Strictly is warm-up act - Walsh  Salisbury Journal: Louis Walsh
says Strictly Come Dancing is a 'warm-up act' for X Factor Louis
Walsh says Strictly Come Dancing is a 'warm-up act' for X Factor
X Factor judge Louis Walsh appears to have reopened hostilities
with Strictly Come Dancing by calling the rival show a "warm-up
act" for his programme.  The programmes will embark on a ratings
war when they stage live heats each Saturday, both hoping to
grab the bigger audience.  But Walsh was dismissive of the BBC1
dance contest - which begins earlier than X Factor - and made
barbed comments about its 84-year-old host Sir Bruce Forsyth.
He said: "Strictly is like a warm-up act for the X Factor, with
a very old frontman."  The Irish music manager - who found
success with acts such as Boyzone and Westlife - has regularly
taken swipes at Sir Bruce.  And he kept up his criticism of the
veteran star, adding: "I don't think you'll see me on television
when I'm 84. Andy Williams has just died and he's 84."  The two
shows h