9:40AM, Jul 08, 2008
It looks like Simon Cowell's X Factor auditions haven't been as succesful as he'd hoped.
The music mogul has blasted Wales' hopefulls as "talentless", claiming their visit to the country was a waste of time.
Speaking to a Welsh newspaper, Simon said: "The talent was in the minority in Wales, if I'm being honest with you, there were a lot of people that turned up that should not have been there."
"Don't blame me when you see the show and you're let down."
Fellow judge Louis Walsh joined in the rant, saying: "There's no way the winner is going to come from Wales. There have been a lot of lunatics here."
"I was looking for Tom Jones and I got Bonnie Tyler. I'm glad we're leaving."
Have they learned nothing from Anne Robinson's 2001 rant against Wales?
