NOEL Gallagher has hit out at The X Factor for having 'absolutely nothing to do with music.'
The Oasis star, who performed at Sheffield Arena on Friday and Saturday, accused Dannii Minogue, last year's winning judge, of being unable to recognise talent.
Gallagher, aged 41, said: "If somebody is dangling this carrot of 'fame and fortune' in front of a checkout girl from Barnsley who can sing like Britney Spears, then they're going to go for it, right, because they live in a s***hole - no disrespect to Barnsley.
"But it seems to bring on instant mental illness. You're going in at the top, with a number one that sells 750,000 or whatever and you've got someone like Dannii Minogue telling you you're really talented - and if there's one person in the room who wouldn't know talent if it kicked them in the a*** it's Dannii Minogue.
"You spend a year slogging around the country and then what? You can't go back to Barnsley and be a checkout girl cos that would look bad.
"So you end up either trying to be an actress or trying to sustain your profile by going on celebrity shows."
The X Factor 'has absolutely nothing to do with music and everything to do with television,' he said.
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