X Factor 2009 finalist Jamie ‘Afro’ Archer will be releasing his debut single Insanity on iTunes tomorrow (27.06.2011) with his band ‘ARCHER’ consisting of his brother Stephen Archer and friend Anthony Reed.
Jamie and the band have been away for 18 months writing and recording a so-far untitled album of original material, which is due out later this year. Their single and album will be released independently.
X Factor star Jamie Archer has insisted that he is not interested in Katie price, despite tabloid reports to the contrary.
The pair met earlier this week at a London club and Jamie admitted that they chatted for a while. However he insisted that Katie is not his type and he is not romantically interested in her.
Jamie told The Sun: “She came over and said hi and then asked me to come and have a drink.
Katie Price really seems to be over her split with cage fighter Alex Reid. As her ex-husband Peter Andre erected his Christmas tree last night, Katie partied the night away in Mayfair’s exclusive Mahiki club.
During her girly night out, Katie bumped into X Factor singer Jamie Afro and the sources say that the pair really hit it off.
Finally we got to catch up with a ridiculously upbeat Jamie Archer to talk about what he’s been up to since leaving X Factor on Sunday night. I’d already read a few interviews by the time we caught up, and Jamie was refreshingly candid in each one.
Often, when you chat to an X Factor contestant they’re media prepped to the point that you get nothing interesting or relevant to report – not so with Mr Archer, who spoke openly about his frustrations with the X Factor format and his gratitude to the show for giving him such a big break.
Here’s the transcript of our chat (and thanks to Jamie for being a great interviewee!)
Former X Factor singer Jamie Archer has admitted that he understands why Danyl Johnson went into meltdown over his song choice for this week.
Reports emerged this morning that Danyl had walked out of a rehearsal session with Yvie Burnett and had a row with Simon Cowell after he was told that he would be singing George Michael’s Praying For Time on this weekend’s show.
On why Danyl got so upset, Jamie told The Mirror:
X Factor’s Jamie Archer has been booked to play to his biggest live crowd yet at T4’s winter music event T4’s Stars of 2009.
Jamie will be performing alongside sexy ladies including The Saturdays, Sugababes as well as fellow X Factor protege Alexandra Burke and is hoping to make his mark since leaving the X Factor house at the weekend…
The final eight X Factor acts are reportedly set to earn £100,000 on this year’s live tour, proving that it is worthwhile to enter the X Factor, even if you have no chance of winning.
The Sun reports that half of the money is made up from pay cheques and the other half from bonuses and an unnamed finalist from last year said: “The tour is the most lucrative part of being on the show. Even if you don’t win, it can set you up for life.”
An X Factor spokeswoman said: “We do not discuss any financial details of contracts for the tour.”
Outgoing X Factor singer Jamie Archer has admitted that he was sexually frustrated whilst on the show. That can’t have been helped by his obvious crush on judge, Charyl Cole.
Archer told the Daily Star: “Without doubt she is the most beautiful woman in the world. I have always had a thing about Cheryl. I think she is absolutely stunning. And let me tell you, she’s even better in real life.”
Jamie Archer has admitted that it’s not all bad to be kicked off The X Factor, because at least now he’ll be able to have sex!
Under Simon Cowell’s dictatorship, none of the X Factor hopefuls are allowed to have sex whilst on the show and are expected to adhere to an 8.30pm curfew. Jamie has been dating Kandy Rain’s Coco Lloyd and revealed that his first thoughts were of her when he was told he was voted off the show.
Pals of outgoing X Factor singer Jamie Archer have claimed that Simon Cowell purposely sacrificed him on last week’s show.
In an interview with The Mirror a close friend of the singer said: “The whole show is being made a mockery of. Simon was the only judge with all three acts left – he knew he had to lose someone this week and so he offered up Jamie.
“It doesn’t take a genius to see how he did it. He stuck him first on the bill which is the worst place to be. He made sure he dressed him in dark clothing so it all looked very drab with no colour.
