Louis Walsh has said that new ITV drama series 'Rock Rivals' - which has a behind-the-scenes at an X-Factor style talent show theme to it - is nowhere near as interesting as it is behind the scenes at the actual X-Factor, and that they should have come to him for advice.
Walsh told The Mirror: "There's far more drama on The X Factor in any week than there's likely to be in this whole series. I was so excited when I sat down to watch it. I expected it to be great. I had spent a whole day on set doing a cameo and they cut me. I was annoyed, but now I've seen it I'm glad that I ended up on the cutting room floor. It could have been so funny and real but it isn't. With the real thing you have more action, more drama and a lot more talent. They didn't capture the tension and the drama on the show between the judges and the contestants - especially the judges".
He added: "The research on this show was so poor. They should have called us".