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Sam Bailey slams Simon Cowell for being 'shallow'


March 13, 2014
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Sam Bailey has accused Simon Cowell of being "shallow" after he questioned her chances of long-term success.The pregnant X Factor winner hit back after Simon admitted he wasn't celebrating her triumph just yet. "Sam, we will wait and see," the 54-year-old told Metro.

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"She will have a very successful debut album. (Is she) going to be as good as the final year we did? No. That was a very special year. I would love to find another Olly Murs or something similar to Olly. "But Sam believes that the music mogul - and his hit talent show - focuses too much on age and looks.

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Sam thinks Simon cares too much about looks

"To be honest, X Factor has had so many joke acts and not people that had potential," she told the Metro, while attending The Prince's Trust & Samsung Celebrate Success Awards. "People that have had potential who have maybe been a bit fatter or older or not looked right, they need to start looking at those people because then you get someone like me."

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Sam won The X Factor last year

The 36-year-old added, "There's so many singers I've watched previously on the show that have had the most amazing voices, but they've been classed as too cruise ship or too clubby. I worked on cruise ships for nine months in 1999, that was it – and I'm cruise ship?"I think they need to look a little bit further and it needs to be less shallow, and they might be alright. "Sam was crowned winner of the 10th series of The X Factor in December, when she beat Luke Friend in the final. Following her win, her debut single, a cover of Demi Lovato's Skyscraper, was released and became the Christmas number one.

cheryl cole

On Monday, Simon announced that Cheryl would be returning to The X Factor UK

Her debut album The Power of Love will be released on 24 March.  The X Factor will return to TV screens later this year, with both Simon and Cheryl Cole returning to the judging panel

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