December 17, 2008
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A Star is Born
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A Star is Born.
I’ve been bedridden for the past few days with the wretched man-flu (the worst kind of flu, believe me!) which has hindered my ability to do normal day-to-day tasks (not such a bad thing!) but allowed me the opportunity to catch up on some reading and amuse myself on youtube. Anyway I thought I’d sneak in a quick post while I’m in recovery and couldn’t resist sharing with you this video from the finale of the X-Factor show I watched on Saturday.
Apart from the often hilarious auditions I’m not really a fan of the series but a few weeks ago whilst busy editing away in my office I was suddenly captivated by an amazing voice echoing through the house. I found my way downstairs to the living room to find out the source of this diva-esque performance on television. I recognised the song as that of Mariah Carey’s ‘Without You’ but the vocals were provided by Alexandra Burke who on saturday night was deservedly crowned winner of the 2008 X-Factor show ‘.
Alexandra originally auditioned for the X-Factor in 2005 but was sent home as one of the judges felt she was too young for the competition, fast-forward to 2008 and she was back more determined than ever and a force to be reckoned with. Each of her performances in my opinion were in different league to the other contestants and in terms of raw talent and depth of ability she was a clear winner arriving into the final.
And what a final! Alexandra stunned the audience when she performed a duet with surprise guest on the show Beyonce and her final performance singing ‘Hallelujah’ (above) was the perfect climax to her amazing journey on the series.
So congratulations to Alexandra and to all the voters who made the right choice! I hope that this is just the beginning for her and the X-Factor show a mere launch pad into superstar status, she deserves it!
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Comments (3)
Hey B, I hope you get well quickly buddy! I saw X factor with souwah, she showed me the clip =) how cold is it there? im going to freeze when i get there i know hahahha
uh-oh! hope you’ll get well soon!!!!! on the positive side, at least you get to have some rest!
) re-energized.
she’s beautiful!!! ahhh people with talents : )
ohh you should check out charice pempengco… 15y.o. phillipine girl whose voice match mariah carey/celine dion! she’s amazing too… she’s more famous now since she appeared on Oprah. She sang with Celine Dion once at her concert too : ))
take care,
ciao~
well looking at what u have shown us so far…I think u should b the nxt one to collect the prestigous kodak award… keep up the hard work..