Louis Walsh
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Sep 11, 2026
Emma NolanHOST
They've got different people all the time.
Dave HammondHOST
Ladies and gentlemen, Louis Walsh.
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Here's Ewan McVicker.
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You're listening to Spin.
Fiona FrawleyHOST
And I'm like, okay, did he really, really hate The Greatest Showman? Like, yeah, maybe it's not great, but like, does it warrant this response? And then we're just like walking down the road in Lanzarote.
Fiona FrawleyHOST
And what did you turn to me and say? You were like, you did like a Louis Walsh.
Fiona FrawleyHOST
Like you were like, I didn't like
Duane DooganHOST
it.
Luke DaviesHOST
People were asking Rick for autographs.
Luke DaviesHOST
And all of a sudden, Louis Walsh comes over and says to the head of Radio City, can you tell...
Luke DaviesHOST
the people to stop asking Rick to sign autographs.
Luke DaviesHOST
They're meant for the book.
Katie GallagherGUEST
So I had to go into the medic tent.
Katie GallagherGUEST
And Louis Walsh was there.
Katie GallagherGUEST
And no one really knew him yet.
Katie GallagherGUEST
He was kind of still new.
Kian EganGUEST
But we were kind of like, "Really? Are, are we really being asked to do this?" Like, "This isn't, this isn't just, like, a gig." And you know, like, we...
Kian EganGUEST
Obviously, Louis Walsh is our manager, but we also have a manager who's based in the UK, and he didn't really understand.
Kian EganGUEST
And we were like, "Dude," like, "you know, you don't understand.
Kian EganGUEST
This is, like, ginormous."
Nicola BardenHOST
And today I'm bringing you a guy who is a musician, a singer, songwriter and former boy band star.
Nicola BardenHOST
When I first met my guest today, he was part of a six piece boy band that Louis Walsh had promised was going to be the next Westlife, the next Boyzone, the next big thing, the next 1D.
Nicola BardenHOST
Fast forward a few years, you may not even know he was in that band.
Nicola BardenHOST
He is a musician all in his own right.
19 MINS LATER
Ryan MackGUEST
I was working six till 12 at midnight, like 6pm.
Ryan MackGUEST
So it was like this weird, basically they were starting this new sector and it was like they wanted a crossover from the daily shelf stackers and stuff and sales assistants or whatever.
Ryan MackGUEST
to the night time so we were kind of like the bridge between so we had to go in from like 6 till 12 so there was nobody in there from 10 till 12 and we were there but yeah i was in there we ended up in my girlfriend's friend's house one night and it was like one evening well it must have been a friday because the little h.o was on and louis walsh was on the little h.o and he was like oh i'm starting a new boy band it's going to be like the biggest thing ever going to be the next westlife boys on blah blah blah the whole shebang And I was like, yeah, Louie, the vintage Louie, like bigging it up to be the biggest thing ever.
Ryan MackGUEST
I had no interest.
Chantel NicoleHOST
They finally got to go on The X Factor, which at that point was the biggest show.
Chantel NicoleHOST
Like, if you got on that show, you were almost... guaranteed a hit right yeah so they did a great job there you could tell they were kind of nervous right like louis walsh just staring at them their original manager
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on him
Chantel NicoleHOST
yeah um so yeah i thought they did great there and then of course the v festival performance where nadine gets attacked by the
Dawn GlennHOST
yes.
MattHOST
They brought back, they did like what fans would say would be the dream panel, which was Simon, Louis, Sharon and Nicole Scherzinger.
Dawn GlennHOST
That's right, yeah.
MattHOST
So that would be, for most people, that would be...
MattHOST
Everyone sort of warmed to Nicole, didn't they?
Dawn GlennHOST
Yes, yeah.
Dawn GlennHOST
But have we as a people moved past that, past, you know, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh particularly?
MattHOST
And also, you know, that Simon Cowell thing on Netflix.
NiamhHOST
Was he? 5'4", yeah.
NiamhHOST
so a little bit taller than me still fine but he was I loved Kelly Jones adored him who else did I read I remember Robbie Williams I loved Robbie Williams I used to watch Live at Neverworth all the time last concert and do you ever remember like I remember seeing him in concert and I was like oh my god if he can just feel like I'm not the only person who felt like this if he can just see me I'm just gonna act really cool now and I'm just gonna if he could just make if I could just make eye contact with him felt like this about Kelly Jones you can just see me looking cool in the audience but I've got to look disinterested so I'm putting on a show for the whole I don't care like I'm just like I don't even want to be here no I don't want to be here I got a free ticket all these screaming fans and I just they're so embarrassing they're so embarrassing look at me look at me I always thought if he could just see me if we could just make eye contact while I was singing one of his songs nonchalantly like I did it was there like I did in other words and then he would be like oh my god that's the person for me there she is now there she is now nail on the head in her wedge and capri pants with the top that says you're standing too close like he's like she's for my girl she's cool she's cool she's cool she's nonchalant never been nonchalant in my life Robbie so Robbie Williams I love the Killers and I remember I discovered them on the OC they had such that was such a time of like the soundtrack came such a big thing Mr. Brightside was like the last song in the roost for about five years yes Chelsea Dagger oh my god the Fratellis I loved them I forgot about them do you remember the Costello music was like their album their first album yeah I don't know I loved them I don't know but I went to see the Killers recently did you yeah and I was like nostalgia look there he is now he looks like a little waxwork he's a very odd looking individual he doesn't look like a real person Okay Must have a lot of Botox A lot of stuff Okay Oh my god My first concert One of my first concerts Was Five Five Five bad boys Yeah Well yeah They kind of passed Yeah I didn't I wasn't mad on Five Not cool enough for you Not cool I loved Westlife Obviously Loved Westlife Didn't you My man's friend Was friends with Louis Walsh And I got to meet and greet Yeah Nicky Byrne Kiss me on my cheek My dad worked with Ronan Keating's father at one point.
NiamhHOST
Yeah.
NiamhHOST
So that was the in.
Emma NolanHOST
Do you know whenever I think
Dave HammondHOST
of Mika, I think of when Louis Walsh brought everyone, obviously, to his gaff in Italy or something.
Dave HammondHOST
Oh, yeah.
Dave HammondHOST
Went to the judges' houses and the guest was Mika.
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