London, Jan 09 : Musician Andrew Lloyd Webber has slammed `X Factor' judge Simon Cowell for not working hard with his artists.

Andrew's comments come after he put X Factor rejects Francine and Nicola Gleadall into the final six of Britain's Eurovision entry hopefuls.

Andrew also condemned Cowell for describing the twins as having "the personality of two bananas" - and they only made it to the boot camp in his show.

London, Dec 31 : Andrew Lloyd Webber has topped the poll of the 100 most influential figures in theatre over the last decade.

The Stage newspaper has named Webber as the most powerful theatre personality in six out of its past ten theatre power charts.

Lloyd Webber, 60, who has had huge success in the West End and Broadway, is best known for creating hit musicals such as `Cats' and `The Phantom of the Opera'.