OK I just had a look on the main X Factor site and found this:
http://xfactor.itv.com/stories/story...tem_100227.htm
Here are a few snippets:
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“Alexandra Burke
Alexandra from north London has four brothers, a sister, and lives with her mum who used to sing with Soul II Soul.
Alexandra started singing at the age of five and when she was 9 yrs old she was passed the microphone at one of her mother’s gigs. Everyone loved her and from that moment onwards she was hooked on performing. Aged 12 Alexandra entered Star for a Night. She was the youngest person in the competition and was beaten to first place by Joss Stone.
Since leaving school, Alexandra has pursued a career in music. In 2005 she auditioned for The X Factor and got through to the Judges Houses stage. However, Louis said she was too young and ended her X Factor dream in Dublin.
Alexandra has had no professional vocal training and learnt to sing from her mother. Recently she went on tour with Young Voices, a charity that raises money for children with Leukaemia, performing at The Royal Albert Hall, Dublin Point Theatre and the MEN Arena.”
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“Austin Drage
Essex born, Austin first starting singing when he was very young and at school, he enjoyed taking part in musical theatre and amateur dramatics. After leaving school, Austin found an agent and has had appearances in Snatch, The Bill, Casualty and other TV programmes.
At 17, Austin was part of a boyband called Five Boys. During this time, they supported Lemar, Westlife, Shola Ama, Girls Aloud and Blazing Squad. The band unfortunately didn’t get anywhere so they split and when Austin auditioned for McFly (he was upset to be told he was too ugly). After another failed attempt with another band, Austin took part in Boys will be Girls, an E4 TV show. They recorded one song which was released on the E4 website.
Most recently, Austin has been a member of a glam rock band called The Revamps who have been performing locally and taking part in charity events.
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“Eoghan Quigg
Singing since the age of two along to Disney cartoons, Eoghan would love to be the male equivalent of an Irish Leona Lewis. He found his voice whilst singing with the school choir and from then on, sang all the lead roles in the school musicals. Justin Timberlake is Eoghan’s idol and he got to the finals of Irish School Stars in their Eyes two years ago”
Now check this:
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“Ruth
At twelve years old, Ruth moved to America with her family and this was the first time she had the opportunity to get involved with music at school. She took every music, theatre, dance and choir lesson going and all of her teachers encouraged her. She was put into competitions and played lead roles in My Fair Lady and Phantom of the Opera. The family moved back to Spain when Ruth was 16 and although Ruth had taken some singing lessons by this point, she had to give them up due to the financial difficulties her family were having. Ruth gave up on her dream as it was becoming clear that it would never be something that would pay the bills.
Ruth joined a rock band when she was 19; This was a new challenge because she had only ever sung classical music. Ruth made the decision that she would give up her job at the family business and follow her dream once again. The band became very close as the toured Spain and Ruth stayed with them for 3 years. After playing countless hotels and bars the group decided to split up.
Ruth now dates the guitarist, Juanma and the duo landed a permanent contract for Polaris World where as well as performing, Ruth works as a PR consultant and Juanma is the Director of Entertainment.”
There are some other connections to the media amongst some on the site. For some there is almost nothing at all. I think Austin and Alexandera with the amount of airtime given and the amount of PR connections they've had looks... shady.
Like this from JLS
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“Aston met Marvin whilst auditioning for a TV advert.”
There are some more media connection illustrated in JLS'
