Louis Walsh makes Westlife predictions

Louis Walsh has predicted that Shane Filan will be the most successful solo artist of Westlife after the band splits next summer.

 

The X Factor judge has said that the 32-year-old is the only one of the four who will remain in his stable of acts when they go their separate ways after 14 years together.

Speaking to Brendan O' Connor on RTÉ's Saturday Night Show, Walsh explained that he could see the dad of three from Sligo having a successful career like Michael Buble.

He said: "I'm going to manage Shane Filan. He's going for the Michael Buble market. They're all good but I can only manage one. I love Shane's voice. I love Mark's voice too.

Walsh predicts that Shane Filan (second from the left) will be the most successful member of Westlife when the band go their separate ways

"The other boys, Kian and Nicky, are going to do TV and different stuff and radio. They are going out on a high.
"Shane is going to be a big artist. I will only manage someone if I believe in them. If I get someone amazing I will manage them."

Walsh also insisted he won't be dressing up as a woman again after posing as his former the X Factor colleague Cheryl Cole last week saying: I've never done it before and I'm not going to do it again and I've never worn high heels. You only live once and you have to have a laugh.

He further pitched in: "It took about an hour. It was fun. I didn't know it was going to be on the front page of the paper in Ireland. I'm not ashamed. It was fun.

"I think my family might be disowning me. I'm going home for Christmas, what the hell. I actually look a bit like my mother in it."