Leon Jackson has revealed plans to move away from his jazz type music and try a more singer songwriter approach.
The former X Factor winner told the Daily Record that he is happy to be working with “amazing” musicians, including Paolo Nutini co-writer Jim Duguid.
Jackson said: “I’ve been developing myself as a musician. I’m keen to show the transition and let everyone see that this is Leon Jackson now.
Speculation is rife that Leon Jackson is about to cancel his UK tour after he drops out of two shows in Manchester and Blackburn.
The former X Factor winner was supposed to kick off his 16-date ‘Right Now’ tour at Blackburn’s King Georges Hall on May 5, but the gig has now been cancelled.
The second show at Manchester Apollo on May 13 has also been cancelled, and Ticketmaster is no longer offering tickets to any more of Leon’s shows.
Following the news that former X Factor winner Leon Jackson has been dropped by his record label Sony, New magazine is reporting that his mentor on the show, Dannii Minogue, “has been in touch to offer support and career advice”.
Leon said of Dannii, “I adore her. She’s so nice and caring” while Danni said, “I care about these kids. Being a mentor shouldn’t just stop when the show ends… Read more & comment »
Today is our lucky day! Normally we only hear from X Factor’s first winner Steve Brookstein once a year (around the time of the X Factor launch coincidentally) but he has saw fit to crawl out from under his rock this week to defend poor old Leon Jackson.
Leon was unceremoniously dumped by his record label this week and they didn’t even do him the favour of phoning to tell him. No, sad old Leon had to read the news in The Sun. Of course Steve Brookstein went through a similar ordeal back in 2005 so he decided to write in support of Leon on his own personal blog.
Brookstein blustered: “If they cared anything about Leon they would have announced his departure after his tour and not before it, they would have kept his fans informed, his website up-to-date, and not put comments from Simon into the press saying: ‘[He's a] nice guy but not gonna set the world on fire, Rhydian should have won’.”
Rhydian Roberts has come out in support of his former X Factor star Leon Jackson who was dropped by his record company last week.
“Leon is a great guy. I wish him well and I’m sure he’ll do fine in the future,” Roberts told the Daily Record.
“People are always trying to see if there is any conflict between us or whether we are still in competition. There probably was competition in The X Factor because that’s what it was all about. But Leon is a gent and he won fair and square.
Former X Factor winner Leon Jackson has admitted that he found out he had been dropped by his record label when the story was printed in a newspaper this week.
Leon had a one album deal with Sony and obviously hoped he would continue to make more with the company. However an insider leaked the news that he had been dropped to The Sun earlier this week.
Speaking to the Daily Record Jackson said: “The label never told me I had been dropped. I never heard it directly from anyone.
“Word filtered through the management about the likelihood of it happening but I was never told a date. No one at the label ever told me. The first time I knew was yesterday in the paper.”
Former X Factor winner Leon Jackson has been dropped by his record label after only one album.
Leon released his debut album last autumn and went on to sell only 130,000 copies. In contrast the series runner up Rhydian Roberts sold a whopping 500,000 copies of his classical record.
A source close to Simon Cowell told The Sun: “He thought the most talented person should have won. That was never Leon and what has happened since has proved him right. Leon’s a good lad, but he’s definitely not set the world alight.”
Former X factor winner, Leon Jackson has admitted that he is finding it hard to keep up with other winners, Alexandra Burke and Leona Lewis but blames their wider vocal range and sense of style for the chasm between them.
Leon, this year, became the first ever X Factor winner to miss out on the number one spot with their debut album whilst Alexandra Burke broke all sorts of British and European records after her Christmas single exceeded all expectations.
This has not been a good week for last years X Factor winner, Leon Jackson. Only last week Simon Cowell admitted that he should never have won the show and today Louis also admitted that the public got it wrong.
In an interview with Richard Bacon on BBC Radio 5 live, Louis said: “He’s had a chance. The people voted for him and he won last year.
"Rhydian should probably have won. Rhydian is selling a lot more records. Rhydian is more of an artist. Sometimes the people get it wrong.”
X Factor judge Simon Cowell has admitted that the wrong person won last years X Factor.
Earlier in the year Simon publicly backed Leon Jackson, the winner of the 2007 series, but since his album and single failed to top the charts this months it seems that Simon is losing interest.
In a recent interview with Piers Morgan Simon commented “If you are going to be a star, you need to have steel in your eyes. I don’t think last year’s winner had steel in his eyes.
X Factor winner Leon Jackson has admitted that he is dating Emily Biggs from girlgroup, Hope.
The pair met on last years show when Emily’s band Hope competed with Leon for the shows title.
“We are dating. It is a very recent thing so I’m sorry to break everybody’s heart,” Jackson told the Daily Record.
“We’ve been friends since the show and have always kept in touch. Now she lives quite near me so it’s great because we have got to really know each other,” said Jackson.
Well that just says it all. Leon Jackson has become the first X Factor winner to fail to get to the number one spot with his debut album.
His album, Right Now, came in at number four behind albums by AC/DC, Kaiser Chiefs and Kings of Leon.
That just goes to show that going away for a year only works if the result and the artist were worth waiting for. Leon obviously wasn’t!
Razorlight frontman, Johnny Borrell has called former X Factor winner, Leon Jackson “insane” for spending ten months working on his new album, ‘Right Now’.
Asked about Leon in an interview with the Daily Record, Borrell replied: “He’s not even on my radar I’m afraid. I have never heard of him.
“I’d say you have either got it or you haven’t. But if it takes that much effort, you probably haven’t got it. The idea of this Leon guy spending the last ten months making a record is insane.”
Peter Kay has beaten former X Factor winner, Leon Jackson, in the battle for number one single this week, with his spoof reality TV show song, )’The Winners Song.’
Kay’s single was co-written by himself and Gary Barlow and was featured in last weeks satire, Britain’s got the Pop Factor, which played on talent shows such as The X Factor and Pop Idol.
Kay charted at number two with Leon coming in at the number three spot. Pink beat both with her track, ‘So What.’
Geraldine sent a message of consolation to Jackson.
About this time last year Leona had a big X Factor homecoming and we all patted ourselves on the back for choosing such an amazing winner! This year I am just glad that I never once voted for Leon Jackson.
Leon is currently performing his new single ‘Don’t Call This Love on the X Factor. I heard his single a few weeks ago and quite liked it, but without charisma and with tuning issues Leon failed to pull this performance off tonight.
He looked more nervous than some of the final twelve acts and one has to wonder how many times he has actually performed in the last year.
Am I being evil? Did any of you like Leon tonight?
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