Westlife's Shane Filan wants big-voiced X-Factor contestant Brenda Edwards to win the TV talent competition, which is an absolute scandal, when he should quite clearly be backing his manager Louis Walsh's act, Shayne Ward. According to Orange World, Filan said: "I think Brenda's brilliant. She's the best thing since Aretha Franklin and her voice is just stunning, I think she definitely deserves to win the show."
Shane also dismissed rumours that suggested the boybland were angry with manager Walsh for neglecting them to spend time with his X-Factor kids, by saying: "Louis' probably given us more attention this year than ever before. He's never been a massively hands-on manager but he's always on the phone and there when we need him."