Chris Moyles is also tipped to be the favourite:-
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Walsh backs DJ Moyles for X factor
Last Updated: Thursday, 15 March 2007, 21:09 GMT
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Louis Walsh is backing DJ Chris Moyles for X FactorAxed X Factor judge Louis Walsh is backing Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as his replacement.
Walsh made a guest appearance on Moyles's breakfast show and told him: "I think you'd be a brilliant judge and I know Sharon likes you a lot.
"They should hire you - we should start a national petition to hire Chris Moyles for the X Factor. You'd be great for the show."
Walsh and presenter Kate Thornton are being replaced for the next series.
"I was axed from the X Factor, stabbed in the back, just pushed aside really," Walsh said.
"I'm absolutely gone and I didn't know I was getting the chop at all. I was in Stockholm in a hotel when I got the phone call."
And he blamed Simon Cowell for giving him the boot.
"It's his show, the buck stops with Simon. He hires and he fires - and then he hides behind the ITV people," said Walsh.
Moyles is 2/1 favourite with Ladbrokes to join the show.