X Factor judge Louis Walsh has claimed that 2008 runners up JLS were the ‘real winners’ of their series in an interview with the BBC. The Irish judge, who mentored the group at the time, also revealed he is hoping for more groups in this year’s auditions, adding “It could be the year for a group to win it.”
British folk singer Richard Thompson has criticised The X Factor, claiming its stars like Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke can’t sing and ‘lack musical intelligence’. Speaking to BBC’s Hardtalk programme, Thompson said X Factor contestants couldn’t actually sing songs, despite having good voices.
A number of X Factor related acts have been nominated for Brit awards, it has been revealed. This year’s winner Joe McElderry receives a nomination for Best British Single while last year’s runner’s up JLS receive 3 nominations. Read on for more details…
X Factor stars including winner’s and judges have dominated the list of the biggest selling singles of the past decade, with 2006 winner Leona Lewis featuring three times. This year’s winner Joe McElderry also manages to get onto the list despite his single only being available to buy for two weeks of the 10 years.
Despite being beaten to number 2 last week, Joe has climbed to take the last number 1 of the decade with close to 200,000 sales of his single The Climb. Rage Against The Machine held onto second place while Cheryl Cole’s new single entered the top 5.
It’s looking like we’re going to have a big X Factor love in this weekend as former 2006 winner Leona Lewis and 2008 winner and runners up Alexandra Burke and JLS all return to the stage. All 3 of the acts will be performing their latest singles I Got You, Broken Heels and One Shot over the weekend’s live shows.
X Factor judge Cheryl Cole has her own show tonight – starting at 18:30 on ITV1 right before The X Factor 2009 final! She’ll not only be singing some of the songs from her debut album but X Factor 2008 winner Alexandra Burke will perform and even Dannii Minogue is rumoured to have made a guest appearance. Read on for some pictures and a preview!
X Factor 2008 winner Alexandra Burke has revealed she doesn’t know who will win and that all of the final three this year are “good”. Burke, who performed with Beyonce in last year’s final, also said she thought this year’s duet line-up is ‘outstanding’ and praised her mentor Cheryl Cole.
Last year’s X Factor winner has revealed she believes this year’s winner will be either Olly Murs or Danyl Johnson. The Bad Boys singer has dismissed the fact that both have been in the bottom two which, based on previous series, would indicated neither can win.
X Factor finalist Rachel Adedeji is being lined up for a deal with US star Rihanna if Rachel is voted off the show. Last night viewers saw Rachel survive her second final showdown after once again failing to impress voters with her performance of “If I Were A Boy”.
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