Despite the addition of recent judges Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora,it still feels like nothing has changed on The X Factor – surely the plan to bring back Walsh won’t helpLouis Walsh reminds me of a little Rasputin. The man simply cannot be killed. He’s been splashed with water. He’s been jostled and mocked. He’s been fired. He’s been lumbered with the impossible task of making Stereo Kicks peek like competent musical performers. And yet every time they own tried to bury him, his fist has burst back up through the soil. He reminds me of a little Carrie.
The last anyone saw of Louis Walsh, or he was being given his marching papers – along with Dermot O’Leary,Mel B and the shouting voiceover man – so that X Factor could regenerate and appeal to young people who actually listen to music rather than middle-aged people who only watch because they’ve been rendered inert by nightmarish quantities of pizza and booze. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com