Louis Walsh has spoken out about Sharon’s shock ‘nearly-exit’ from the X Factor. Since the incident, many people, including many commenters on this site, have claimed that Alisha is being unfairly favoured by the judges so as not to upset Sharon.
Louis said:
“She was seriously considering walking away. It was not a publicity stunt, but she knew she had to come back for her two acts. It’s life, it’s real. It’s part Jerry Springer. And I stick by Sharon totally. She was loyal to me when I was sacked.”
“They can’t replace her because there’s no-one else like her. And Simon Cowell cannot control her. That’s what makes it fantastic telly.”
Whatever the truth behind Sharon’s exit-or-not, if it was a publicity stunt it doesn’t seem to have worked - BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing had almost one million more viewers than Saturday’s X Factor.
X Factor hopeful Rhydian Roberts has spoken out against the judges and producers of the program who he, like Daniel, blames for the premature exit of contestants.
“They’re too rich to give a **** about contestants. I think Dannii does because it’s a big gig for her, and she wants it next year. But the others have got money pouring out of their sweat.”
Rhydian is particularly annoyed about the way he has been presented, with ‘Phantom of the Opera’ regularly playing in the background when he is speaking, intercut with freeze-frame shots to make him seem strange. He says he has been forced to dye his hair and given a ‘ridiculous’ wardrobe to reinforce the image the producers made for him earlier in the series.
Whatever the producers and judges are up to, it doesn’t seem to be working - judging by the comments here at X Factor blog Rhydian is one of the most popular contestants on the show!
The latest contestant to be removed from the X Factor, Daniel de Bourg, has spoken out against his mentor Louis Walsh.
Daniel blamed Louis for forcing him to sing ‘Build me up Buttercup’, a song he says didn’t suit him at all, and led to his premature exit from the show.
“I was surprised, of course I was surprised,” Daniel said at a press conference. “I’m upset that I didn’t get to show the real me.”
“Louis knows what he’s talking about, he’s been in the game for a long time, but maybe he didn’t really understand me, the kind of performer I am.”
“I was doing my best in there with the song I was given, I tried to do it justice,” he added. “But with a show like X Factor you have no say.”
Daniel had previously been the bookie’s favourite to win the show, but his removal leaves the two groups made up of ‘nearly good enough’ singers, Hope and Futureproof tipped as most likely to win.
Louis had a hard time with the 25 and over category, initially saying that he wouldn’t have chosen it and didn’t want it. He’s since changed his mind, and on the first live show of 2007 his category will be singing:
Daniel - Heaven
Niki - Nothing Compares 2 U
Beverley - I Will Survive
