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If at first you
don’t succeed, try again. That is what
Alexandra Burke did, having failed to make The X Factor finals in 2005.
In 2008 she returned more confident and better and won the competition.
Her
debut single, Hallelujah sold over 100,000 copies in one day, making it
the fasting selling single in a 24 hour period in the UK.
Videos
:
Hallelujah,...more.
Leon Jackson from Whitburn in Scotland worked as a sales
assistant with GAP before pursuing his music career. His musical
influence is mainly Contemporary Jazz and Pop. His music idol is
Michael Bublé who he had the opportunity to meet while on The X Factor
television show.
Videos
:
Don't
Call This Love
,
Rewind
,
When
You Believe
Leona was born in Stoke Newington in London and at the age
of
twelve wrote her first song. Before entering the X Factor competition,
Leona wrote and recorded a number of songs that were never released.
After the competition, Simon Cowell took her to America to begin work
on her first album Spirit.
Videos
:
Happy
,
Run (HD)
,
Forgive Me (HD)
,
...more.
Before The X Factor, Shayne was a member of a band that
performed in pubs, clubs and weddings. Shayne's second album Breathless
reached number two in the UK charts. It was kept of the top spot by
Leona Lewis debut album Spirit.
Videos
:
Stand
By Me
,
No
You Hang Up
,
No
Promises
,
...more.
Steve Brookstein, a jazz and soul singer from London won
the first
series of The X Factor in the UK. The X Factor replaced the popular TV
talent show Pop Idol on ITV in 2004.
Videos
:
Against
All Odds
,
Fighting Butterflies
Jack The Lad Swing (JLS) – mentored by Louis Walsh on The
X Factor,
are Aston, Jonathan, Marvin and Oritse. The judges said they were the
best group ever to appear on the show. A few months after the
show, JLS
went on to support Lemar during his 2009 tour.
Videos
:
Beat
Again,
Everybody
In Love,...more.
Rhydian Roberts is a classically trained singer from Powy in
Wales. He studied music at university and during his gap year he went
to South Africa where he taught in a school.
Videos
: The
Impossible Dream
Ray Quinn, a performing arts student from Liverpool is a very
talented singer, actor and dancer. In his early life it was acting and
dancing that was his main interest. Before the X Factor he made
appearances in theatre and on television in various roles.
Videos
:
Fly
Me To The Moon
Before the X Factor, Andy Abraham worked as a refuse collector
and bus driver in London. During the X Factor Andy’s soulful sound was
a
big hit with the judges and the viewing public so much so that he only
narrowly lost to Shayne Ward in the grand final.
Videos
:
Even
If
G4, a four-piece vocal group entered the X factor in 2004 and
were the first group to finish in the top two of the show. The group
members Jonathan Ansell, Mike Christie, Ben Thapa and Tom Lowe met at
the Guild School of Music and Drama and decided to call themselves the
“Guildhall 4”.
Videos
:
Bohemian
Rhapsody
