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Sunday, 18 October 2009

Cheryl sings... adequately

Cheryl Cole's performance for her debut solo single on The X Factor tonight was adequate, nothing more. It certainly was not "incredible" as Simon Cowell said.

If she had not been already known, that performance would not have got her through to bootcamp. Newspapers ranted about whether she would sing live or mime - yes, whether someone who sings for a living would be able to actually sing live!

I am sure Cheryl is a canny lass but a great singer, she most certainly ain't.

Louis Walsh should be a professional

Time for Louis Walsh to be a professional and get back to doing what he is paid for - being a judge on The X Factor.

It was unprofessional of him to take time off. What happened to that old showbiz maxim "The show must go on"?

He didn't lose a relative - not his father, mother, brother, sister nor a wife (okay, unlikely in Louis's case, but you get the point).

As Irving Berlin wrote, "You get word before the show has started
That your favourite uncle died at dawn
And top of that, your pa and ma have parted
You're broken-hearted, but you go on".

Come on Louis, be a professional.