Louis Walsh has hinted he’ll be bowing out of X Factor – after becoming the first judge to lose all their acts.
The Mayo music manager said he is “exhausted” after his 11th year on the show, and sick of all the meetings.
And Louis, 62, said he isn’t rushing to beg Simon Cowell to bring him back for a 12th year following Stereo Kicks’ being axed.
Final year? Louis is exhausted | ITV
He said: “I’m exhausted. People think we just swan in here on a Friday and Saturday but it’s five days a week – and it’s full on.
“With Simon back, he’s working us hard. There’s meeting after meeting. There’s a meeting directly after each show on Saturday night.
“It’s been 11 years now. It’s too early to think about next year but it does take it out of you. I don’t know what next year holds.”
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Now Louis says he “can sit back now for the next couple of weeks, even though that isn’t really what I wanted to do”.
He told the Mirror: “I’m really disappointed because you work so hard on these guys.”
He added: “The tension that you see on-screen is real. Everyone wants to win. Cheryl and Mel definitely want to win and Simon always does.”
