Aug 28 2005
SundayMirror
Exclusive By Zoe Nauman
X FACTOR'S Louis Walsh is being pestered by a failed contestant after fellow judge Simon Cowell gave his phone number to her.
Supermarket cashier Beulah Edwards, 59, had hoped to impress judges with her version of Ben E King's Stand By Me - but only Louis liked it.
Cheeky Simon gave her the number and now she won't stop ringing Louis.
A pal of Louis said: "It's driving him up the wall. He can't change his number as so many people have it in the business. But she keeps ringing up."
Fellow judge Sharon Osborne told gran Beulah: "You remind me of Tina Turner." Cowell likened her to Shirley Bassey, but both rejected her.
Louis said: "I was going to give her a chance."
She rang Louis several times. Once she said: "Hi, it's Beulah - do you want me to sing you a song?"
Last night Beulah said: "Louis is always polite when we talk on the phone."
