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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Aakanksha Surve

Music mogul Louis Walsh spent sleepless nights during X Factor stint

Music mogul Louis Walsh revealed he wouldn’t sleep some nights after picking songs for X Factor Contestants.

The 66-year-old had been on the panel of the show for 13 years before leaving it last year.

The Mayo man said: “I always enjoyed the X Factor. It’s just more intense but this [Ireland’s Got Talent] is great fun.

“I wouldn’t sleep some nights… I wouldn’t sleep after picking the songs.”

Dance group BSD crowned Ireland's Got Talent winners

Louis is currently on the judging panel for Ireland’s Got Talent.

39-member dance group BSD were crowned winners of this year’s hit reality talent show.

Jason Byrne’s golden buzzer act topped the public vote and took home the €50,000 prize and an hour-long special on Virgin Media TV.

Louis told the Irish Daily Star: “They earned it. It was a great show… the dance acts get better every year.”

He added that he actually liked going into work.

He said: “We liked everybody. That’s unusual.”

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