Alright, maybe we accepted that Leon Jackson’s latest single wasn’t too bad after all. But we didn’t go as far as to claim he’s the biggest thing to come out of the UK music industry, did we?

According to Leon himself, Simon Cowell is comparing him to Michael Buble and Robbie Williams. Excuse us while we roll on the floor laughing.

Simon is over the moon with my new album and has been saying I’m a cross between Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams. I’m like: ‘Calm down, Simon’.

Without wishing to be too scathing, we remember when Ronan Keating left Boyzone and modelled his solo ‘look’ on Robbie. It wasn’t very convincing. Nor is the idea of Leon being anywhere near as charismatic slash maniacal as the former Take Thatter.

The Robster, for all his faults, is a magnetic personality, not a slightly awkward Scot who wandered into a reality TV audition and kind of got lucky when everyone else forgot to bring their talent to the X Factor live shows.

No disrespect to Leon, but we’d keep the comparisons to major stars low key. At least until he’s had a hit that hasn’t been propelled by a primetime reality TV show. Eh?