X Factor Exclusive

So we had a little chat about this year's X Factor with choreographer, Brian Friedman, at last night's Umberto Giannini catwalk...and when I say 'we' I actually mean 'my fame-hungry sister accosted him to talk about mutual buddy, Katie Waissel.' The conversation went something like this...

Andrea Maylor: Hi Brian, how are you?

Brian Friedman: Good thanks, how are you?

AM: Great

Me: Yeah, good

AM: Oh I know Katie Waissel

BF: Oh I love Katie, she's such a sweetheart

Me: Yeah

AM: Isn't she?

BF: How do you know her?

AM: Through Hob salons

BF: Oh right.

AM: I feel sorry for her with all this bad press

BF: She's a fighter, and this weekend she's going to be really different

AM & SM: Oooo really?

BF: Yeah

Me: Andrea, you said she was a good dancer

AM: Yeah she is

BF: Yeah she can move. It's going to be about smiling, dancing, lifts

AM: Good work Brian!

Me: Right, thanks Brian, bye

AM: Byeeeeee

I don't know about you, but we're really looking forward to her performance. You might not like her (I happen to enjoy her OTT, affected manner...every star should have one) but I predict we have a beauty icon in the making. She's not even a bonafied celeb yet and already she's rocking Shu Uemura lashes and hairstyle du jour, the root stretch. Katie, we salute you! Sx

Part-time model at Best Tressed, part-time stalker