Boy band's TV war with Jordan
WESTLIFE are furious that Jordan is trying to steal their thunder on their ITV Christmas special.
The boys are hosting She's The One, which will be screened after the X Factor final on December 11, and performing songs from their fantastic Rat Pack album, Allow Us To Be Frank.
The four lads will sing in front of a celebrity audience and have even persuaded Hollywood star Kevin Spacey to croon Beyond The Sea, a hit for Bobby Darin, who Kev plays in a new film about the US singer.
But their BMG music label boss, Simon Cowell, is so fixated with Jordan, sorry, Katie Price, that he has recruited the 26-year-old to sing the evergreen classic It Had To Be You on the show.
Earlier this year, Simon said he'd help "guide" the former topless model with her singing career. "I've heard her and she can sing," he said. "I couldn't personally do a record but I wouldn't rule anything out."
We've also heard Jordan blast out a few tunes and, believe it or not, she's not half-bad. But the Westlife lads aren't thrilled that she'll be singing on their big TV special.
"She bombarded him with messages but Kian was having none of it," says an insider. "She said he was gorgeous but he was scared witless by her. He just ignored her but it was embarrassing."
Bandmate Mark was also a target. A few months after she tried her luck with Kian, she revealed she fancied Mark, too, saying: "He's gorgeous. I like immaculate-looking pretty boys."
A year ago, the lads took the step of banning her from their star-studded album launch for Turnaround. Kian and Mark haven't seen their unwanted admirer since.
But when they record the show at the LWT studios on Sunday week, they'll be forced to come face-to-face with the mother-of-one.
Surely her fiance, Peter Andre, will be happy to smooth things over. Not!
Source: The Mirror