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The X Factor judge Simon Cowell has attacked a Facebook campaign to prevent this year’s X Factor winner from becoming the Christmas number one as cynical and stupid. The group of over 556,000 has pledged to purchase a 1992 track by Rage Against The Machine instead. The protest group was set up to fight the [...]
(Read More)24th Nov 09
Jedward twins voted out of X Factor
by Harry Oldfield
They were referred to as an unstoppable machine by Simon Cowell, but John and Edward Grime were deadwood after being voted off the X Factor. The identical twins, known as Jedward, came up against some stiff competition in the sing-off against Olly Murs. The twins performed a rendition of Boyzone’s No Matter What, which was [...]
(Read More)18th Nov 09
Calvin Harris banned from X Factor
by Natasha Redman
Reports claim that singer Calvin Harris would not be allowed to visit the X Factor studios again after his larking about on the set of the show last Saturday night. The singer was kicked out by producers in the latest performance round after he invaded the stage with a pineapple on his head as John [...]
(Read More)12th Nov 09
Top 20 list of influential people of London released
by Natasha Redman
Stella McCartney, Simon Cowell and Dizzee Rascal were today named in the top 20 most influence people in London, joining Mayor Boris Johnson and Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson in the annual list of the most powerful figures in the UK’s capital. London Mayor, Boris Johnson, topped the list with Business Secretary Peter Mandelson in [...]
(Read More)11th Nov 09
Angry X Factor viewers bring down ITV website
by Adam Richards
John and Edward’s incredible survival on the X Factor TV show’s website to crash as fans of Lucie Jones posted angry messages accusing judge Simon Cowell of hypocrisy for saving the twins after weeks of criticising them, once even threatening to leave the country if they won the show. Enraged viewers accused him of keeping [...]
(Read More)6th Oct 09
Minogue confident over ‘X Factor’ chances
by Adam Richards
Judge on the popular X Factor TV show, Dannii Minogue, has admitted that she is convinced one of her acts can take out and win the series. Viewers saw the Aussie singer choose Lucie Jones, Stacey Solomon and Rachel Adedeji as the final three contestants for her Girls’ category in last night’s episode. She had [...]
(Read More)5th Oct 09
Simon Cowell turns 50
by Natasha Redman
About 400 guests were invited to the £1m party at Wrotham Park, a stately home in Hertfordshire. The bash was organised by Tina Green, wife of high street king, Sir Philip, who knows one or two things about entertaining as she was the MC for her husband’s 55th birthday party which involved flying 100 guests [...]
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