Louis Back On The X-Factor

The bizarre choice to replace Louis Walsh with Brian Friedman on the X-Factor has been reversed - just days into filming the new series.

Louis has rejoined the panel following his sacking which garnered loads of publicity a couple of months ago.

New judge Brian Friedman has been sent back behind the camera and will now help the talent on their chereography and dance techniques. Leaving Louis to re-stablish his on screen war with Cowell, Sharon and new judge Danni Minogue.

The original choice to sack Louis wasn't a shock to us, after all, he made many a ridiculous decision and frequently favoured Irish acts ie, the dreadful Conway sisters.

However the decision to replace him with Freidman was ridiculous - this guy is nothing more than a dancer - fine for Grease Is The Word - but someone should remind Simon Cowell and the producers that the X-Factor is a singing contest.

Good news for Louis then, but we don't envisage that Kate Thornton will be getting 'the call' anytime soon.......

Louis is BACK!

Simon Cowell to launch new Saturday night talent show...

News reaches us that Simon Cowell is to launch yet another Saturday night talent show. Britain’s Got Talent is a talent show that is based on the postwar holiday camp / Butlins tradition. Unlike his Pop Idol series, anyone can enter, it will be competition for allcomers. Simon will be alongside fellow judges Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden.

Apparently Cowell remains a fan of the end-of-pier comedy acts and in an inteview with the Sunday Times Simon says “Well, I’ve always been a big fan of entertainment in the 1950s and 1960s, to me, that was the absolute pinnacle. There was a kind of naivety in those days that I enjoy. We went through a phase in the 1990s when we became incredibly cynical, and I didn’t like that. Now we’re back on track, because I don’t think tastes change.”

The show starts next Saturday on ITV.

Simon Cowell to quit American Idol and link up with Michael Jackson?

Super uber music man himself Simon Cowell has announced that he's likely to quit American Idol. Current viewing figures for the show have dipped from 36 million to just 25 million.

Cowell says: 'I'll have done 10 seasons by then and it'll be time to do something else.
'Meanwhile, new people can be brought in...'

Speaking on GMTV, Cowell also hinted about a possible future link up with Michael Jackson on an as yet unknown project...watch this space.

Cowell gives thumbs down to Sandy and Danny...

It's nice to know that even Simon get's it slightly wrong now and again

OK well not exactly, the ITV show is currently getting around 4 million viewers every Saturday night so it's hardly bombed. However, Mr Nasty himself AKA Simon Cowell says the show isn't doing as well as he'd hoped and he also says that the critics are right to have panned the show...