Well the songs for this week show have just been announced on Xtra Factor 24/7 and are as follows:

1. Nicholas Dorsett: I Want You Back by The Jackson Five
2. Shayne Ward: You Make Me Feel Brand New by Simply Red
3. Chenai Zinyuku: You Were Always On My Mind by Elvis Presley
4. Brenda Edwards: Someone Elses Guy by Jocelyn Brown
5. Maria Lawson: Beautiful by James Blunt
6. Chico Slimani: Kiss by Prince
7. Journey South: First Time I Ever saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
8. Conway Sisters: One Voice by Billy Gilman

We’d love to hear what you think of the song choices this week!

Brenda Edwards is a 36 year old mother of two, accounts manager from London. She lives with her husband and children Jamal, 14 and Tanisha, 11.

She entered the X Factor competition when she happened to be in Belfast on a ‘dirty weekend’ with her husband and saw an advertisement for the X factor auditions in a local hotel.

Brenda started singing in her local Pentecostal church when she was eight years old and sang in her church choir until she was 18. She then started doing karaoke and singing competitions and in 1989 sang at the Hackney Empire in the semi-final of Channel 4’s 291 competition.

Before The X Factor Brenda showcased her singing talent at the occasional wedding, funeral and private function and her claim to fame before the X Factor was as a session singer for Mr Jack on his track Wiggly World Part Two which went to number 12 in the UK billboard club charts.

Brenda lists her biggest musical influences as Motown, Reggae and Soul.

Brenda made it through to the Semi Finals of the X Factor before she was controversialy voted out in fourth place.