The stringy Conways finally got kicked out of the X-Factor on Saturday after finding themselves in the bottom two yet again, but the surprise was (actually, I wasn't surprised) that it was Simon Cowell, their own mentor, who gave them the boot. "I don't believe in patronising people," he said. "You've been a pleasure and you'll grow from this point on."
One of the Conways (don't know her name, sorry) paid pointed tribute to Louis Walsh, implying that he'd been a better 'mentor' than their own mentor, Cowell: "You have been our mentor through this and we thank you a lot." Louis is probably relieved, in my opinion. Gossip suggests that he was under pressure from an outside source to support the Irish girl group, and was too scared to get rid of them. Cowell has neatly taken that pressure off, if it does, as hearsay suggests, exist.
Elsewhere, Walsh has been bitching about Simon, possibly to pay him back for whatever Cowell said to upset him in the first place - you may remember (how could you forget?) that Walsh threatened to quit the show last week, and, according to reports, Cowell begged him to stay (can't imagine Cowell begging, myself, but whatever). Walsh told The Mirror: "Simon has so far sent me five grovelling text messages begging me to come back to the show. One text message read, 'I'm really sorry Louis, I consider you one of my closest friends. Simon."
He also says: "I think Simon's very vain. He wears platform shoes, has spray tans, wears make-up and dyes his hair, all in an attempt to look younger. Simon also likes to do press ups before he goes on set."