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Old 05-12-2008, 20:40
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I know this will probably be filled with replies of "You hate her anyway" and no questions answered but I'm going to try.

Why, with her singing voice which is undeniably good, has she not been signed up before?

Her mother was in a Grammy winning band which performed with loads of big names such as Elton John and Stevie Wonder.

Her best friend is Joss Stone.

Beverley Knight is a family friend.

How have we never heard a Demo from her, why has she never tried to get into the music business outwith talent shows if she truly loves performing? Why wait two years for X factor again when her potential contact list in the business must be huge?

My main problem with her is how overly rehearsed she always seems, She has a good voice but its a bit drab for my liking, nothing to differentiate her performance from the original except its just not quite as good.

Her personality seems close to Joss Stones, very confident, overly so at times, except Joss has 3 hit albums behind her and international success. All her answers to questions seem prepared before hand and pretentious and I find she always appears to be doing what she perceives as being what the judges/audience want to see rather than be natural, like she appears to cry, but no tears ever seem to fall (Until Ruth's departure, there were tears then)

Anyway, I just get the impression that despite this "love of performing" she'd rather get the easy way in than work a bit harder on her own merit. Seems to me that she wants the fame and the fact she can sing is just a fortunate coincidence for her to acheive the fame.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:45
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Can't think why anyone would bother replying since its plainly (in spite of your claims to the contrary) a thread designed to cause conflict.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:46
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Its not, I just wonder why she hasn't gone out on her own to get herself a record contract if performing is something she loves so much.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:48
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You could of course say exactly the same thing about Diana!
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:50
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Except Diana doesn't have a musical family, wasn't in Talent shows years ago, doesn't get whisked off to LA to visit her popstar best friend etc etc

I just think its strange.

Diana doesn't have a demo either but this is her first crack at it, Leona had a demo a couple of years ago which to me shows she wanted to be a singer.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:51
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You could of course say exactly the same thing about Diana!
Eh


Anyway...


Is it possible that Alex holds a grudge and just wanted to rub Louis' nose in it
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:51
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Its not, I just wonder why she hasn't gone out on her own to get herself a record contract if performing is something she loves so much.
You don't know what she has done.

To accuse her of merely desiring fame totally devalues any argument you previously made.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:54
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OK perhaps not purely desiring fame, I just find it weird for someone in a clearly musical family with musical contacts to not have tried to get in the business outwith TV Talent shows.

I understand they give amazing exposure instantly but don't have the greatest credibility, even with Leonas success, Leon out did all the good work Leona did.

I'll also ask instead then, has anyone heard a demo from her? Has one leaked, Does she have a myspace with music on it like Laura? Leonas demo leaked fairly early into the show, I've not heard anything from Alexandra.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:54
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Its not, I just wonder why she hasn't gone out on her own to get herself a record contract if performing is something she loves so much.
Why not contact her and ask her? They do receive mails in the X factor house you know. That will save you from ''wondering''.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:55
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Eh


Anyway...


Is it possible that Alex holds a grudge and just wanted to rub Louis' nose in it
That could actually be a logical explanation.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:56
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If Diana is/was so good, why she hasn't been picked up before!:yawn:
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:59
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Why not contact her and ask her? They do receive mails in the X factor house you know. That will save you from ''wondering'.
That is an excellent suggestion.
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Old 05-12-2008, 20:59
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If Diana is/was so good, why she hasn't been picked up before!:yawn:
My question wasn't simply why hasn't she been picked up before. There could be millions of reasons, lots of people just can't get a foot in the door of the music industry, I wondered why Alex hadn't found a way in when there are so many people she knows who could have got her in.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:01
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To be honest you could say the same about any of the acts.


Why, with her singing voice which is undeniably good, has she not been signed up before?

Plus I think the above statment is quite frankly ridiculous. What about Leona? Look at all the success she's having. She's sold more in the past two years than some established and popular artists and often beaten them in chart/sales battles yet before she couldn't even get a record deal so to imply that people get signed straightaway for having a good voice is rather illogical. Often singers like these need the breaks like these to get exposure, something which other singers can't get them as far as they get on the show, especially in the current UK industry which seems to be dominated by identikit indie bands (although that's kind of moving on onto the retro female vocalists now) and anything else is just considered out of date.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:04
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Maybe she has been waiting untill the time is right ! Stevie wonder tried to sign her up i think aged 9 or 10 and her mum said No because she was to young.

She obviously tried out for x factor after school and waiting 3 years to get her confidence back rather than rushing back into it.

I dont know but thats my opinion
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:04
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To be honest you could say the same about any of the acts.


Why, with her singing voice which is undeniably good, has she not been signed up before?

Plus I think the above statment is quite frankly ridiculous. What about Leona? Look at all the success she's having. She's sold more in the past two years than some established and popular artists and often beaten them in chart/sales battles yet before she couldn't even get a record deal so to imply that people get signed straightaway for having a good voice is rather illogical. Often singers like these need the breaks like these to get exposure, something which other singers can't get them as far as they get on the show, especially in the current UK industry which seems to be dominated by identikit indie bands (although that's kind of moving on onto the retro female vocalists now) and anything else is just considered out of date.
But the rest of my post is part of the question, of course plenty of good singers don't get signed because they can't get exposure or a way into the industry. Alex has at least 3 possible routes into the industry, a way of getting in and launching without the stigma of being from X Factor, yet hasn't taken them. I find that quite odd myself.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:05
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I don't know about OP's motives but I think that it is a legitimate question?

I don't know anything about the music business but I would have thought that there would have been contacts that could have been useful.

That said, I don't see why she shouldn't have applied for Xfactor. It is a wonderful showcase. If it is the easy way, why not go for the easy option?
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:05
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Its not, I just wonder why she hasn't gone out on her own to get herself a record contract if performing is something she loves so much.
Becuase the X-Factor is a massive showcase and whether a person wins or not they have millions of people watching them week in week out and discussing them at length. Does it matter who a person's mother or best friend is? Its like saying someone shouldnt stand for the local elections because their father was a politician and they are best friends with the local MP in the neighbouring constinuency! This is a TALENT contest! Not a delve-into-everyones-past contest! And just like contenstants shouldnt be judged on 'sob stories' they shouldnt be judged on 'success stories' either.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:07
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But the rest of my post is part of the question, of course plenty of good singers don't get signed because they can't get exposure or a way into the industry. Alex has at least 3 possible routes into the industry, a way of getting in and launching without the stigma of being from X Factor, yet hasn't taken them. I find that quite odd myself.
I repeat.
You don't know what she has tried to do,do you?
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:09
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Becuase the X-Factor is a massive showcase and whether a person wins or not they have millions of people watching them week in week out and discussing them at length. Does it matter who a person's mother or best friend is? Its like saying someone shouldnt stand for the local elections because their father was a politician and they are best friends with the local MP in the neighbouring constinuency! This is a TALENT contest! Not a delve-into-everyones-past contest! And just like contenstants shouldnt be judged on 'sob stories' they shouldnt be judged on 'success stories' either.
The opposite actually, just as having a political family background (Hillary and Bill Clinton for example) and contacts in parties could help forge a political career, having contacts in the music industry which can take years to break into without contacts would be massively helpful.

It is a massive showcase, but so was search for a star, so was X Factor 3 years ago. I just can't understand why she would love something so much that she would wait so long for the TV Show rather than take advantage of contacts
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:10
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Can't think why anyone would bother replying since its plainly (in spite of your claims to the contrary) a thread designed to cause conflict.
i agree with that. i am not a big fan of alex, i prefer diana but i cant stand these scrapping of the barrel threads which occur for both contestants. i mean when someone has 'alexblandra' in their services because they hate her that much, you cant take a thread like this seriously because you know that they dont care, they are just looking to make a dig.
and i dont think the x factor is an easy way to get a record deal. only a handful of contestants actually get one from each series out of hundreds of thousands that audition. i did read stevie wonder wanted to sign her up when she was young but her mum said she was too young for it and to hold of but so what. this is a competition and everyone is entitled to have a crack at getting a record deal. i dont know alex, before this series she wasnt really famous, i dont assume i know much about her but you are right when saying we dont know if she has tried to get a record deal. for all we know she could have done.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:11
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I repeat.
You don't know what she has tried to do,do you?
Its the X Factor, every single part of a contestants life before the show gets picked apart and nothing about her trying for a deal has been mentioned.

There was the mention from when she was 12 apparently Stevie Wonder approached her but her mother wouldn't let her.

I think if the media can find out things from when she was 12, the past 3 years wouldn't be a stretch for them.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:13
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I don't know about OP's motives but I think that it is a legitimate question?

I don't know anything about the music business but I would have thought that there would have been contacts that could have been useful.

That said, I don't see why she shouldn't have applied for Xfactor. It is a wonderful showcase. If it is the easy way, why not go for the easy option?
I am intending it legitimately, personally I found her kinda OTT with her personality like it was being laid on very thick from the start. Her voice was good but I just couldn't like her personality and it put me off her.

The more I hear of the contacts she has yet doesn't appear to have used (I was hoping someone may actually know that she had) the more I am thinking it is being laid on.

If she had tried to break into the industry herself without the TV Cameras, I may not find her comments about loving to perform and wanting to do it forever quite so false.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:13
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Alex is not harming anyone by being on the X factor. Infact, I'm quite happy she chose this route as she has entertained me a lot on the show.

.. And thank God for the likes of her and Ruth. I wonder what this year's show would have been like without them. Very boring I guess.

Those who are 'wondering' why she did not get a record deal despite her connections should keep ''WONDERING'' I say.
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Old 05-12-2008, 21:14
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i agree with that. i am not a big fan of alex, i prefer diana but i cant stand these scrapping of the barrel threads which occur for both contestants. i mean when someone has 'alexblandra' in their location because they hate her that much, you cant take a thread like this seriously because you know that they dont care, they are just looking to make a dig.
and i dont think the x factor is an easy way to get a record deal. only a handful of contestants actually get one from each series out of hundreds of thousands that audition

I don't hate Alexandra, I find her performances forgettable and not a fan of her personality.

ITs a TV show I'm not going to lower myself to hating someone on it thanks, when the shows over I forget who they are and move on.

A lot of the replies though do seem to just ignore the question, is it too hard to defend perhaps?
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