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Can I just say, I LOVE ETON ROAD!!!! They are sooooo fab. I can't help but smile when they are on stage and Anthony is adorable. I love the way he always seems to be in a little world of his own whilst the others are all dancing around him. Also how amazing were the Dorothy shoes?!?!?
LOL! That's EXACTLY what I was saying yesterday! :D He's so cute! It was really noticable yesterday, when all of the others were clappong their hands and he was just standing their doing nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by myvoice
Simon dosent always stick up for his acts though....Last night he said Nikkita wasnt that good! And last year he got rid of one of his own acts!Quote:
Originally Posted by laurouski
Source: The Sun 06.11.03
Cowell fury over camp jibe
SIMON Cowell has hit back at rival X Factor judge Louis Walsh after the pair traded “gay” taunts.
Simon, 47, sparked the row after telling Louis he had a “massive unfair advantage” during the camp ABBA-themed night on Saturday.
Louis then dedicated Eton Road’s performance of ABBA hit Does Your Mother Know to Simon, joking: “Simon, does your mother know . . . you’re out?”
The spat worsened when Louis gave Simon’s act Ashley McKenzie the boot. Simon refused to go on ITV2’s The Xtra Factor, locking himself in his dressing room.
Last night he said: “I called him spiteful because he used something personal against me to affect someone’s career and I don’t think that’s acceptable.
“Louis’ behaviour was a joke. His decision was purely spiteful and tactical. Now the viewers won’t get to see Ashley at his best — because Louis felt like being spiteful.”
Louis, 54, called Simon’s non-appearance on The Xtra Factor “unprofessional and childish”.
Yesterday he refused to be drawn into whether he had questioned Simon’s sexuality.
He said: “My retort to him was Does Your Mother Know? I’m just leaving that open. I’m not going anywhere with that one. That’s all I’m saying.”
FLAMING BRILLIANT, THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THE X-FACTOR, AND YOU HAVE TO SAY THERE IS NO SMOKING WITHOUT FIRE, AND SIMON WOULD NOT SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT ASHLEY :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: MAYBE MR COOL LIKES A BIT OF YOU KNOW ! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
X FACTOR favourite Anthony Hannah was left speechless after Cherie Blair told him off in public.
The PM’s wife met the Eton Road singer at a glitzy awards bash last week and mocked his spiky hairdo.
Cherie shocked onlookers by telling embarrassed Anthony, 17: “If you were my son you wouldn’t be allowed to leave the house looking like that.”
One onlooker said: “It was a pretty rich thing to say, given how Cherie is hardly known for her fashion sense.
“She’s often pictured looking dreadful. And as for the comment about her son, well you only need to look at some of the pictures of Euan Blair to know that’s blatantly not true.
“That goatee he often has is far more ridiculous than Anthony’s hair.”
Anthony, who performed in stunning red shoes on Saturday, told ITV2 show The Xtra Factor: “She made me feel so small. If it was Kate Moss I might have taken her advice.”
He later told pals: “I was a bit stunned so I didn’t say anything. But what I really wanted to say to her was ‘likewise’.”
Cherie ... would never let her son leave the house looking scruffy
VETERAN crooner Julio Iglesias will be next week’s guest coach — as predicted by TV Biz. Louis Walsh said: “They won’t be ancient ballads, we’re choosing songs from recent years.”
Source: The Mirror 06.11.06 EXCLUSIVE: OOOH, GET THEM!
Louis and Simon in furious bust-up over gay insults on X Factor
By Fiona Cummins Showbiz Reporter
SIMON Cowell and Louis Walsh had a blazing row after slinging gay insults at each other during X Factor's first live show.
Bodyguards had to pull the feuding judges apart seconds after the cameras stopped rolling.
Cowell later stormed off the set without telling anyone, snubbing ITV2 spin-off The Xtra Factor.
Walsh was furious at personal jibes by Simon in which he said he had "a massive unfair advantage" during a "camp" Abba night.
He then hit back: "Simon, this song is dedicated to you... it's called Does Your Mother Know."
An X Factor insider said: "It was a humdinger of a row. You could cut the atmosphere with a knife.
"Louis was seething. He was screaming at Simon about how he is so smug and he had gone too far with the personal attacks.
"Simon's bodyguard Big Tony had to step between them because it got so heated. We all thought Louis was going to deck him."
The judges composed themselves for the results show, which saw Simon's act Ashley McKenzie and Sharon Osbourne's contender Robert Allen in the bottom two.
The insider went on: "Host Kate Thornton was told not to dwell too much on their comments in case it kicked off again.
"Simon was urging Louis not to get rid of Ashley and he was absolutely livid when he sent him home. Simon packed up his stuff and walked out of the building without speaking to anyone.
"When The Xtra Factor started, no one was even aware he left." Sharon called Cowell but their conversation did not go well.
The source went on: "She really laid into him about how he was becoming too personal, particularly when he deliberately called the MacDonald Brothers by the wrong name. She said he had overstepped the mark and was vicious.
"But Simon insisted he'd done nothing wrong - and hung up."
Yesterday, Cowell, 47, defended his actions - and branded Walsh "petty and vindictive".
Asked if he regretted his personal attacks on Louis, he told the Mirror: "No, I think he would have voted Ashley out anyway.
"I think the public cares more about my opinion than his.
"I'm angry because I thought Ashley was very good and don't believe he should have gone.
"I was annoyed because I don't believe you should be tactical when you vote in this show. I would even kick my own acts out, if necessary.
"In the real world, if Louis was given the choice of working with someone like Ashley or Robert, there wouldn't be a second's hesitation. He'd take on Ashley.
"He knew that Ashley had a much, much better chance of going forward in the show. I called him spiteful because he used something personal against me to affect someone's career and I don't think that is acceptable."
Asked why he did not want to appear on The Xtra Factor, he replied: "I wasn't interested. I would have regretted what I'd have said and it wasn't worth it.
"I'll be having words with him in my office. I want a quiet word. I'll give him a reality check."
But Louis, 54, hit back at Cowell yesterday, calling him "childish and silly". Referring to his personal attack on Simon, he said: "My retort to him was Does Your Mother Know? I'm just leaving that open. I'm not going anywhere with that one. That's all I'm saying."
He added: "I had to keep Robert. He's passionate, he cares and he always delivers.
"Ashley wasn't right. He looked great but he was in the bottom two two weeks in a row.
"Robert is so dedicated and enthusiastic. Ashley had a talent but wasn't using it and didn't seem to be as hungry as Robert."
He added: "It was unprofessional of Simon not to do The Xtra Factor. If Simon is so passionate about Ashley, he should give him a record deal."
Meanwhile, Ashley, 20, the fifth act to be voted off after his rendition of Winner Takes It All, said: "Louis obviously wants to win and Simon had all four acts left. I wouldn't say he was spiteful, he's just in it to win and had to get rid of one of us.
"It was Simon's decision to make me sing like that but I was more than confident and didn't think I was out of tune. I wasn't disappointed at all. But it wasn't my genre of music."
Around 8.5million people tuned in to Saturday's show.
EVEN THEIR MENTOR CAN'T BELIEVE THE MACDONALDS SURVIVE AGAIN
LOUIS Walsh's look of amazement says it all as the MacDonalds survive the public vote for a FOURTH week.
His unfancied Scots duo got through despite Simon Cow- ' ell savaging their performance of ABBA's Fernando.
Cowell told brothers Craig, 20, and Brian, 19: "It was ' a mediocre, very Scottish version of Fernando with the worst guitar solo I have ever heard in my life."
Louis told the Mirror: "I was surprised they made it after Simon's bucket of abuse. If they were in the bottom two, Simon and Sharon would have sent them home."
Source: ooooooo arrrrr Daily Star :rotfl:
Walsh's gay gag sparks Cowell fury
06/11/06
FURIOUS Simon Cowell stormed out of the X Factor studio after cheeky Louis Walsh taunted him with a gay jibe.
Telly’s “Mr Nasty” looked stunned when the former Westlife manager Louis took a swipe at his sexuality.
Louis dedicated Eton Road’s performance on Saturday night of the ABBA hit Does Your Mother Know to Simon, 47, and then asked him: “Simon, does your mother know … you’re out?”
Nearly nine million people heard their bust-up after Cowell branded Louis “spiteful” for dumping 20-year-old Ashley McKenzie out of the ITV talent show.
Later, in an exclusive chat with the Daily Star, Louis said: “He never gets a joke when it’s aimed at him, so he was a bit confused to start with.
“But he wasn’t very happy when he finally figured it out. That – along with the fact he’d just seen one of his acts axed – he had a real diva tantrum backstage.
“I will do anything to wipe the smug smile off his face for five minutes.
“I chose Ashley because I thought he was getting as smug as Simon and that’s never good.
“Now he’s out I think he should give Simon his necklace back!”
Music boss Cowell has been dogged by gay rumours, despite a number of relationships with women. And after the cameras stopped rolling he was so furious he refused to appear with Louis, 54, on the ITV2 spin-off show The Xtra Factor.
Last night unrepentant Louis hit back, saying: “He thinks he’s the best and can’t stand it when he loses.
“Both Sharon and I have lost two acts, yet we both carried through with our commit-ments on The Xtra Factor.
“It shows what a bad loser Simon is – that instead of acting like a true professional, he swans off into the night never to be seen again. He should be more of a mentor to his acts.
“He’s got far too big for his boots this year and I think that the public are starting to realise that.”
Simon proved he really is a puff on Saturday night by smoking at the judges table during ad breaks – contravening health and safety rules.
A show insider said: “Simon likes his fags and he is a law unto himself. What he wants, he gets.”
I'm starting to dislike Louis - his comments about Ray having to change his genre because he was bored of it etc, yet doesn't say the same to Ben even though his genre never changes - he's more like the diva at the moment IMO.
I like Simon Cowell - I'd rather be told the truth about my abilities, straight up like he is, rather than be pussy footed around.
that is true but I still think Louis made the right decision on Saturday getting rid of Ashley..Quote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
Definitely - Ashley was awful on Saturday and Robert was far better....I found Ashley very nasal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Siobhan
It would just be nice for all this in fighting and trying to get oneupmanship on everyone else to stop really.