Westlife turned on the Christmas lights on Oxford Street yesterday, as well as performing two of their hits. The switching on marks the culmination of a charity campaign, Light Up London, which invited people to sponsor a bulb for a minimum £5 donation, and which will benefit The Breast Cancer Campaign, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and homeless kids charity Centrepoint.
Also appearing at the event were a few X-Factor types - Chico-Time, Andy, Nicholas and Brenda. Louis Walsh was also there, and got roundly booed by the crowd for booting that lovely Maria Lawson off the X-Factor last week instead of the stringy Conways. Walsh ended up skulking backstage, too scared to make an appearance, but it's okay, because Westlife are behind him. "He is here somewhere. There are a lot of mixed reactions out there. We watch The X Factor. No matter what decisions Louis makes, he is the man for us," said Kian Westlife.
I wish they'd get Marilyn Manson to switch on the lights next year. That would be so much more fun.