Walk The Line viewers compare judge Craig David to Louis Walsh after his comments to Scarlett Thomas

WALK The Line viewers were in hysterics during tonight’s episode as judge Craig David appeared to take inspiration from Louis Walsh for his comments to act Scarlett Thomas.

After Scarlett’s performance of Something’s Got a Hold on Me by Christina Aguilera, host Maya Jama went to the judges for their reaction – and Craig, 40, said one of Louis‘ most famous catchphrases from his X Factor days.

Craig’s comments to Scarlett sounded familiar to fans

Viewers were quick to claim Craig had taken inspiration from Louis Walsh

He told Scarlett: “You came out, opened the whole thing like a star, setting the tone for the whole thing.

“I’m so happy to see that, because that’s what you want in a final. Vocally, you hit all the notes, all the moments. You look like a star, you sound like a star…”

Louis said perhaps his most famous X Factor comment while commenting on one of Cher Lloyd’s performances during her time on the show, telling her: “You look like a popstar, you sound like a popstar, you are a popstar!”

Fans were quick to take to Twitter to point out the copy cat comment. One wrote: “‘You look like a star, you sound like a star…’ Yeah but Craig sounds like Louis Walsh.”

Another said: “Craig thinks he’s Louis Walsh.”

A third added: “Craig thinking he’s Louis Walsh. Definitely a rip off X Factor.”

Tonight’s final of Simon Cowell’s new singing competition saw early favourite Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi become the first ever winner and walk away with the prize of £500k.

The show saw a group of new hopefuls perform each night, with Nadiah winning the public vote on Wednesday evening – making it to Thursday’s episode.

After she chose to Walk The Line, it was revealed Nadiah had received the highest votes again and she won a place in tonight’s final.

Craig was joined by judges Alesha Dixon, Dawn French and Gary Barlow