Former X Factor winner Leona Lewis has claimed that the show is no longer about singing and that it is now an entertainment show rather than a singing competition.
Leona won the show three years ago but seems genuinely surprised at how much it has changed in that short time.
The ‘Happy’ singer told The News Of The World:
“It’s more of an entertainment show now. It’s a TV show and they want their entertainment value.
Leona Lewis has said that the X Factor has become more intrusive in recent series. She admitted that had the show been so invasive in earlier years, it may have out her off entering.
Leona told Company magazine: “The show is much more intrusive now – you see pictures of people’s families a lot more than when I was on – they seem to dig a bit deeper.”
She continued: “I don’t know if that would have affected my decision to go on, because I am such a private person.”
Leona Lewis is all set to perform live on tonight’s X Factor results show. She will be singing her new single ‘Happy’, ahead of the launch of new album ‘Echo’ on 16th November. The Black Eyed Peas will perform their single ‘Meet Me Halfway’, released on 2nd November.
Leona Lewis and the Black Eyed Peas are to perform live on The X Factor on Sunday 8th November. Leona Lewis will perform her single ‘Happy’, ahead of the launch of new album ‘Echo’ on 16th November. The Black Eyed Peas will perform their single ‘Meet Me Halfway’, released on 2nd November.
Leona Lewis is a bit vampire obsessed and has revealed that she would LOVE to guest star in vampire drama, True Blood.
“I’m totally mad over shows like ‘True Blood’,” Leona told Sugar magazine. “I’d die if someone asked me to be in something like that. It’d be a dream come true.”
Former X Factor winner Leona Lewis has admitted that she’d like to become a judge on the show but added that she doesn’t think she would be much good in the role.
During a live online Facebook chat with fans she said: “Maybe. It would be fun… But I don’t know if I’d be a good judge because I’d just say yes and let everyone through. I wouldn’t be able to turn anyone away.”
Jordin Sparks has revealed that she would love to perform on X Factor.
The former American Idol winner told ‘You Call The Hits’ on The Hits Radio: “We’ve been talking about it. I don’t know if it’s confirmed yet, so if I am it’ll be just as a surprise to you as it is to me.
“But I’m hoping – I’m trying to make that happen because I want to.”
Simon Cowell has admitted that he loves Leona Lewis’ new single ‘Happy.’
The music mogul, says that he played the song on repeat and described the track as ‘genius.’
“I remember where I was when I heard the song for the first time. I remember it starting and sitting up in my chair praying that the chorus was going to deliver on what I’d heard,” he told ET Online.
Simon Cowell has reportedly offered to help out with next years English World Cup Anthem.
The News Of The World claims that Cowell would like to choose the singer for the track.
An FA source said: “There’s great optimism for the England team after the stunning way in which they qualified for the World Cup. The plan is for the official song to be an absolute show-stopper that will help carry the boys all the way to the final.
Former X Factor winner, Leona Lewis, has said that she is can’t understand why people criticise her ‘nice’ image.
In an interview with Cosmopolitan Leona says that it’s no bad thing to be respectful.
She commented: “People are always saying, ‘She’s really sweet’, and it’s like, ‘I’ve been brought up properly by my parents and I’m respectful to people’.
Leona Lewis has announced that her second album titled ‘ECHO’ will be released on November 16th on Syco Music. Leona took the music world by storm with the release of her 2007 debut album Spirit selling over 6 million copies worldwide – It earned four Brit Award nominations and three Grammy nominations, making it the best selling album of 2007 and 2008 in the UK and the US respectively.