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  • Louis Walsh Finds A New Talent Show

    Former X FACTOR judge Louis Walsh has found a new home judging seat… in Blackpool.

    Stalwart talent judge Louis Walsh has found a new judging chair to occupy after leaving the X FACTOR this year. Walsh is now set to judge Talent Fest UK, which takes place in Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on 26th and 27th September.

    Speaking about his new role as Talent Fest UK head judge Louis said,

    “I’m really excited about judging Talent Fest UK. People ask me if I ever get fed up judging talent competitions, but to be honest it’s in my blood and I absolutely love it. Every day is different and you never know who is going to walk in the door. I don’t miss X Factor at all. I’ve so many new exciting projects up my sleeve. I’m looking for someone who not only has excellent talent, but with a great attitude and work ethic. Ideally I’d love to find an artist like Tom Jones with a great soulful voice or even the next Michael Buble.

    Who knows what talent Talent Fest UK will unveil and it’s the not knowing and anticipation that excites me.”

    We still reckon he’d make a brilliant judge drag on UK Drag Race if it ever makes it over here

  • Louis Walsh Axed From X FACTOR?

    Has the Irish judge Louis Walsh has been given the shove as Simon Cowell’s desperate revamp to keep viewers tuning in to X FACTOR continues?

    Louis has been a fixture on the X FACTOR for eleven years, now in an attempt to shake up the format, Simon Cowell has seemingly axed him according to the Sun On Sunday.

    First it was Dermot now Louis. But is Simon Cowell really dumping the right people? Last year we revealed that the majority of viewers thought that Cheryl should be the one to be dropped from the show which has been suffering a decline in audience since its hey day in 2010. Nearly 60% of Heat magazine readers thought that the Geordie pop singer should be let go from the show.

    Louis is quoted as saying that he now wants to concentrate on being a music manager again, saying:

    “I want to go back to being a manager – that’s my day job and I’ve neglected it for a long time because I’m away so much.

    “At the moment, I’m working with Shane Filan – he’s got a new record coming out, and I’m also working with Hometown.

    “I’d like to get back to where I started off… I never even wanted to be on TV, it just happened.”

  • Louis Walsh to launch a new boyband

    Louis Walsh – the ever present X Factor Judge has revealed that he is to launch a new boyband for 2014. But what to expect?

    Louis Walsh, the X Factor mentor, who is currently holidaying in Miami, US, announced to the Mirror that he was planning to launch a boyband in 2014.

    Will the boys be any cop?

    Walsh’s current stable of acts includes Union J, former Westlife member Shane Filan and Mum’s favourite Ronan Keatng.

    So does the music industry need another boyband?

  • All Change For Louis’ Groups

    All change for Louis’s Groups at Judges Houses!

    Triple J and Times Red added to Louis’s category while Rough Copy leave the competition. George Shelley added to Triple J and new name for band.

     

    On last week’s show (23 September), the acts going through to Judges Houses were revealed and the Judges were told which category they’ll be mentoring in a phone call from Simon Cowell.

     

    Gary Barlow is looking after the Over 28s, Nicole Scherzinger the Boys, Tulisa the Girls and Louis Walsh the Groups.

    Since Bootcamp was filmed in Liverpool, group of three, Rough Copy have left the competition and Louis Walsh has added two groups to the category – so he takes seven acts to Judges Houses while the other Judges have six!

     

    Louis Walsh says:

    “When Rough Copy left, I found it difficult to choose between two groups to fill their place. In the end I invited boyband Triple J to come to Judges Houses, but still felt that as I’d lost such a strong group in Rough Copy that I wanted to make sure the category was the best it could possibly be.

    “I asked Gary, Nicole and Tulisa if they minded if I took a seventh act. They were happy as they felt they’d got the right six acts for their Judges Houses trips so I asked Times Red to come along and they said yes.”

     

    Louis also felt that Triple J would benefit by having a fourth member and he asked George Shelley (who left the competition at Bootcamp) if he’d like to join JJ, Josh and Jaymi in the band.

     

    On George joining the group, Louis adds:

    “George loved the idea and as the boys knew him from Bootcamp they were really happy for him to join them. The group then came up with a new name and they are now called Union J.”

    Union J say:

    “We couldn’t believe it when we got the call about going to Judges Houses and of course we jumped at the chance. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. We’re so happy to be a four piece too. The group feels so right together, it feels like we’ve been together for years!”

    Times Red say:

    “We are beyond excited about having a second chance. We have nothing to lose so we’re going all out to impress in Vegas.”

     

     

  • Host Of Star Judges To Join X Factor 2012

    With just hours to go to this year’s series premier of the X Factor, all eyes are set on the judging panel. Will Gary return? Will Louis Walsh still be required to shout over an over excited audience – after every performance?

    Well The Gay UK has learnt that a few new faces will be joining the judging panel, including, Anastacia, Spice Girl Mel B, RIP singer Rita Ora, Leona Lewis, Geri Halliwell, Nicole Scherizinger as well as Gary Barlow, Tulisa and of course Louis Walsh.

    Now in it’s ninth year, the X Factor machine rolled in to six major cities on the hunt for someone with the X Factor – Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newcastle.

    The most popular audition song was ‘We Found Love’ by Rihanna, closely followed by ‘At Last’ by Etta James.

    Nearly 500 acts were seen by the judges – and the oldest contestant this year is 77.