What is Louis Walsh?
{{Infobox person | name = Louis Walsh | image = Louis Walsh2009July.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Walsh in 2009 | birth_name = Michael Louis Vincent Walsh | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|08|05}} | birth_place = [[Kiltimagh]], [[County Mayo|Mayo]], Ireland<ref name=2009_mayo_person_of_the_year>{{cite news|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/news/5825-louis-walsh-is-mayo-person-of-the-year|title=Louis Walsh is Mayo Person of the Year|publisher=The Mayo News|date=27 January 2009|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120000800/http://www.mayonews.ie/news/5825-louis-walsh-is-mayo-person-of-the-year|url-status=dead}}</ref> | occupation = [[Talent manager|Entertainment manager]],<br />Television personality,<br />Talent show judge | years_active = 1967–present | nationality = [[Irish nationality law|Irish]] | employer = [[Syco]] / [[ITV plc|ITV]] | known_for = {{flat list| * [[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]] * [[Popstars]] * [[Ireland's Got Talent]] }} | television = <!--- Do not add years next to any television Shows ---> ''[[Popstars|Irish Popstars]]''<br />''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]''<br />''[[You're a Star]]''<br />''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]''<br />''[[Ireland's Got Talent]]'' }} '''Michael Louis Vincent Walsh'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/louis-walsh-simon-has-a-crush-but-hes-230899|title=Louis Walsh: ‘Simon has a crush… but he’s too old for Cheryl... He’s got no chance’|publisher=Trinity Mirror|work=Mirror Online|access-date=5 December 2016|date=27 January 2012}}</ref> (born 5 August 1952)<ref name=2009_mayo_person_of_the_year/> known as ''' Louis Walsh ''' is an Irish [[Talent manager|entertainment manager]] and judge on British television talent show ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|Louis Walsh}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080707001053/h