I completely get where you are coming from - it's just an unlikely analogy on other levels, as Alexandra Burke, like every other Cowell act, has no musical talent beyond being a glorified karaoke singer ...

Mhm. She is very very good singer. Not a kareoke act
And she isn't a 'cowell act' and neither is Rebecca Ferguson. I use those two and add Matt Cardle because they clearly had input into their debuts.

Oh and I'm guessing most of you here are white? Because the only black woman doing well in the singles charts is Whitney due to her untimely passing. Beyonce is a creole woman, Emeli Sande is mixed race. Not everyone who isn't white is black you know.

Honestly. There are some black and mixed race guys in there but on the female front...nope.

I think Alexandra Burke can be a bit hyper and over the top at times, but I do agree she gets hated on too much. She's never come across as a bad girl to me, she always seems very thankful to her fans and pretty grounded. I don't follow her that much but from what I've seen she's a nice girl with a lot of confidence.

The only fault I would say is Alexandra has to try and become her own artist. Alexandra has an incredible voice, one of the best in the UK. But her songs are either too weak for someone as talented as her or they're just trying to fit in/copy other female popstars like Beyonce.

Leona for example, I think has become her own artist. Not everyone likes her and some say she's boring, but you know a Leona song when you hear it. You can tell it's Leona because it's got it's own style. With Alexandra Burke, particularly her latest single, I feel like they're throwaway popsongs that could be sung by any old artist. Alexandra deserves much stronger material.

I expect it's her excitability that people find off putting ,which is a shame as she seems a nice girl . I also don't discount that colour might be an issue . Compare Jordan's talentless ass and her relative popularity to Burke .

RAK stands for?

I agree. The songs have to be good.
Bjorn and Benny are awesome songwriters and musicians. I love their music.

Right so we are racist if we don't like Alexandra?
Bit out of order.
Seriously she might just be shit. Black, white, red or green, doesn't matter shit is shit.
Cardle: white: shit
Burke: black: shit
Rihanna: black: shit
Gaga: white: shit
Doesn't matter the colour of their skin. Their shitness unites them in a way that doesn't see skin colour.

I think that's due to her voice. Leona doesn't have a very lendable voice so to speak. Only certain types of songs fit her vocal. Alexandra is writing on her new album, so we will see what happens. The thing is, her single works far better acoustic. I think acoustic is the way to go. I saw her on tour and live instruments work far better than electronic production, as it highlights her voice. BUT she likes to dance as she says. SO it's finding the balance which is the issue. And even if she was coming out with albums like Beyonce's 4, I don't know if it would sell well. People only seem to download sonically bombastic stuff.

I didn't say that. READ IT AGAIN. I said I guarantee you're mostly white, because you were saying that there are black females in the chart now. Which there aren't bar Whitney. And you have your opinion and I have mine, but she most certainly isn't shit. And neither is Gaga.

because her fans are putting her on the same league as Mariah, Beyonce an so on which is laughable

Aren't you constantly on hate mode? And vocally she is there.

Singers and musicians should concentrate on making good music and songs, in my opinion. Leave the dancing to dancers.

I admire her talent and she has undoubtedly great pipes, I just struggle to warm to her and I think she comes over as a little fake. Look at the moment she won the X Factor - the wide eyes and falling to the floor sobbing. It was just a tad overdone. I'm sure the surprise and the emotion was genuine but she seemed to add another layer a bit thick for good measure.

Her confidence is good but sometimes overplayed. Look how she stormed it on her time as as an X Factor judge - I'm sure some people were thinking 'Wow, who the f-- does she think she is - it's only been a few years since she was a contestant'

As an aside: she's also a beefy gal with a muscular body - she needs to stay away from the tight shorts and tops.

It's a deliberate misspelling of 'Rack'. It's not an acronym.

RAK was Mickie Most's label. Acts signed to it - Mud, Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Smokie... Chinn/Chapman material.

Agreed re Bjorn and Benny..

I agree. I don't particularly have any feelings one way or the other for her, she doesn't sing the kind of music I like to listen to, none of the X-Factor churn outs do.

Why does everyone find it so controversial talking about a skin colour? Its just the colour of someone's skin My word! Its the person you should judge not colour of skin, but the UK especially find it really difficult not to get insecure when someone brings up a person's skin colour. It actually baffles me to why. We are all human beings!

I'm not god

I don't get it, you mention it (even when it IS a factor) and people who aren't affected by it, get all angtsy.

Imagine if it was Alex who put her middle finger up after collecting an award like Adele? People would be hating on her. I just think she is confident about her vocal ability and that's what the British public dislike.

You're the second person who had brought up skin colour.
And I'm not having someone trying to make out that disliking someone is a race thing. It's not.
Who cares if there are 30 black women or 0 black women in the chart.
Who cares.
Alexandra regardless of colour is to the majority of folk shit. So folk should really stop playing the race card. If burning crosses were turning up in her garden then By all means play it then.

yeah I just don;t get it, its really strange alot of other countries can talk about it in a civil way but we get all rightous and think its rarely an issue or is always an issue. It seems the UK are getting worse about talking about race or by not judging some on their race alot harder. In alot of cases its either someone believes race is the central issue or that race should never be mentioned. To me it should be just about the individual person.

Well seeing as around 10% of the population voted for her, I don't think that's the case. It's not a race card, but part of the issue in the UK. It makes a difference if there are black artists on the charts.

Thing is, it's never about the person. Hence the 'they have lots of singers like her' argument. I mean if you actually assess things properly (in regards to Alex), the US doesn't have lots of contraltos in pop who can sing pop, soul, gospel, adult contemporary and r&b easily, and being at home within each genre. But it isn't about the qualities of the person, sadly. In most cases it's 'race should never be mentioned' although it can be a contributing factor especially in regards to the media.

The world would explode lmao. People would hold it against her forever. Notice the reaction to Ok.com? It wasn't as if she said 'I shoot people for fun', God...talk about mass overreaction. And people weren't even listening to what she was saying anyway.