Cheryl Cole gets to work and starts tweeting, X Factor UK ratings stay strong in week 2, Louis Walsh was asked to pick “another Wagner” *SHOCK*, which XF UK 2011 contestant is a drag queen?
Cheryl Cole created her Twitter account months ago, but stayed silent until today. Here is her first tweet to her 178K followers:
@cherylcole Cheryl Cole
It’s me CC! WHERE MY SOLDIERS AT…….?!!! I can’t believe what my fingers are doing but yes I’m tweeting :-s so here goes…X
Super-toned legs and a nipped in waist: Ousted X Factor judge Cheryl Cole gets a Hollywood makeover for her big screen debut
She’s been keeping a low-profile in recent months since her unceremonious sacking from X Factor USA.
But it looks like Cheryl Cole is determined to make her name Stateside after landing her first Hollywood film role.
In a rare glimpse of the singer, she was spotted looking slim and toned on the set of What To Expect When You’re Expecting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Cheryl and Simon who? Record 11.4m viewers tune in to see X Factor’s new line-up
Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole may have turned their backs on The X Factor. But if anyone expected the fans to follow suit, they were hugely mistaken.
A peak of 11.4million fans watched the ITV1 talent show this weekend – a 48 per cent share of the audience.
The show attracted an average audience of 10.1million – 300, 000 more than the second episode of the last series and the highest ever for this point in the competition.
Read more: The Daily Mail
Dutch ‘Xtra Factor’ act Luigiano Paala wins huge praise from fans
Xtra Factor fans have complained that Dutch singer Luigiano Paala should have made the ITV1 main show.
Viewers who watched Paala impress the judges on the spinoff show on Saturday night argued that his performance of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ warranted a spot on the earlier ITV1 programme.
Xtra Factor host Olly Murs swore “f**k me that was good” after Paala finished his song, which earned him a standing ovation.
Judge Gary Barlow said after his performance: “It sounded gorgeous, I could listen to a whole album.” Louis Walsh described him as a “little star”, while Tulisa Contostavlos claimed that she was “speechless”.
Paala previously appeared on the Dutch X Factor, where he made the top six.
Read more: Digital Spy
X Factor: Louis Walsh says he was pushed to pick a ‘new Wagner’
X FACTOR judge Louis Walsh is furious after producers pushed him to “pick another Wagner” to get more novelty acts into the final stages.
The only surviving original judge fears pressure to include eccentrics will dent his credibility and reduce the chances of his acts winning, says a show insider.
Louis, 50, was asked to keep at least one controversial act in the final four of his category, which is being kept under wraps.
Read more: The Daily Mirror
X Factor 2011: Johnny Robinson is a drag queen – video
THE gawky singer who took X Factor by storm on Saturday is already a mini-legend… as a sexy drag queen.
Self-effacing Johnny Robinson, 45, got a standing ovation for his rendition of Etta James’s jazz classic At Last, despite earlier admitting: “I know I look ugly.”
But last night it emerged he is better known to pals as Sarah Lee – the stage name he uses in transvestite clubs around London, where he lives alone.
Read more: The Daily Mirror
The Official Charts: 28/08/2011 – Joe McElderry talks about his second Top 3 album
We spoke to Joe earlier this week about his second album ‘Classic’ and plans for his forthcoming tour.
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The Official Charts: 24/08/2011 – Olly Murs talks about his potential second Number One Single
We had a little chat with Essex-born Xtra factor presenter Olly Murs about his brand new single Heart Skips A Beat.
Read more: The Official Charts
In bed by One Direction: Curfew for party band
ONE Direction can forget about post-pub treks to the kebab van.
The boyband have been slapped with a midnight curfew after a few too many nights on the ale.
Management have come down hard and want the X Factor stars in bed by 1am.
Read more: The Sun
Lady Leona is a vamp: Miss Lewis debuts much darker hairstyle as video for controversial song is released
She usually sports caramel highlights to match her sweet voice.
But Leona Lewis appears to be shedding her good-girl image with a new dramatic dark look.
The Bleeding Love singer’s newly tinted shiny locks were on display in London’s Leicester Square as she headed into the Capital Radio studios this morning.
Read more: The Daily Mail
He’s still got the X Factor! Olly Murs celebrates after getting his second number one with Heart Skips A Beat
He didn’t win The X Factor back in 2009, but Olly Murs’ career is going from strength to strength.
The 27-year-old singer was celebrating tonight after getting his second number one with his new single Heart Skips A Beat.
Read More: The Daily Mail
