X-Factor News

[Hairy Potter]

http://www.markgunther.com/index.php?showtopic=97

not sure if this is allowed but email was not sending so I have posted a link to where you can get it from

you will have to sign up to the forum but its free and has games and a casino as well as a battle game built in to the forum itself

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cheers Hairy, I got the email...

here's the direct download:

http://thecouchtripper.com/mp3/Leona-AMomentLikeThis.mp3

[maycm]

Excellent Final - loved Take That duet, and she really is a cut above the rest.

THe only thing is does the world need another Maria Carey? She sounds too much alike to be a distinctive sound and that may the only thing against her.

BTW: Edward C.....I can only echo Irish's comment. WTF?!!?

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Whitney: I'm going to make you a megastar

SUPERSTAR Whitney Houston has sent a message to X Factor champ Leona Lewis telling her she will help make her an international superstar.

The 43-year-old singer – who has had global smashes with I Will Always Love You and I Wanna Dance With Somebody – claims the former receptionist from London has the talent to be huge.

Chart-topper Whitney heard about Leona, 21, after word reached the star that her record label in the States was keen to sign the X Factor winner.

Bosses at J Records have already invited Leona to the US to discuss launching her in America and they sent Whitney some tapes of Leona’s performances on The X Factor. She was so impressed she has offered to mentor Leona.

Whitney’s career hit the skids when she developed a serious drug habit. She cleaned up and is now divorcing Bobby Brown, 37.

Last night a source said: “If anyone knows about the music business, it’s Whitney. Now she’d love to give Leona a helping hand.”

Bookies have closed the book on Leona having the Christmas No1 with A Moment Like This. A Ladbrokes spokesman said: “It’s all over bar the coronation of the new Queen of Pop.”

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That's brilliant that Leona is getting serious attention. She's unbelievably talented and seems a down to earth person and deserves every bit of good that comes her way.

I have no doubt whatsoever that she'll be known internationally and as popular as the biggest acts out there.

Good on her

...wonder if Ray has been hired to be one of the 7 dwarfs in the broadway musical Snow White yet?

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I wouldn't let Whitney Houston near her - she'll have her hyped-up on goofballs by sundown!

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Walsh unhappy with 'X Factor' changes

Louis Walsh has complained that he has been "stabbed in the back" after being axed from The X Factor.

The music mogul, who was a judge on the show for three years, also claimed that Simon Cowell and ITV misled ex-host Kate Thornton by assuring her that she would not be replaced for the fourth series.

"It was a bad move sacking Kate. She was like a mother figure for all the acts. She will be a big loss," Louis told The Sun. "It was made worse because Simon and ITV kept telling Kate she was safe, that she'd be staying. But it would seem Simon's word is not his bond.

"I was really shocked, I have to admit that. I did feel like I had been stabbed in the back. With Simon, it's all about work. He told me, 'It's nothing personal.'"

However, Simon Cowell has insisted that he wanted Walsh and Thornton to return for another series, but the final decision rested with ITV.

"Much like Coronation Street, we have to make changes to a long-running hit show - and sometimes, the most popular people have to go," Cowell explained. "Louis has been in discussions about the commitment he could offer, and he was so busy with his management career. It just worked out that it would be better if we got a new judge.

"I did put up arguments for Louis and Kate to stay, but ITV put up their arguments for them to go and it was their ultimate decision."

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I'm completely gutted Louis is gone. Kate I expected but I don't get why they did this. It's a really bad decision as far as I'm concerned.

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DEVASTATED X Factor judge Louis Walsh has ripped into Simon Cowell for sacking him from the show — and revealed their 10-year friendship is now in tatters. Telling his full story for the first time, the music manager raged: "I have been completely shafted by Simon. He has told me bare-faced lies about my future and, worst of all, he didn't have the balls to tell me personally that I was going." In an exclusive interview with the News of the World Louis also claimed Simon:

# LIED about ITV making the decision to shake up the show

# FOOLED sacked host Kate Thornton into thinking her job was safe

# REFUSED to call devastated Kate to explain his decision.

Louis, 54, said: "The format works, so why change it? The audience is used to the same panel coming back each year. The only change is that Simon gets new teeth and bigger boobs." Even loudmouth Sharon Osbourne, who Louis describes as "THE" star of the show, was in danger of losing her place on the judging panel, according to an insider. He said: "There was concern about her age. But Simon feels she is box office and people tune in to watch her."

Louis revealed he learned his fate on Wednesday after Cowell had sent him to Stockholm, Sweden, to meet songwriters penning tracks for the new series. He was standing in a hotel lobby when a call came through on his mobile from X Factor executive producer Richard Holloway. Louis said "I never expected in a million years to hear that I was being sacked. Richard was very upfront. He said, ‘We've got bad news, you're not going to be a judge any more'. It was totally unexpected. Just a week before, I'd been sitting in Simon's home in LA talking about what we'd do with the new series. We were talking about who should be the fourth judge. I even suggested some names like Chris Moyles.

"That's what sticks in my throat—Simon went on like it was business as usual. Why did he send me to Stockholm and have me working on the series if he didn't want me judging? I have spoken to him since and he has offered me another show. He blames ITV for my leaving, but I don't believe for a second that this has anything to do with them. Simon controls everything about X Factor. This has everything to do with him."

Louis said he's also devastated for Kate. Her future looked shaky in October last year, but Cowell, 47, reassured her there was no plot to dump her. Louis said: "Simon had a long chat with her and told her to ignore the reports. He said there'd be no changes, but then the carpet was pulled from under her. She's very upset and feels really humiliated. She wants to speak to Simon but he hasn't even called to wish her well."

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I'd be interested to know what Sharon's opinion is on Louis being sacked.

Thing is, the constant bickering between the 3 of them has just got out of hand, and instead of it being about the talent it's been about the judges. It's like they pick on each other and the acts suffer for it, and that's why so many good singers were voted off. It gets far too personal and that frustrates the viewing public I'm sure. I know it frustrates the hell out of me.

No matter who else they get the same thing will happen. Once they get comfy in their role they'll go head to head and it's what ruins the show for me. I don't mind a bit of back and forth but they all just go too far.

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Ben Shephard exits X Factor
May 02, 2007

BEN Shephard has quit the X Factor, TV Biz can exclusively reveal. The hunk — who fronted ITV2 spin-off the Xtra Factor — is said to have been upset Dermot O’Leary was picked to replace axed Kate Thornton on the main show over him. The GMTV presenter, 32, will now host new BBC1 Saturday night show Dance X — the hunt for a new version of 1970s dance troupe Hot Gossip.

Last night an X Factor insider said: “Ben was not that happy when Dermot got the job. He thought he should get a shot.” Producer and judge Simon Cowell was a keen supporter of Ben — who has fronted the Xtra Factor for the last three series. Kate and show judge Louis Walsh were sacked from the ITV1 talent show in March. Dannii Minogue will be a new judge, while show chiefs are still hunting for a fourth.

A source close to Ben denied that he quit in anger about Dermot, saying: “That’s not the case at all. Ben’s been friends with Dermot for years — they did T4 together.” Ben’s spokesman said: “He wishes the X Factor’s entire production nothing but the best.” An X Factor spokeswoman said: “Ben has done a terrific job.”

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One bland tv muppet replaced by another? I'm not sure if I can take the change!!

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