OHMYGOSSIP — Four of Diamonds wowed judges during their first live performance on ‘The X Factor’.
The girl group – comprised of Lauren, 22, Caroline, 19, Sophie, 19, and Yasmin, 17 – were originally kicked out of the competition during Judge’s Houses, but were drafted back in to replace Brooks Way, after the sibling duo were disqualified from the singing competition when it emerged that Josh Brooks, 17, had allegedly assaulted his former girlfriend.
During their performance, the quartet stunned the judging panel – including mentor Louis Walsh – with their rendition of Kim Wilde’s ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’.
Sharon Osbourne said: “To come in here last minute, when everyone else has been working with the ‘X Factor’ team for weeks, and you come in cold like this and you give such a great confident performance, really well well done. And welcome! Welcome to the ‘X Factor’ stage, it’s a real pleasure to have such a gorgeous girl group as you here.”
Fellow judge Nicole Scherzinger branded the girls as her “favourite girl group” and Simon Cowell said he “couldn’t believe [they] weren’t put through in the first place”.
Elsewhere on week two of the live shows – which saw the contestants perform a range of Motown hits – it was 20-year-old Ryan Lawrie who failed to impress Simon with his rendition of ‘Superstition’.
The 57-year-old entertainment mogul said: “Ryan, I hate to be the party pooper tonight but this didn’t work. I had a feeling this was going to happen when I knew that Nicole [Ryan’s mentor] chose this song for you. It was mechanical. It didn’t feel real, I thought the choreography was really really old fashioned. The last, maybe, ten seconds of the song were good, but this was a mistake. And I really feel bad for you.”
‘The X Factor’ results show – which will include a performance from the show’s alumni Little Mix – will air on ITV at 8pm on Sunday (16.10.16)

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ore Oduba has topped the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ leaderboard with an almost perfect score.
The 29-year-old sports presenter and his partner Joanne Clifton wowed judges with the first jive of the competition on Saturday (15.10.16), and managed to score an impressive 39, with only Craig Revel Horwood not presenting him with a perfect 10.
Len Goodman compared the performance to that of last year’s winner Jay McGuinness, whose memorable jive scored 37.
The 72-year-old head judge said: “It was a show-stopping, jaw-dropping, eye-popping, jive. I thought last week was fantastic. You’ve had a week, or four days, five days, whatever. But listen, move over Jay, you’ve turned up.”
Elsewhere on the show, ‘Hollyoaks’ hunk Danny Mac and his partner Oti Mabuse matched the whopping score of 36 they scored last week, with each judge giving their quickstep a nine.
Darcy Bussell said: “Oh my gosh that was pure class. When you were up on stage there, I could not wait for it to start. What you just produced up there, I just wanted you to get on the dance floor. And I thought ‘Yes!’ and you could do it and my gosh you sailed. That was outstanding. You led Oti, and you were in control of the dance. And that is something that is very difficult for a male celebrity to do. That is one of the best classic quicksteps I have seen.”
At the other end of the ‘Strictly…’ leaderboard was politician Ed Balls, who failed to impress judges with his knight in shining armour themed Paso Doble. The former Shadow Chancellor scored just 16, with Bruno Tonioli likening Ed’s arm movements to a “demented traffic warden”.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ results show will be on BBC One at 7:15pm on Sunday (16.10.16)

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OHMYGOSSIP — Little Mix believe Honey G is an actress.
The girl group – who won ‘The X Factor’ in 2011 – have revealed that they think this year’s rapper contestant Honey G is a fake.
Jade Thirlwall told The Sun: “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, told Kiss FM: “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.”
Jade added: “Even in our year there were artists like Kitty [Brucknell] who were seen as novelty, but she was still an incredible singer.”
And while Leigh-Anne says while there is “no excuse” for the judges, Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh, giving into the such artists she knows how the show works and understands it is for “entertainment” purposes.
She said: “At the same time you have to remember that ‘The X Factor’ is an entertainment show – they want to get people watching.
“You have to take it for what it is, as annoying as it can be. It’s funny watching it because we know what goes on behind closed doors.
“We know how it all works. And you do know when you’re on the show who gets more camera time and all that.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Leah Bracknell says telling her daughters about her cancer was the “worst thing” she ever had to do.
The former ‘Emmerdale’ star – who was known for playing Zoe Tate – recently revealed she has terminal lung cancer and says breaking the news to her children, Lily, 25, and Maya, 21, was heartbreaking.
She told the Daily Mail: “Any mother will know how I felt. It’s the worst thing you can imagine having to tell those closest to you, something like this … trying to find the words. It’s the worst thing I’ve had to do.
“I think it’s almost worse for those close to you because they’re trying to look after and protect the person who’s poorly, not just physically, but emotionally.”
Since learning of her condition last month, the 52-year-old actress is refusing to accept that she may die from the disease and is on a mission to raise cash for treatment at a cutting-edge German hospital.
And although she never intended to make her fundraising mission public, she raised over £60,000 after a private Facebook appeal went viral.
She said: “I’m a very private person, and it was never my intention for my appeal to go public. But people have been so massively generous I wanted to be able to say thank you.
“To discover I have all these friends has been phenomenally touching and, weirdly, I feel really lucky. What has happened to me has allowed me to see the beauty of humankind and that’s really powerful.
“Maybe if you ask me two or three months down the line I’ll have a different story, but right now I do feel very blessed.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jason Donovan wants to be an ‘X Factor’ judge.
The ‘Too Many Broken Hearts’ hitmaker – who was on the panel for ‘Superstar’, which looked for a lead in West End show ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in 2012 – admits he isn’t the “best singer” but thinks his years of experience gives him the credentials to cast his eye over aspiring performers.
He said: “I think I’ve been around for long enough to justify doing something like that.
“I don’t claim to be the best singer in the world, but I’ve certainly had a long career and I think that defines true talent.”
While he waits for a call from Simon Cowell, Jason – who has children Jemma, 16, Zac, 15, and Molly, five, with wife Angela Malloch – is looking forward to going out on tour to perform songs from his ‘Ten Good Reasons’ album, which was released in 1989.
He said: “To have a bunch of fans that have been with me for over 25 years is great.
“I’m, a lot more confident now compared to when I released the album when I was 21, so I feel like I’m doing the songs justice now.”
Jason, who has previously battled drug addiction, tries to live his life to the full because he never knows what is around the corner.
He told Closer magazine: “You’ve got to check yourself in the mirror occasionally.
“You never know what’s around the corner, so you’ve got to keep reminding yourself to go out there and enjoy it because shocks happen all the time.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Coronation Street’ stars have paid tribute to Jean Alexander, who died on Friday (14.10.16).
The actress, who played Hilda Ogden in the ITV soap, passed away peacefully in hospital, just three days after her 90th birthday, and ‘Corrie’ stars past and present took to Twitter to remember her.
Antony Cotton, who plays Rovers Return barman Sean Tully, tweeted: “The magnificent Jean Alexander. My favourite episode of Coronation Street ever, was Hilda singing Wish Me Luck…”
Sally Dynevor, (Sally Webster in the soap), added: “Jean Alexander, RIP. What a wonderful woman, and such an amazing and talented actress #thankyouforbeingyou.”
Jane Danson, who stars as Leanne Battersby, wrote: “Sad to hear this. What a wonderful character she created.”
Jennie McAlpine, (Fiz Brown), tweeted: “So sorry to hear about Jean Alexander. I would have loved to work with her. Thankful to have met her though. Rest in Peace Jean x.”
And former ‘Corrie’ actor Kevin Kennedy, who played Curly Watts, wrote on Twitter: “Sad to hear about the passing of Jean Alexander lovely lady and a fine actress.”
The television legend had been feeling unwell for a few days and had gone to the hospital for some tests, but on Tuesday (11.10.16), was taken back to hospital after she hadn’t noticed any change in her condition.
Jean’s niece Sonia Herald told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “It is such a shock. She had been feeling a little poorly and had gone in for some tests. But on Tuesday she was still not too good and it was decided she might be better going back into hospital.”
Sonia, along with her sister Valerie Thewlis, received a phone call to inform them of their aunt’s passing, and were left to break the news to their father – Jean’s brother – 91-year-old Kenneth Hodgkinson. The three are the only relatives of Jean, who never married and instead dedicated her life to her work.
Sonia added: “I saw her last week and she seemed weak and a bit tired but this was still a shock. The hospital phoned me and said they were very sorry but Jean had passed away.”
Jean’s portrayal of Britain’s best loved cleaner Hilda – whom she played for 23 years from 1964 until 1987 – made her a household name, and even saw her receive a Best Actress nomination at the 1987 BAFTAs. In 1985, she won a Royal Television Society Award for her performance on the show.
In 2005, the UK TV Times poll voted Jean as the “greatest soap opera star of all time”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Laura Whitmore stopped going out so she didn’t have to talk about ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 31-year-old presenter wasn’t allowed to tell anyone she had signed up to take part on the show so ended up cutting herself off from her pals so she wouldn’t be tempted to spill the beans.
She admitted: “It was really hard. I always wanted to do the show. We had the conversation at the start of the year and the only person I could tell was my mum.
“It was in the papers that I was rumoured to be doing it, which made it even harder.
“I was at this lunch that Tess Daly was at – I’d never met her before – and someone shouted, ‘Are you doing ‘Strictly’, Laura?’ and I was like, ‘No’.
“Then because I find it really hard to lie, I felt I couldn’t see people. I just had to stay in to avoid them.”
While Laura – who is partnered with Giovanni Pernice on the show – was excited about being on the programme, she was very afraid of having to do lifts.
She explained: “My fear was the lifts. I didn’t know how anyone was going to lift me. I’m all arms and legs. You have to learn to contain yourself.”
The blonde beauty has a number of friends, including Alesha Dixon, Caroline Flack, Mark Wright and Pixie Lott, who have previously competed on the show so has been getting tips from them.
She told HELLO! magazine: “Everyone says you just have to work really hard and use the time to rehearse, rehearse, rehearse – so that’s what I’m doing.
“Daisy Lowe is a good friend so we can share the experience.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jean Alexander has passed away aged 90.
The woman known to millions as ‘Coronation Street’s Hilda Ogden passed away peacefully in hospital on Friday (14.10.16), just three days after her 90th birthday.
The television legend had been feeling unwell for a few days and had gone to the hospital for some tests, but on Tuesday (11.10.16), was taken back to hospital after she hadn’t noticed any change in her condition.
Jean’s niece Sonia Herald told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “It is such a shock. She had been feeling a little poorly and had gone in for some tests. But on Tuesday she was still not too good and it was decided she might be better going back into hospital.”
Sonia, along with her sister Valerie Thewlis, received a phone call to inform them of their aunt’s passing, and were left to break the news to their father – Jean’s brother – 91-year-old Kenneth Hodgkinson. The three are the only relatives of Jean, who never married and instead dedicated her life to her work.
Sonia added: “I saw her last week and she seemed weak and a bit tired but this was still a shock. The hospital phoned me and said they were very sorry but Jean had passed away.”
The news comes after the star suffered a stroke in 2014, but was quickly back on her feat, telling fans not to worry as there was “so much” she still wanted to do with her life.
She said previously: “Don’t worry, I am fit and well, but thank you so much for your goodwill messages.
“I suffered a very slight stroke but I hope to be back in the garden in no time at all.
“I’ve spent my career playing old ladies – now I am one.
“Don’t write me off yet, there’s still so much I plan to see and do.”
Jean’s portrayal of Britain’s best loved cleaner Hilda Ogden – whom she played for 23 years from 1964 until 1987 – made her a household name, and even saw her receive a Best Actress nomination at the 1987 BAFTAs. In 1985, she won a Royal Television Society Award for her performance on the show.
In 2005, the UK TV Times poll voted Jean as the “greatest soap opera star of all time”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nadiya Hussain has been offered a mega-money deal from the BBC to stop her joining Channel 4’s the ‘Great British Bake Off’.
The 31-year-old baker – who won the cooking competition last year when it was screened on the BBC – has decided to make the broadcaster her “home” after it was thought bosses from the rival channel were hoping to pinch her for the next series.
She said: “Since winning the ‘Great British Bake Off’ I’ve been lucky to have had some amazing opportunities with the BBC.
“I believe that making it my home gives me the scope to work across such a unique range of diverse and interesting projects. I’m delighted to announce that I will continue making films for ‘The One Show’, as well as developing other exciting programme ideas. I never thought this would happen, but it is and I have to admit, I’m going to embrace it.”
It’s believed bosses from the BBC decided to jump in quick and make Nadiya an offer she can’t refuse because they wanted to make it even harder for Channel 4 to replace Mary Berry.
An insider told The Sun newspaper: “The BBC is now playing Channel 4 at its own game.
“They don’t want to make it easy for them to replace Mary and were determined to stop Nadiya from jumping ship too.
“It’s a real coup for them because it leaves Channel 4 with no obvious option to replace Mary, which is their worst nightmare.”
Mary, 81, announced she was leaving ‘GBBO’ last month out of “loyalty” to the BBC after it was revealed it had lost the rights to screen the show, which it’s had for six years, and Channel 4 had swooped in with a three-year deal worth £75million.
She said at the time: “My decision to stay with the BBC is out of loyalty to them, as they have nurtured me, and the show, that was a unique and brilliant format from day one.
“I am just sad for the audience who may not be ready for change, I hope they understand my decision.”
However, Mary’s co-judge Paul Hollywood decided to take Channel 4’s offer and follow the show across next year.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Matt Smith thinks Prince Philip showed “aplomb” when his wife Elizabeth became the monarch.
The 33-year-old star is experiencing first-hand what life was like for the royal couple when his spouse became the ruler of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in 1952 while depicting the duke in the new Netflix drama ‘The Crown’.
In an interview with Daily Mail newspaper, he said: “Their life is unlike anyone else’s in the world.
“And yet, somewhere in that, they have to function as normal human beings. It’s a bizarre set of circumstances to live your life in, and I think they’ve done it with aplomb.”
‘The Crown’ is an American-British television drama series, created and written by Peter Morgan, and gives the biographical story of the UK reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Speaking about his role of Prince Philip, and how his character copes with the reality of their marriage no longer being one of equals, Matt explained: “His career in the Navy was taken away from him when she became the monarch – and that’s the real crux of the series for Philip. In many ways, he is emasculated. His work and function were taken away. It’s very odd when you have to start walking two steps behind your wife.”
Claire Foy stars opposite Matt as Queen Elizabeth and he has confirmed there is no “hanky panky” on Philip’s part in series one but other scenes make it clear she liked him making his way to her bedroom when he returned home late “a bit drunk.”
He said: “I think he was a young man who was in a very bizarre position. At times he was a bit of a lad, going to gentleman’s clubs and lunches; and he’d get a bit drunk. But there’s no suggestion of him having full-blown affairs.”
‘The Crown’ is a 10-part series which will be available on Netflix from November 4.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stacey Solomon wants a Disney-inspired wedding.
The ‘Loose Women’ panellist is yet to get engaged to Joe Swash, whom she’s been dating for just under a year, but has admitted she’s already decided on how she wants her nuptials.
Speaking on the lunchtime show on Friday (14.10.16), she said: “You know as much as I do, I love the Disney wedding. I want all the birds there but I’m also practical. We both have children, we just want to be really set up and secure and know that we’re doing it for all the right reasons before we actually do it.”
And the 27-year-old singer – who was born in Dagenham, London – isn’t bothered if the actor doesn’t reach out to her father David before he drops down to one knee.
She explained: “I don’t think I want Joe to ask my dad. I want my family involved definitely but I don’t think it needs to be in Dagenham … I’m so happy and comfortable with him that I don’t really mind when it’ll [a proposal will] be …”
And, although she’s in no rush to tie the knot, Stacey already knows that the former ‘EastEnders’ star, 34, is the right one.
She said: “We’ve only been going out nearly a year and I adore him and i would love to get married.
“I see a future with him otherwise i wouldn’t be with him but it really hasn’t been that long. I think we really need to take our time with marriage, that’s quite a big step.
“I don’t feel under pressure but I do think there’s a lot of people thinking it’s been 10 years when it really hasn’t. We do really care about each other.”
Stacey has Zachary, eight, and Leighton, four, from two previous relationships, while Joe has Harry, nine, with his ex-partner Emma Sophocleous.

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