The One True Voice fall-out has begun following the news yesterday that the Popstars boyband have split before even releasing a debut album. And apparently it's all Pete Waterman’s fault.
Getting the knife in on Waterman yesterday was One True Voice member Jamie Shaw who told the Sun: "We would have stood a chance if Pete had been interested in us. But he did not support us and gave us a horrible Eighties look and sound. He was a great producer ten years ago but he had no idea how to make us work."
Fellow Popstars judge and Girls Aloud manager Louis Walsh was even harsher: “I do not know why Pete Waterman is on Pop Idol. He does not deserve to be on the panel because he is completely out of touch with music. Pete Waterman threatened to kill himself if One True Voice were a failure — well he should do it now. He has killed these lads’ careers and ruined their lives while he sits smugly on the Pop Idol panel. He has turned five talented lads who had the world at their feet into disillusioned, disappointed and depressed ex-pop stars. Millions voted for those lads to be in the band and he has messed up their lives, their careers and their dreams and left them in the gutter. Pete is a liar, a fake and a joke. He has no idea how to make a hit. He has the biggest ego in the world and is only interested in Pete Waterman. He must be taken off Pop Idol immediately. Pete failed, not One True Voice. He made them sing rubbish songs and do dance routines they were uncomfortable with. He said [OTV] were going to be bigger than Westlife or Boyzone and he hasn’t kept his promise. He tells lies and gets away with it.”