ITV admits scenes on The X Factor were staged
ITV has admitted some scenes on The X Factor were re-shot to get the story right, as the fourth series began, with Dermot O'Leary now hosting.…
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Louis Walsh finds his angry streak
Louis Walsh has criticised the reformed Spice Girls, calling them past their sell-by date and claiming they are reforming because they have nothing better to do.…
Simon Cowell is mean to kids
Simon Cowell has reportedly decided not to sign six-year-old Britain's Got Talent singer Connie Talbot, despite earlier predicting a record deal, her father says.…
Walsh claims Cowell would overlook Presley
Louis Walsh claims Simon Cowell would not have put a young Elvis through on The X Factor, saying Sharon Osbourne would have loved him.…
X-Factor's Walsh re-hired by text
Louis Walsh says Simon Cowell re-hired him for the X-Factor judging panel by text message, after he was sacked last year, though rumours suggest Brian Friedman turned the job down first.…
Simon Cowell to produce Pop Idol movie
Simon Cowell is set to produce a film called 'Star Struck', based on a behind-the-scenes look at talent shows, with leads to be found through a competition format.…
Louis Walsh on X-Factor drop
Louis Walsh has described being dropped as an X-Factor judge as the worst thing in his life, saying Simon Cowell had promised to keep him on.…
Cowell promises best ever X-Factor
Simon Cowell says the next X-Factor series will be the best yet, with four judges and a new category for 14-16 year olds, announced at ITV's autumn launch.…
Pott's got talent, apparently
Opera-singing phone salesman Paul Potts has won the first series of Britain's Got Talent, beating Connie Talbot to a £100,000 prize and a record deal with Simon Cowell.…
Any Dream Tops talent show ratings
The BBC's Any Dream Will Do? won the Saturday ratings with 8.5 million viewers, against 4.9 million for ITV's Grease Is The Word.…
Springer protects the kids from Morgan
Jerry Springer criticised Piers Morgan for attacking child contestants on America's Got Talent, with Sharon Osbourne also walking out of the show.…
Cowell and Morgan slag off BBC talent show rival
Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan criticised the BBC's When Will I Be Famous, which aired before ITV's Britain's Got Talent, with ITV's Paul Jackson calling it a spoiler.…