I heard an interview on the radio with Sharon.Her dislike is very genuine and she said she would only ever have a professional relationship with Simon.Sharon has been paid double the amount that Louis is taking away from this show.Simon had to keep upping the amount of money she would get because he knew how much good publicity she'd bring to the show.
I really don't know the background to the Louis Walsh nonsense.

But if you watched the Xtra factor on itv2 last nught you will see that Sharon said she chose Verity over 2togo because she was looking at who would do better with a record contract and she felt 2togo would

why is it called the x-factor?
why not bring back pop idol?
why is it just about records?
(sales of singles are non-existant)
why is it all around the world..
verity's, steve's and rowetta's fans
have downloaded their songs on mp3s
it's because we're fed with songs about school crushes

I disagree, the judges know there stuff. We should see through there banter and trust there judgment. Simon may be hard but he is not often wrong.

and Louis may be wrong but he's not often hard. lol

I have felt all along that if any of Simon's acts were in the bottom 2, they would go. That is why I dislike this twist, that and the fact that if more people voted for Verity this week and Roberta last week, they were cheated. I can see why they did it, some of the voting on PI2 was bizarre and this way they could save someone with talent, but the judges aren't working as a team. Maybe the studio audience should decide, I don;t know. I agree with the people that state that neither of these acts will will so it really doesn;t matter.