because she feels I was one of the strongest singers and she feels robbed.”
Judging by the massive number of comments we’ve had, Cheryl isn’t the only one furious at seeing Laura leave the show.
Ruth Lorenzo and Laura White made up the bottom two this week, for which the theme was Mariah Carey songs.
In the sing-off, Ruth sang ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’, whilst Laura sang ‘Somwhere over the Rainbow’.
Simon Cowell had kind words for both girls, saying that neither deserved to be in the bottom two. Ultimately, he voted to send Laura home, and Cheryl and Dannii both predictably voted to keep their own acts in.
Louis Walsh was therefore again forced to cast the deciding vote, and in doing so he said he was voting to keep the act ‘with the most fight left’, leaving Ruth to fight another week.
