Although I liked Fleur on the show, I never rated her as a vocalist. Her performance of Will You Be There really showed her vocal shortcomings. But she has improved since then and I've noticed it in her live performances of Sax. I'm still not sure if she's on the same level as Tamera who I liked and wasn't in the same league as Alexandra, Leona etc.

I don't think things bode well for Tamera. She may be on a development deal, but Syco could have had her do some features like Louisa to keep her name out there. The maket for female solo singers is so overcrowded and so she'll need something really special for her launch. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I have a bad feeling Syco don't know what to do with her, but don't want anyone else to have her either.

I think tamera is like Pia Mia, imani, and artists like that, she doesn't really have a usp unless she's working on it via syco but things are so quiet

SYCO would have dropped her ages ago if they didn't think she was going to have a decent chance of making it. The fact that they haven't show's that.

Fluer first auditioned for the XFactor in 2005 and reached the live shows,mentored by Simon.She worked on her development for 10 yrs before returning in 2014 and mentored by Simon again.Fluer has a 10 year head start on Tamera in Syco and on the XFactor in every aspect plus a professional relationship with Simon.

Tamera auditioned at 16 years,no experience and Simon was not involved in that show.

There is just no comparison at all.

It was right to give her a development deal and for Simon to get to know her.There is still no UK artist like Tamera and she will have a spot when she is ready.

Exactly.She still has her own place in the market,3 years on.Fluer is a different artist.

It's been 3 years the girl is 19 - she's not a little girl she's an adult is she not capable of gigging just cos she's on a development deal doesn't mean she can't go out there and sing and get a fan base going - every single artist who wants a serious music career does that regardless - her management must be crap - it's bs people saying syco won't allow her to do gigs - every singer regardless of record deal sings for their fans does videos puts up some teasers - syco just ain't bothered about her at all - it don't take 3 years to come up with a song to intixe the public she can still develop and release at same time - next year it will be 4 years...

I have seen you state a few times now that you don't know what development deals entail, so why you trying to act like the expert now? Would it be because people aren't agreeing with you?

It isn't about coming up with a good song and launching it, it is about finding her place as an artist and how it slots into today's scene. As I have already said, they could be doing a lot more with her than just recording material with her.

And guess what, Syco are in charge, Tamera can't perform new material without their go ahead and she certainly can't sing other people's songs in gigs or for online videos as guess what, Syco would need to pay for that.

When Syco and Tamera are ready they will launch her like any new artist, she is only 19 years of age for goodness sake, stop righting her off, we don't know what is happening and they have plenty of time.

Look at Rita Ora signed to Roc Nation in 2008, didn't start doing anything publicly until 2011 and no music was released until 2012. At one point she had even recorded a full album and wanted to release it, but the label didn't think it was right and told her they weren't releasing that and sent her away to record another album.

Things aren't black and white, sometimes labels decide they really want to work on an artist and make sure things are right before launching them, as they think they have the potential to be real moneymakers.

Also one last thing, it won't be four years signed with Syco, she only signed with them March 2014, so its not even been three years. And Syco's mouthpiece The Sun said this,

Fair enough itl be 3 years in March - she won't be releasing before then I doubt! She was signed after the tour or before I dunno can't remember! She doesn't have to perform new material she can gig to her songs on XF like Fleur did, it's fine time developing an artist but with a fast paced business like syco she should build up a fanbase to support her also! It's all business isn't it, syco should be being smart about this

But even if she uses the songs she sung on X Factor Syco still need to pay every single time she does.

I honestly think at this point in time she has been away long enough that it actually doesn't matter now how long they take, they will need to start from scratch. And Tamera was unpopular, they will want that to fade from people's minds.

It is a business, but Syco could be in this for the long haul, they might not expect huge things straight out the gate, they could very well be prepared to start small and grew her into, what they hope, a superstar.

Syco are changing as a label, that has become clear the last few years, they are moving away from quick launches with winners and adapting to todays music world, ie Louisa first doing a feature.

Ella was developed for a year and a half, then launched and has released several features after her album, to help bridge the gap.

Plus they are looking at signing singers away from reality TV, first with Labrinth, then OMI and they have a new artist called Ady Suleiman on their roster, who actually was signed around the same time as Tamera. He has been releasing music, EP's etc but they still haven't broke him mainstream, but they are still going with his album still planned for release soon. Look at the approach they took with him, straight from Ady's mouth,


Does that sound like Syco? No, but it proves they are trying new things with their acts, which is the point I have been trying to make.

Yeah I agree syco are changing their ways a bit, adapting new artists to the music industry but they can still be shady to - I just think tamera should be profiling to help her out that's all, as stated being a good popstar is more than just recording music, you have to become A brand that people buy into, and tamera could've at least jumped on a couple of collaborations just to keep her name out there - just like Louisa had and she's only 18 herself....

Yeah okay they could have, or Syco were more than happy letting her disappear and let all the negativity that surrounded her fade away while they work out what course she needs to take.

Plus had she done collabs and they flopped, wouldn't have been a good start. Plus you can become a 'brand' once you start releasing music.

She is still so young, she has huge amounts of time ahead of her to become a 'brand', to feature on songs and then release her own music.

Yeah I hope you are right because I think she deserves a shot, though syco need to do more in my opinion

I have a feeling that she just might turn out to be one of the better artists from the show. Time will tell, but it's interesting.