Louis Walsh is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the biggest crackpot I’ve ever seen and it would seem that his tenuous grip on reality is slipping.
The whole “I’m a judge, I’m allowed to have an opinion. You’re not a judge, so shut up” thing with the host of X-factor was already a pile of horseshit, but then he said the same thing to the whole audience – with lovely visuals – after his pair of trained monkeys sang the Ghostbusters tune. Stay classy, Louis.
Seriously. I can understand the financial reasons to keep the twins (I refuse to call them Jedward) on. They cause controversy. It’s like the Howard Stern show in the US. More people who hate the show listen to it than people who actually like Stern. Why? Because they want to hear what he says so that they can complain about it. Same difference here. The idiots are a cash cow. Of course they can’t sing and have no talent. Of course they’re going to be toned down, tuned out, voice-overed and backup-signered to death. It’s still car-crash TV. You know it’s bad, but you can’t help yourself. And that’s why Simon Cowell didn’t vote them off. It’s better for the ratings and therefore his own bottom line in merchandising tie-ins, show tickets, tour tickets, yada yada yada. He knows they’re not going to win, but he’s going to make as much money from them as he can in the process.
Cowell’s motives are based purely in capitalism and greed and I can respect that. Louis firmly believes that they’re good and they can win. For that, he must die!