Christine wrote:
As one of the comments to one of those articles above says - "only a real drama queen could compose herself to sing her new single after all that crying". I'm glad also that I am not the only one who thinks she acts very false. In my mind she is a big creep.
Everything was calculated. The story about her ill Mum released just before the semi final and then a story about an ex wanting to sell a sex tape was released before the final to make us feel sorry for her. Every star who appeared on the show, she just 'happened' to be their number one fan.
She seemed to be copying Leona I thought in her style.
I would assert, that a professional (rather than a real drama queen) would compose herself enough to sing her new single after all that crying.
Mind you, Alexandra's second rendition of the song was hardly on a par with the first - she lost her place, and sounded a bit wobbly. I would think that's perfectly understandable, given the circumstances.
Sometimes people get very emotional - but they realise they have to pull themselves together to do what needs to be done - and they do their best. That's what I think Alexandra did last night.
Maybe it is 'all calculated', but you know, I'd rather believe that she is a decent girl, who did her best, and was the public's choice to win, BECAUSE OF HER TALENTS AND ABILITIES.
I didn't know she had an ill mum - I'm sorry to hear that.
I did read the thing about the sex tape - and I thought the ex-boyfriend was a creep, never mind about Alexandra! I despise that sort of behaviour - when someone thinks they'll make a fast buck out of selling something which was never intended to be anything but private. I guess Alexandra isn't the first person to learn the hard way that it's not wise to allow yourself to be taped/recorded/within 20 feet of a camera phone!
If I was Alexandra, I wouldn't want to be as tearful and emotional as she was, last night. Heaven knows, I wished I could reach out and fix her cheeks - the way her tears were ruining her foundation and blusher was unfortunate. You know, I'm fairly certain Alex would have prefered to be serene and more composed - but this girl from a very ordinary background, who'd been rejected at the final hurdle three years ago, had now gone on to win the X-Factor, having appeared on every live episode of the highest rated TV show on British television. Big deal, actually.
I believe Alex when she says Mariah Carey and Beyonce were 'heros' of hers - after all, she must have grown up listening to their stuff, and dreaming of one day being like them.
I guess she probably admired Take That too; maybe even Britney.
I wasn't born yesterday, (both literally and symbolically!), and I don't even like the concept of Santa Claus.
But I believe a lot of human beings have a fair bit of good in them, and you know, with Alexandra, I didn't really have to look too hard to find in her something in which to admire.
Her singing is a bit similar to Leona - and people even said she sounds a bit like Beyonce. But I think last night showed that Beyonce sounds different - I happen to think Beyonce has more 'balls'...pardon my French, but I admire Beyonce's sassy attitude. Her 'Irreplaceable' is one of my top five songs, ever.
Perhaps in time, Alexandra will grow more 'balls', but I think she's got a whole lot going for her.
I'm sure certain 'spins' are put on things by the judges etc, but I believe Simon and the others when they say a contestant is genuinely nice - and Simon has said many times that Alex never whined. That leads me to suspect that a few others were a bit more prima-donna-ish. But even if they were, if I thought they had the best voice, the most talent, and the most potential, I'd hope they'd have won.
. Well, if a Labour MP can spend the evening doing a live blog about it, it must have something going for it.
