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Westlife seek a little Xtra help
James P alerts us to the surprising news of Westlife's new album, and the way they seem desperate to build their release schedule around the X Factor:
Westlife want to showcase their new album on a TV programme scheduled just before X Factor to help boost record sales.
The 'Flying Without Wings' boyband reportedly believe that by previewing new tracks around the popular ITV reality show they will be helped in achieving a hit with new single 'Home'.
A source told The Sun: "It will be a Saturday night type of show so it’d be great to run it before the semi-final or final of X Factor as the ratings have been so good."
The 'Flying Without Wings' boyband reportedly believe that by previewing new tracks around the popular ITV reality show they will be helped in achieving a hit with new single 'Home'.
A source told The Sun: "It will be a Saturday night type of show so it’d be great to run it before the semi-final or final of X Factor as the ratings have been so good."
Isn't it a bit rich for a supposedly successful band to be seeking a leg-up from the unknowns? Surely the last thing Cowell wants is for his shaky new act to be sharing the limelight with Walsh's creaky old barbershop outfit? Or was pushing Westlife part of the deal cut when Walsh agreed to take the faux-fall?
2 comments:
Didn't they already do this the last 2 years in a row?
How is this any different?
Feckless Gimps.
I think they exist solely as the X Factor House-band these days. Last year their dreadful rendition of 'You Raise Me Up' was used excessively as backing music during the auditions (with the big key-change always coinciding with Simon telling the recently-bereaved auditionee "I'm going to have to say....... YES"). Once the viewing public had been force-fed the track for long enough, it came out as a single. Then the group appeared again in the final, for that hilarious are-they-pissed performance with the contestant who looked like Eddie Munster.
You have to wonder where the line between 'Guests' and 'Product Placement' lies...
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