Originally Posted by C14E:
“Holly supposedly gets on quite well with Dannii, so I doubt it was deliberate! Dannii isn't overly outspoken. She doesn't go for the blunt critiques that Simon does (or Louis sometimes). Hence why nearly all interaction on the panel goes through Simon because the other judges can get angry at what he says. You don't see a huge amount of Cheryl/Louis banter on the main show either unless he's agreeing with Simon about something then she tells them to shut up like naughty schoolboys! The Xtra Factor panel mainly revolves around Simon insulting and winding up Louis and sometimes Cheryl (and them doing it back).
Tonight, when he sarcastically remarked on Dannii's spectacularly wrong prediction, even thought she laughed, we were treated to a predictable "bullying" thread on here. If he can't take the pi*s out of her, they won't interact. He doesn't exactly sit around on Xtra Factor dishing out compliments for the judges.
A few weeks ago he was talking about how he and Louis can argue because they have been friends for ages and know each other so well. It seems that this forum has decided that Simon and Dannii aren't close enough that he should be allowed to say anything bad about her. Which means he won't have anything to say about her on the show! I think that of all of them (judges only), Simon isn't as close to Dannii as he is with Louis or Cheryl which is possibly playing a part in it.
If he seriously disliked her, she'd have got the groups or, more simply, been fired.”
I don't think he disliked her as much when they were giving out the catagories they would be judging. I think it was after that, during the first few live shows. It would be extremely difficult to sack someone at that stage of the competition. He has the power to do so of course. But remember it is his show and it could damage it tremendously. Better to hang on until the end.
About Simon being closer to Louis than he is with Cheryl. Err no, I don't think so! I think Simon is a whole lot closer to Cheryl than he has ever been to anyone for a very long time. If ever! Probobly because she is unavailable.
