Apr 16, 2020 · Several years after Louis Walsh left The X Factor, he opened up about what went down prior to his departure from the U.K. version of The X Factor. Speaking to the U.K.'s Metro in October...

Feb 1, 2025 · In a candid Sky documentary, Louis Walsh revealed tactics he used to keep Boyzone in the spotlight and bolster their record sales, including concocting a dramatic but false plane crash story that, in reality, was a trivial technical glitch.

Walsh appeared from 2004 as a judge, along with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne, on ITV talent show The X Factor. In 2004, Walsh found chart success with G4, who went on to have a chart-topping album and completed two tours of the UK.

Feb 3, 2025 · The former X Factor judge, 72, is criticised by Boyzone frontman, Ronan Keating, 47, in the documentary, who accuses Louis of ditching him during his subsequent solo career as well as making...

6 days ago · Samantha Mumba has defended her former manager, Louis Walsh, amid the backlash following the recent Boyzone documentary. Following the release of Sky’s new Boyzone documentary series, the former X-Factor judge has been hit with criticism for …

Oct 25, 2013 · Louis Walsh says he is having second thoughts about quitting the ITV talent show The X Factor. The judge, who has been on the panel since the programme started 10 years ago, had previously...

Nov 24, 2024 · Louis Walsh has opened up about his battle with a rare blood cancer as he issued a positive health update. The former X Factor judge revealed he had been diagnosed with Waldenstrom's - a form...

Louis Walsh has denied reports that he will be replaced as a judge on The X Factor and said that he had “a watertight contract”. Walsh said that he and Sharon Osbourne would be returning to the panel this autumn, despite a story claiming that the show’s producers are planning on terminating their contracts in favour of new judges.

4 days ago · In Boyzone: No Matter What the former X Factor judge came across as a ruthless boy band boss. Plus, a provocative Channel 4 documentary and Amandaland

Feb 2, 2025 · Two early members of the band were cut, explains Lynch. “He [Walsh] just decided they didn’t fit. And the two of them were out.” Keating agrees that it bred a climate of fear from then on.