Simon Cowell: Welsh show no talent at X Factor auditions

got this from telegraph.co.uk

he two judges had visited the principality for auditions in Cardiff, where last year’s runner up Rhydian Roberts was discovered.

But they left disappointed.

"Talent was in the minority in Wales," Cowell told Wales on Sunday.

"There were about two good girls but we saw a lot of people who were really bad."

He added: "Don’t blame me when you see the show and you’re let down."

Louis said that he had hoped to discover the next Tom Jones but got "Bonnie Tyler" instead.

"On a scale of one to 10, I would give the talent in Wales a three," he said.

Louis also reportedly called all of the would-be X Factor contestents from Cardiff lunatics, and said he looked forward to leaving Wales.

Glasglow will be the next stop of the audition tour, followed by Newcastle.

But the judges have left some bruised feelings behind in Wales.

Wiliam Lark, the father of I’d Do Anything star Sarah said: "Think of the stars that have come from Wales, such as Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Charlotte Church.

"Wales is the land of song," he told the Mirror.

Others have pointed out that Welshman Paul Potts won Britain’s Got Talent, with songwriter Duffy still enjoying success on the charts.

X Factor host Dermot O’Leary said that without hearing this year’s contestants sing he could not rate them.

But he said that they impressed him in other ways.

"I just care about the characters, and there have been some great characters," he said.

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