OHMYGOSSIP — Simon Cowell has reportedly banned Niall Horan from appearing as a solo artist on ‘The X Factor’.
The music mogul – who helped to put Niall’s chart-toping band One Direction together – is said to be frustrated with the Irish star and fellow 1D singer Liam Payne after they snubbed Simon’s offer of a record deal to instead sign with rival labels.
A source explained: “Simon really thought the 1D boys would show loyalty after he mentored them on the show and made them the huge global success they are. Instead they went behind his back.
“He’s not going to be doing them any favours. He knows artists love performing on the show as there are eight million viewers to promote their songs to.
“Niall also chose to do ‘The Graham Norton Show’. ‘The X Factor’ don’t like to have acts that have been elsewhere.”
Niall’s debut single ‘This Town’ peaked at number nine in the UK and Simon is reportedly unconcerned about having the 23-year-old star appear on the programme.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “The song’s already going down the chart. Simon doesn’t feel he’s missing out.”
Meanwhile, Niall is said to have been aware of Simon’s stance when he opted to sign with a rival record label.
An insider shared: “They knew when he didn’t sign with Syco he wouldn’t be appearing on ‘The X Factor’. Everyone is totally fine.
“He’s extremely proud and grateful for everything ‘The X Factor’ did for him.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Laura Whitmore cannot stand up because of the ankle injury that forced her to pull out of Saturday night’s (22.10.16) ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 31-year-old beauty withdrew from the programme after being advised by the show’s doctors to rest her injured joint – and an insider has now revealed the extent of Laura’s problem.
A source explained to the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “She’s seen two physios and two medics over the past 24 hours and at 4.15pm today show bosses took the decision she could not perform.
“It is really inflamed. She’s had to keep it elevated and she’s being given pain killers.
“She is absolutely gutted. She’s been in floods of tears because she was so excited to be performing.”
Laura was set to perform her jive with partner Giovanni Pernice but announced she was pulling out of the programme on Twitter.
She wrote: “Absolutely Devastated… It was a decision taken out of my hands. If it was my choice, I’d be on the dance floor doing my jive with Gio. This was by far my favourite dance. We all train really hard. All of us dancing, have aches and pains and I didn’t realise the severity of my injury until it was too late. I’m sorry to let you all down. (sic)”
As a result of the injury, Laura was given a bye through to next week, when she hopes to be able to return.
A ‘Strictly’ statement said: “Laura Whitmore will not perform on tonight’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ due to an ankle injury sustained earlier in the week.
“She has been checked by a doctor and the medical team on site and they have advised that she rests her ankle and does not dance this weekend.
“As per the rules of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ – because Laura and Giovanni cannot dance on tonight’s show – they will receive a bye through to next week and the show will continue with a public vote as per usual.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ed Balls slumped to the bottom of the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ scoreboard tonight (22.10.16) after he nearly dropped his partner Katya Jones.
The 49-year-old politician donned a rucksack and a new spray tan for his quickstep to ‘Is This The Way To Amarillo’ but even they couldn’t disguise his lack of skills on the dancefloor after the over ambitious lift went wrong and judges Len Goodman, Darcey Bussell and Craig Revel Horwood gave him the lowest scores of the evening.
However, he won favour with viewers who flocked to Twitter to share their amusement.
One retweeted a clip of the performance and captioned it: “I’m sorry but every time I see it I have to retweet it. Oh @edballs I love you! (sic)”
Another said: “Don’t like politicians in general but @edballs is actually likeable on @bbcstrictly like @GBTrainJourneys Michael Portillo outside politics.(sic)”
And one added: “He obviously doesn’t know the way to Amarillo @edballs #Strictly (sic)”
Ore Oduba waltzed to the top of leaderboard for a second week running but was just one point ahead of Danny Mac, who was seemingly Len’s favourite.
The veteran judge showered praise on the 28-year-old actor and described his romantic performance with partner Otile Mabuse to a slow version of Whitney Houston’s ‘How Will I Know’ as “a very masculine Rumba.”
Elsewhere, Anastacia thrived without her professional partner Brendan Cole, who was replaced by Gorka Marquez after he was struck down with a serious chest infection.
And Darcey gave special praise to Claudia Fragpane declaring her “a natural performer” after her energetic dance with AJ Pritchard to Candi Staton’s 1976 hit ‘Young Hearts Run Free’.
Meanwhile, the ‘Strictly’ curse hit again this week as six professionals were struck down by a mystery virus and it was announced earlier today that Laura Whitmore would not be performing due to an ankle injury.
The Irish beauty said she was “devastated” to miss out on dancing the foxtrot but was forced to take the advice of the show’s medical team.
She wrote on Twitter: “”Absolutely Devastated… It was a decision taken out of my hands. If it was my choice, I’d be on the dance floor doing my jive with Gio. This was by far my favourite dance. We all train really hard. All of us dancing, have aches and pains and I didn’t realise the severity of my injury until it was too late. I’m sorry to let you all down.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Bruce Forsyth isn’t retiring – yet.
Rumours swirled that the former ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ host was set to call time on his glittering seven-decade career but his manager Ian Wilson shut down the claims and revealed the 88-year-old star hasn’t decided when he’ll quit showbiz, following his life-saving surgery last year to treat two heart aneurysms and lengthy recovery.
He said in a statement: “As is widely known, Sir Bruce is recuperating from various health issues.
“His sole focus at the moment is to continue getting better and he has made no formal or informal decision about retiring from show business.”
However, Sir Bruce is said to be doing “much better” according to his wife Lady Wilnelia Forsyth-Johnson, who is pleased with his progress.
The brunette beauty said back in June: “He’s [Bruce] doing much better. But he’s still convalescing. It was a big, big operation. It’s taking much longer than we expected, but we’re positive that he can recuperate 100 per cent.”
The entertainer sparked fears for his health in April this year when he was forced to miss his best friend Ronnie Corbett’s funeral because he was still recovering from the extensive key hole surgery five months earlier.
Sir Bruce was admitted for surgery at the end of last year after doctors discovered his near-fatal condition during a routine check-up following his dramatic fall just a few weeks prior.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Laura Whitmore is “absolutely devastated” she’s had to pull out of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ tonight (22.10.16) due to an ankle injury.
The 31-year-old Irish beauty will not be performing her jive with partner Giovanni Pernice as planned in the BBC talent competition after being advised by the show’s doctors to rest her injured joint.
Taking to Twitter today, she said: “Absolutely Devastated… It was a decision taken out of my hands. If it was my choice, I’d be on the dance floor doing my jive with Gio. This was by far my favourite dance. We all train really hard. All of us dancing, have aches and pains and I didn’t realise the severity of my injury until it was too late. I’m sorry to let you all down.
The TV presenter went on: “My priority is to follow the doctors instructions to get myself on my feet again without permanent damage and do the thing I love the most. Dancing! Thanks to all my fellow contestants for the support they’ve given me in the last 24hrs.”
A ‘Strictly’ spokesperson confirmed the news this afternoon and said the dancing couple will get a pass into next week’s show.
The statement said: “Laura Whitmore will not perform on tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing due to an ankle injury sustained earlier in the week.
“She has been checked by a doctor and the medical team on site and they have advised that she rests her ankle and does not dance this weekend.
“As per the rules of Strictly Come Dancing – because Laura and Giovanni cannot dance on tonight’s show – they will receive a bye through to next week and the show will continue with a public vote as per usual.
They added: “‘We wish Laura a very speedy recovery.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The ‘X Factor’ contestants are watched by security guards around the clock.
Finalist Emily Middlemas, 18, has laughed off claims she and boyfriend, and fellow contestant, Ryan Lawrie, have been having sex on the staircase of the house they share with the rest of the hopefuls, insisting it would be impossible even if they wanted to because they are constantly under scrutiny.
She said: “It’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard.
“We would never do that… We can laugh it off because if you saw the house you would be laughing as well. The security guards stand at the bottom of the stairs.
“You can see the whole house from the staircase. When we sit there to talk, we talk to the security too. The guards stay up all night in the corridor, so we wouldn’t do that anyway. But I mean, it’s impossible.
“If we’re lucky, we can steal a kiss for a minute but that’s as far as it can go.”
And though they are living together, Emily admits she and Ryan, 20, don’t get many opportunities for time alone together.
She told heat magazine: “We don’t get alone time as we’re always with everyone. We’re not banned from each other’s rooms but are never in them because we don’t have any time.”
The couple are aware that they could face one another in the sing-off at some stage in the competition, but they’re trying not to worry about it.
Emily said: “We’d just sing our hearts out[if we were in the sing-off together] and hope for the best.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Six ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professionals have been struck down by a mystery virus.
Brendan Cole has been replaced by Gorka Marquez for Saturday’s (22.10.16) show, after he was struck down with a serious chest infection which saw him rushed to A&E shortly before he was due to dance on last week’s episode and now Katya Jones, Janette Manrara, Neil Jones, Aljaz Skorjanec and Anton du Beke have all taken ill with flu-like symptoms.
A source told The Sun: “Preparations for this weekend have been hampered by this horrendous virus sweeping through the pros
“Brendan has spent the entire week away from training on doctor’s orders, and won’t be performing on Saturday night’s show.
“Producers are now concerned some of the other pros could be following in his footsteps. “They have to rehearse and dance very intimately. And at the moment they are dropping like flies.”
While Janette’s celebrity partner Melvin Odoom has already been voted out, show bosses are worried about the other dancers.
Meanwhile, Brendan was advised by his doctors to rest this weekend as he is at risk of developing pneumonia.
A spokesperson for Brendan confirmed: “He’s resting on the orders of his doctor but everybody hopes the rest will enable a return to form for Brendan in next week’s competition.'”
A source close to Brendan told MailOnline: “Brendan’s gutted not to be able to dance this weekend.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Honey G has been banned from rapping over a David Bowie track on ‘The X Factor’.
The aspiring rapper – who has been slammed as a joke contestant – will perform Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’ which samples ‘Under Pressure’ by Bowie and Queen but Bowie’s estate has warned that she cannot include her own signature rap during the performance.
A source told the Daily Mirror: “Bowie’s estate have been very reluctant in letting her use the song, she can’t make it her own in any way and must stick to Vanilla Ice’s version.”
And this has left the rapper, whose real name is Anna Georgette Gilford, worried.
The insider explained: “Honey is really nervous because her biggest draw is all the gimmicks and personal touches she puts on her raps.
“Now she really has to stick to the format, so she doesn’t want to cause any problems. This could really make or break her.”
Meanwhile, former X Factor winners Little Mix recently insisted Honey G is a fake.
Jade Thirlwall said: “I think it’s a joke. I don’t believe she’s real. She’s blatantly an actress. Let’s just say, I’ve heard she’s an actress.”
And Jesy Nelson added: “She’s just no. I think she’s an actress, I’ve been told she is as well.”
While Leigh-Anne Pinnock doesn’t mind novelty acts in the show, she would prefer to see “real talent” shine through.
She said: “I’m all for entertainment, but I’m also all for real talent as well.”
Jesy previously slammed ‘The X Factor’ for letting novelty acts, such as Honey G and Bratavio, through to the live shows.
She said: “I don’t think it’s fair that novelty acts get through. I get it in that it becomes a little niche thing and everyone finds it funny, but I just think it’s so unfair when so many incredible people don’t get through.
“If that would’ve been [the case] on our year, I would’ve been f****d off.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Gavin Rossdale hopes he is “half as good” as Gwen Stefani on ‘The Voice’.
The pair split in 2015 after 13 years of marriage and Gavin recently landed a role on the UK version of the show, while Gwen featured on ‘The Voice’ in the US, and the rocker admitted he finds the whole situation “ironic”.
He told The Sun: “She’s really, really brilliant at that show. She’s so natural at it. I hope that I’m just half as good as her.
“It’s ironic and it’s like nothing’s surprising any more. She’s so incredible at it. I’ve watched her.”
Gavin, 50, plans to divide his time between London for ‘The Voice’ and Los Angeles, where his sons, Kingston, 10, Zuma, eight, and Apollo, two, are based.
He said: “I have basically done the schedule up until April, when this finishes, and put in when I have to be here for The Voice – then there’s the kids. Other stuff goes in between.”
However, being in London will allow Gavin to spend more time with his daughter Daisy Lowe, 27, is currently competing on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
He said: “Even more ironic is that I’m (on TV) on Saturday night and so is Daisy.
“Again, it’s all crazy. I’m just in a state of shock most of my life!
“I’m just going to try to enjoy it. She’s incredible, she has blown me away. I’ve been to see a few rehearsals.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — EastEnders’ Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell are set to meet their “grisly end” in a swimming pool.
The blonde siblings – portrayed by Samantha Womack and Rita Simons respectively – will be killed off early next year following nine years in Albert Square, but it seems their deaths won’t be without fight as the pair will reportedly take their last breath under water.
A source told The Sun Online: “Their [Ronnie and Roxy] exit is one of the big dates in the soap calendar. The swimming pool scene they’re [the writers] working on will be huge and a real talking point for ‘EastEnders’ fans. It’s going to be a grisly and gruesome death.
“From the minute it was revealed they [Samantha and Rita] were leaving, and even before, the writers have been trying to think of a brilliant way to kill them off.”
It’s not yet known how the siblings end up in water but Ronnie (Samantha) has certainly racked up her fair share of enemies over the years after she snatched Kat and Alfie Moon’s (Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie) baby son following the traumatic cot death of her child James Branning in 2012, murdered her sister’s boyfriend Carl White (Daniel Coonan) in 2013, bribed her husband Charlie Cotton (Declan Bennett) to leave Walford and locked Arthur ‘Fat Boy’ Chubb in the boot of a car that was subsequently crushed at a scrap yard last year.
And Roxy (Rita) has her own fair share of problems as she’s recently got herself caught up in drug dealing and was almost raped by Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), who was arrested after the incident but later freed following a not guilty verdict in court in August.
Hearts broke across the country two months ago when Samantha announced she was turning her back on the soap, which she joined in 2007, to focus on other projects.
But things went from bad to worse a few days later when Rita also revealed she was walking away from the programme, sparking speculation the pair would bow out together.
A source said at the time: “Rita and Samantha created the iconic Mitchell sisters and with their undeniable chemistry, they immediately created a double act that the viewers fell in love with. But when they all sat down to work out where to take them, they all felt it was the right time to rest them.
“When you look back over nearly a decade and realise what they have been through, it seems that most avenues have been exhausted. So when Sean proposed his idea to them, Rita jumped at the opportunity to do the storyline. She even stated that the sisters should go out the same way they arrived – together.
“Bosses desperately wanted to keep the news of their departures a secret, but once the news about Samantha leaked out, it was only a matter of time before people worked out Rita would be going too.
“It’s a shame as it would have been a great surprise for the audience but there are still lots of twists to come before they leave our screens.”

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