X Factor is in safe hands, says Louis
there if I’m good enough and I’m delivering. “If not, I’ll be gone. “I’ve had a great run anyway so Simon will keep me if it’s working.
“I love Simon, we’re best friends. We did Westlife for 15 years together. That’s how I know Cowell so well because I would talk to him every single
day.
“I understand him more than anybody else.”
Strictly’s return has given The X Factor its toughest challenge yet.
“Strictly is a very good show,” admitted Louis. “It’s feelgood, it’s family and I understand why people watch it.”
Strictly has tempted X Factor names on to its dance floor but the affable Irishman has never even contemplated appearing.
“No, no, no, not ever,” he laughed. “I’m a music man. I literally know nothing about dance. I’ve got no interest. This is the only show I want to work on.”
Louis despairs at the attitude of some youngsters who let fame and fortune go to their heads.
“I still love the music business, but I get very disheartened with people in it,” he said with a sigh.
“There’s a big lack of loyalty. People that we find on the show or get record deals, become famous and forget why they made it.
“They forget that people like Simon and I helped them along the way.
“That’s the worst thing for me about people today.”
Louis is on the lookout for talent of a different kind as a judge for Junk Kouture ( www. junkkouture.co.uk).
Secondary school pupils are being urged to create wearable fashion designs from recycled rubbish, with the final due to take place at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on February 9.
“It was incredible what these young students did last year,” added Louis.
“If Lady Gaga saw some of this stuff she’d be jumping up and down.”