Monday, 6 October 2008

Louis Walsh: Dannii Minogue will quit X Factor next year

Judge wants Sharon Osbourne back on the hit reality show

Louis Walsh doesn't think Dannii Minogue stands up to Simon Cowell on The X Factor

Louis Walsh reckons Dannii Minogue won’t sign up for The X Factor next year.

The judge wants pal Sharon Osbourne, 58, to come back in the 36-year-old singer's place.

‘[Sharon will] come back next year,’ he says. 'And obviously Dannii would be the one to go – having Cheryl Cole and Sharon on the show together is too good an opportunity to miss.’

Louis, 56, thinks the show needs a strong woman to stand up to acid-tongued Simon, 48.

‘The thing about Sharon is she can’t be controlled,’ he tells the Daily Star Sunday.

‘At the moment Simon has 3 judges who, let’s face it, he controls. With Sharon we never knew what she was going to do next – she was just so unpredictable.’