Mrs Angry vs Mr Cowell: Rikki Loney Dropped For Liam Payne

www.unrealitytv.co.uk - 30th Sep 2008

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Simon Cowell: I was really annoyed today to read that apparently, Rikki Loney was dropped from The X Factor in favour of Liam Payne. It's not that that I object to, it's that Simon Cowell foisted the decision on the other judges and effectively pulled rank. It seems that the other judges disagreed that Rikki should be pulled out of the contest to make room for Liam, but Simon simply overruled them. Doesn't that just make a mockery of the whole purpose of having three other judges? Now, I love Simon; he's gorgeous, witty, acerbic and incredibly successful so I don't doubt that if he says someone has talent, they have it, but according to reports in the Daily Star today about the debacle, he completely ran roughshod over the others judges who Read full story at www.unrealitytv.co.uk

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