1) His comparisons of less than average acts to some of the biggest artists in the world are quite frankly hilarious

Every week, Louis makes a comparison between one of the contestants to a major worldwide act whom they will never be like. These are quite often based on stereotypes. For instance, Rough Copy were compared to Boyz II Men, more than likely due to them being of the same ethnicity and because of their inclusion of harmonies in their songs. We’ve also had a comparison to Lenny Henry (yes, I’m not quite sure about that one either…) in addition to him rather creepily calling Nicholas McDonald his ‘baby Buble’. Any slight similarity between a contestant and a well known star and Louis is bound to pick up on it and build the contestant up. Then two weeks later

2) His constant reminders of his contestant’s age

HOW many times have we been reminded that Nicholas McDonald is “Only sixteen”?! And perhaps he would like to explain the relevance of this to the actual contestants’ performance. Whether it’s because he has nothing else remotely useful to say or as a way to touch the public’s hearts to make them pick up their phones, it’s just bloody annoying!

3) His pleas for people to vote

“I want everyone in Devon the pick up their phone and vote”, says Louis Walsh, simply because his act is from Devon. I hate to break it to you, Mr Walsh but you’re going to need votes from people all up and down the country for your act to have even a remote chance of getting through to next week.

4) His constant digs at Gary Barlow

More than likely because Gary Barlow was in a boy-band not managed by himself, Louis appears to have a major problem with Captain Barlow and very few weeks pass without a little dig at him or without him strongly disagreeing with his comments.

5) His knowledge of musical contexts is poor

How can we ever forget “If Berry Gordy was alive, he’d sign you”, said to Misha B after a performance during Motown week back in 2011’s series. The only problem is, Berry Gordy is still very much alive…