Perry hits Dublin for X Factor

KATY PERRY cast an eye over Ireland’s would-be superstars yesterday when she guested as a judge on X Factor auditions in Dublin.

The American singer joined regular judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Tweedy and Louis Walsh as a series of hopefuls auditioned in the hope of landing the top spot this winter.

Details of the audition for the top-rated show were kept under wraps as contestants performed in a closed set before the judges and an audience at the Conference Centre Dublin on the city quays. More than 10,000 people had turned out at Croke Park last month for the open audition, possibly hoping to follow in the footsteps of last year’s success story Jedward.