Noel Gallagher slates TV talent shows

Noel Gallagher says TV talent shows cause their contestants "instant mental illness".

The Oasis star claims programmes such as 'The X Factor' and 'American Idol' have "absolutely nothing" to do with music and exploits the competitors' dreams.

Noel 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, because they live in a s***hole - no disrespect to Barnsley.

But it seems to bring on instant mental illness."

Noel also slammed Dannii Minogue – who is a judge on British talent show 'The X Factor' – for being talentless and clueless about the industry.

He added in an interview with Britain's Radio Times magazine: "You're going in at the top with a number one that sells 750,000 and you've got someone like Dannii Minogue telling you you're really talented. If there's one person in the room who wouldn't know talent if it kicked them in the a**e, it's Dannii Minogue!"

Noel insists the way to achieve longevity in the music industry is to work hard, tour and earn your success.

The guitarist - whose seventh LP with Oasis, 'Dig Out Your Soul', is currently number one in the UK album charts - said: "You spend a year slogging around the country and then what? You can't go back to Barnsley and be a check-out girl because 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.

"Instead of instant fame, it should be, 'I'll introduce you to someone who might introduce you to someone who might, if you're very lucky, know a producer who'd record one of your songs.' "