Simon Cowell sticks up for Dannii Minogue
Simon Cowell has took Louis Walsh to task for making fellow judge Dannii Minogue cry on TV. Dannii was left in tears after Louis attacked her for ‘stealing’ a song he had wanted for his group JLS. The row had started on Thursday but spilled over into the live show.
Louis was furious after she refused to allow JLS to sing Take That hit Rule The World – because she’d earmarked it for her act, Rachel Hylton – who was later that night evicted from the show. Millions of viewers witnessed Louis say angrily to Dannii: “We’re all in it for our acts. We all care and I have to protect my acts as well, they wanted to do Rule The World from day one.”
Dannii sat staring straight ahead with tears welling in her eyes, unable to speak. Simon stuck up for Dannii, telling her: “Just picking up on what Louis said about nicking the song, we take it in turns and Dannii made absolutely the right decision, and if Louis doesn’t like it… tough.”
A source on the show said: “Things are getting very tense. Dannii felt she was being isolated on the panel and publicly humiliated.”
In recent weeks Dannii has tried – and failed – to build bridges with fellow judge Cheryl Cole. A well-placed source revealed: “Dannii fears that her days on the show could be numbered unless she can get back on side with the other judges. Recently she has been trying to get in with Cheryl by inviting her to lunch and suggesting nights out together. But Cheryl keeps making excuses.”
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