Live music review: X Factor Live at 3Arena Dublin

X Factor Live was a victim of unfortunate timing, the pop circus rolling into Dublin the same week that 2013 winner, Sam Bailey, was released from her record deal with Simon Cowell’s SyCo Records. 

It was a chilling reminder of the flip-side of reality TV stardom — when the cameras stop rolling, it’s anybody’s guess whether your audience will hang about.

Still, the latest crop of hopefuls didn’t seem to have taken Bailey’s sudden exit from Cowell-land to heart.