X Factor 2009

[tammyy2j]

Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell are at war over their categories.

The Irishman reckons he doesn’t stand a chance of winning the show with his bands.

And he believes Simon has been handed the strongest group in the compet*ition.

“I’ll get into the final but I won’t win,” said Louis, adding that Simon was spoiled for choice as the mentor of the over-25s.

Louis said: “He always gets the best ones.

“They’ve all been round the block a fair bit. They’ve all got more experience than mine.”


But Simon, who turns 50 today, criticised 57-year-old Louis’ attitude about his finalists.


He said: “Oh that’s positive, thanks for taking part.


“They’re not exactly going to have bags of confidence after this, are they?


“It’s not a question of being spoiled for choice, it’s how you prepare your contestants on the day. And I prepare my contestants better than the others.”


But they both agreed that fellow judges Cheryl Cole, 26, and Dannii Minogue, 37, had the “dark horses” in their boys and girls groups.


Among Dannii’s faves is Stacey Solomon, 20, from Essex, but Simon is backing his over-25s including rocker Jamie Archer, 33, alias Jamie Afro.

I was surprised Louis got the groups again this year i think Cheryl or Dannii might have done better with the groups

[sindydoll]

whitney has confirmed that she will be on the x factor on the 18th october...so looking forward to that

[Siobhan]

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I was surprised Louis got the groups again this year i think Cheryl or Dannii might have done better with the groups

Apparently in the Metro today, his groups spoke out saying it was all a bluff and that if everyone thinks he won't win, it will make a surprise exciting finish to the competition

[Perdita]

does anyone know if theres a theme this week on x factor, robbie williams maybe? as he is on the results show on sunday. im so looking forward to saturday and the 1st live show should be good.

Lucie Jones has said that the theme of X Factor's Week One performances is "up in the air".

The Welsh singer, who is in Dannii Minogue's Girls category, claimed that plans for the first live show had been alternating during the past week.

"We're not really sure [what the theme is]," Jones told DS. "It's been up in the air. It's been chopped and changed quite a bit."

When asked whether she is concerned about the pressure of being one of the favourites in this year's show, Jones said: "I'm taking it one week at a time. I'm concentrating on this Saturday's show. Then on Sunday morning, I'll be thinking about my survivor song if I'm in the bottom two. I'm not looking at the odds and stuff because I think it would play on my mind so much."

Speaking about her first performance, rival female singer Rachel Adedeji explained: "For the first week, I will probably be dancing because I'm doing quite a big song. So I'll be grooving it up. We're all doing different styles of songs, so some of us will be dancing, some won't."

The X Factor airs on Saturday at 8pm on ITV1.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/xfactor/...n-the-air.html

[Sparklet]

I think Cheryl should have chosen Ethan.

[Abbie]

Just been catching up, I really wanted that other Daniel to go through

[Chloe O'brien]

ITV
Tabloid reports have claimed that Simon Cowell may miss the first X Factor live show due to illness.
According to the Daily Star, the judge is currently "laid up at home" and has only been able to keep in contact with his Over-25s group by phone. Cowell is mentoring Jamie Archer, Olly Murs and Danyl Johnson.
If he misses the show, it will be the first time he has been absent from the series in the programme's history. The 50-year-old reportedly came down with flu after holding large birthday celebrations last weekend.
However, according to Cowell's spokesperson and ITV1, he is still expected to take part this weekend. "We are expecting all four judges here on Saturday," said a show source.

Line up girls who wants to play nurse maid to Mr Cowell to help sweat the flu out of him.

[lizann]

ITV
Tabloid reports have claimed that Simon Cowell may miss the first X Factor live show due to illness.
According to the Daily Star, the judge is currently "laid up at home" and has only been able to keep in contact with his Over-25s group by phone. Cowell is mentoring Jamie Archer, Olly Murs and Danyl Johnson.
If he misses the show, it will be the first time he has been absent from the series in the programme's history. The 50-year-old reportedly came down with flu after holding large birthday celebrations last weekend.
However, according to Cowell's spokesperson and ITV1, he is still expected to take part this weekend. "We are expecting all four judges here on Saturday," said a show source.

Line up girls who wants to play nurse maid to Mr Cowell to help sweat the flu out of him.

Sinitta but i doubt she wear enough clothes for a nurse

So whose is mentoring the over 25s while Simon is sick?

[SarahWakefield]

Well, I actually thought I'd want the twins off this week, BUT I actually want Lloyd to go. Cheryl made a terrible decision with him. Should've been Ethan.

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

Wow Dannii.. what a b****!! Danyl's performance was honestly totally amazing (the best of the night I would say) and she clearly felt he was a big threat to her girls in order to say something like that! Totally unneccessary and spiteful!!