June 29th, 2011 by Sarah.
Leona Lewis has revealed that she’d love to be a mentor on this year’s X Factor.
Leona, who of course won the show in 2006, is to sing on the show this year, but she said she’d enjoy a “bigger role” on the series.
She added that she would like to offer any help she can to the acts who make the live shows, because she of course has done it herself.
She explained, “I always go on the show and sing, but I want to ask Simon Cowell for a bigger role.
“I couldn’t be a judge this year as I’ve been busy working on my new album.
“I already know I’m going to be performing on the show this year but I’d like to do something different, maybe a mentor instead… Read more & comment »
June 25th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Leona Lewis has put her American home up for sale and the realtor has uploaded pictures of it’s interior to it’s website.
The singer – who shot to fame as the winner of The X Factor 2006 – has had the Los Angeles property valued at $2.5 million and after looking at some photos of the interior and exterior of the mansion, we can see why.
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May 31st, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Leona Lewis has claimed she doesn’t care that she often gets called ‘boring’ because she knows she’s not at all.
The former X Factor winner may be quieter and less controversial than Lady Gaga, Kesha and Rihanna but she claims that she has other things to offer to fans of her music. Read more & comment »
May 23rd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
via press release:
Andy Parfitt, Controller of BBC Radio 1, has announced today that the station is set to stage the BBC’s biggest ever free-ticketed live music event on Hackney Marshes on 23 and 24 June 2012 for the opening weekend of the London 2012 Festival.
Working in partnership with Hackney Council, BBC Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend 2012 will feature six BBC stages and 100,000 people will be able to attend – for free – across the weekend with the majority of the tickets being allocated to people living in Hackney and the surrounding boroughs.
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April 13th, 2011 by Sarah.
Bang Showbiz have reported today that former X Factor winner Leona Lewis is to be a guest judge on a new talent spotting show entitled ‘Platinum Hit’.
Leona, who won the X Factor in 2006, will star on the Bravo network’s show alongside various guest stars and the regular panel of judges, Kara DioGuardi, music executive Keith Naftaly, Taio Cruz, Natasha Bedingfield, Donna Summer and Ryan Tedder.
The winner of the show will receive a publishing deal and record contract worth $100,000.
The show premieres on May 30 on Bravo and features 12 aspiring musicians who will write and perform music in different songwriting genres each week. Read more & comment »
April 12th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor winner Leona Lewis will return to her reality TV roots and has been announced as a guest judge on Bravo’s new American series, “Platinum Hit”.
Regular panel members Jewel And Kara DioGuardi will also be joined by Natasha Bedingfield, Donna Summer, Jermaine Dupri, Taio Cruz and Ryan Tedder throughout the show’s first series.
A press release states:
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March 30th, 2011 by Oonagh.
Have a look at our pick of the two worst examples of style from past X Factor contestants this week.
First we have Leona Lewis. The diva in the making has not impressed us on the red carpet recently. We like her new fringe and think that she is quite stunning usually. But the 2006 X Factor winner has gone through a style transformation – and not for the better!
Our fashion site did an article a few weeks ago about her obsession with colourful bra tops – one in the shape of lips and another in a huge yellow bow! That was the beginning. Now we have spotted Leona on the red carpet at the Genesis Awards in LA in a strange, strange dress. Our StyleJacking editor sums it up:
Leona arrived at the Genesis Awards 25th Anniversary in LA wearing this horse inspired dress, complete with a white main in the form of fringes.
That was bad enough but then we spotted this photo of Katie Waissel, 2010 X Factor contestant, doing a Jedward! Waissel was spotted out and about before the X FActor tour. Her hair is gravity defying!
Have a look and tell us what you think! Like or loathe?
February 22nd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Leona Lewis is reportedly planning to cut the big power ballads out of her third album and take her music in a more dancey direction.
The 25 year old singer finished first on the 2006 series of The X Factor and is best known for hard hitting emotional numbers like ‘Bleeding Love’ and ‘Run’. However she is keen to leave the warbling behind and insiders say that Simon Cowell wants her to move in the direction of Nicole Scherzinger and Rihanna.
A source told The Sun:
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February 17th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
We have been saying for more than a year now that Leone Lewis needs to start putting out some new music, so we’re delighted to hear that her third album is finally on the horizon.
We had worried that SYCO was neglecting the former X Factor winner, much in the way they did Shayne Ward, but the ‘I Got You’ singer has confirmed that she is currently working on her followup album to 2007′s Spirit and 2009′s Echo.
“I’m really, really excited about it,” she told Access Hollywood.
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February 15th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Kelly Osbourne has spoken out in support of former X Factor winner Leona Lewis.
The songstress shocked photographers on the red carpet last week, when she showed up to several events wearing daring gowns that she had designed herself.
She faced a LOT of criticism, especially for her yellow bow dress, but reality TV star Kelly Osbourne says she loved the fact that Leona took a ‘fashion risk.’
Writing in her weekly Closer magazine column, Kelly said:
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