Louis Walsh

b. 5 August 1954, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, Eire. Pop promoter and supervisor Walsh increased to popularity in the 90s as the guiding drive behind the extremely successful Irish guy rings, Boyzone and Westlife. In the brand new millennium he appreciated further media publicity being a judge over the strike UK reality tv shows Popstars: The Competitors as well as the X Factor. Developing up in rural Ireland, Walsh marketed his first music group at age 15 before shifting to Dublin and signing up for the Tommy Hayden Companies management company. After spending many years dealing with showbands, Walsh’s initial big break emerged in 1979 when he brought Irish vocalist Johnny Logan to Hayden Companies. With Walsh performing as his supervisor Logan appreciated a hit-and-miss profession, the highlights which had been earning the Eurovision Melody Competition on two events (1980 and 1987). Walsh still left Hayden Companies in 1989 to become listed on pushes with Carol Hanna at Carol & Affiliates, handling Linda Martin and Who’s Eddie and marketing several UK serves including Bronski Defeat and Sonia. In 1993 Walsh kept open up auditions for an Irish guy music group to compete straight using the UK’s Consider That. Through a combined mix of effort and Walsh’s mass media savvy, Boyzone broke in to the Irish and UK graphs the following season and continued to enjoy large commercial achievement until their eventual demise by the end of the 10 years. By this aspect Walsh had released Westlife, and was also overseeing the professions of Boyzone vocalist Ronan Keating and up-and-coming R&B starlet Samantha Mumba. In Sept 2001, Walsh made an appearance being a judge for the Irish edition of the truth tv program Popstars, but experienced a uncommon failure as supervisor from the resultant music group Six. Even so, he became a real UK media superstar the following season when he made an appearance alongside Pete Waterman and Geri Halliwell being a judge on Popstars: The Competitors. Walsh continued to control the ‘young lady’ winners from the present, Women Aloud, guiding these to a string of UK strike singles and a amazingly durable recording profession. Walsh reappeared for the UK’s tv displays in 2004 being a judge (alongside Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne) for the ITV route’s talent present, The X Aspect.