The Courtesans, a four-piece London-based all-female doompop band, have been in a trademark dispute over the name with The X Factor contestants duo Eileen Daly and her partner.
Self styled ‘Kooky’ singer Eileen Daly and her partner have appeared twice on this year’s X Factor programme once in the audition stages and last week on the live section of the show last week under the name ‘Eileen Daly and The Courtesans.’
London’s The Courtesans a band who have been together since 2011 are confident that the name will be theirs and are awaiting adjudication in October. They told us exclusively that “We were always a tight unit but it’s funny when you have someone attacking you it brings you even closer together, we firmly believe the name The Courtesans is ours.
When we started, we did a research on that name which returned no results, it’s the evidence that will decide ultimately and we look forward to the adjudication, this has been like a ball and chain for us, we have nothing to do with the music or the persona of the other party involved! They have inferred we have used their “success” in the music industry to expand our profile.
But you need to have success in the first place to make that type of accusation, which is something that we have questioned. That amount of success or lack of it is what will be decided upon. In the end a name is only a name and the music will speak for itself!”
Daly’s decision to compete on The X Factor this year (at the same time that girls scheduled their debut album release) seems odd considering her opinion of the talent sourcing show here: https://nickgilmartin.wordpress.com/tag/eileen-daly
Quote from Daly: “Is the X Factor the work of Satan? -I think Satan has better taste. More likely the work of Mammon. This show and its multi-headed offspring are pointless, depressing and destructive.”
The Courtesans recently released the sumptuous goth tinged pop single ‘Genius’ watch the video here:
