Former X Factor contestant Maria Lawson is set to release a new album in early 2010.
Maria was evicted from the 2005 series when Louis Walsh chose to save the crappy Conway Sisters over her. She is currently starring in Thriller Live.
Lawson has revealed that her second album ‘Emotional Rollercoaster’ will feature a track written by Diane Warren (who has previously worked with Whitney Houston and Toni Braxton) and has been produced by Brian Rawling.
It would seem that the fifth week of an X Factor series, is a particularly dangerous time for any talented female contestants taking part.
Last night we saw young Lucie Jones getting voted off after Simon voted to save John and Edward Grimes. The backlash today has been enormous, just read the fans comments on any of our posts on the decision. However if you cast your minds back this is not the first time such a controversial eviction has occurred.
Don’t forget that two of last year’s contestants have singles out this week, Maria Lawson and Chico.
Maria’s debut single, Sleepwalking, can be picked up in stores across the UK and is looking like it will definitely storm the charts.
Chico’s single is also out this week. It’s called C.H.I.C.O and is a cover of the D.I.S.C.O classic.
I have to admit to having a bit of a crush on Maria Lawson from last year’s X-Factor, and I’ve been waiting for her to release a single since she was cruelly booted out by Louis Walsh.
I caught Maria’s new single Sleepwalking on The Box(I think?) a couple of weeks ago. It’s quite a slick tune, bit of a smooth urban vibe, and the video reminds me of Craig David’s Seven Days with Maria witnessing a series of mishaps then reliving them and helping to prevent them.
You can catch a snippet of the video on the Maria Lawson website, and according to the blurb Sleepwalking is coming out on 14 August.
By the way, I wasn’t impressed with the gallery. They’ve airbrushed Maria to hell and it’s not nice, takes away from her natural beauty. Grrr!
What did you guys think?
Anyone who watched last years X Factor series will remember the outrage when Louis Walsh voted to send bookies favourite Maria Lawson home in favour of the mediocre Conway Sisters.
Well it seems that Maria has bounced back in a bid to prove Louis wrong, and is set to launch her debut album next month.
Maria told The Sun Online: “I’m so excited that my first single Sleepwalking is coming out. It’s really catchy and has such a great summer vibe.”
She continued: “I’m really pleased I took my time in making sure it was just right. The video was really fun too. We shot it in London and it’s got a pretty amazing storyline that I think everyone will love.”
She added: “This summer is going to be full of exciting things – as well as Sleepwalking, I’m doing loads of photo shoots and gearing up for the release of my album in August.”
Maria Lawson, the X Factor favourite who was controversially booted off in favour of the much lesser talented Conway Sisters has just signed a record deal while travelling the country with the X Factor tour.
Maria was offered deals by four major record companies but chose to sign with Sony BMG subsidiary Phonogenic.
Her debut album, which she will write herself, is due out in September following the release of a single in June.
The star said: “All I promise is great songs, some with elements of pop, some with elements of soft rock, and some with elements of soul.
“I can’t believe I’m doing this, I can’t believe I’m going to LA to work with people I have respected for ages on my own album.”
I came accross this request today on eBays Want It Now section. This fella really is keen but she only left the X Factor a few weeks ago, I don’t think she’s had time to release anything yet mate!
On last weeks show after the shock eviction of Maria Lawson, vocal coach to the over 25s, Mark Hudson was obviously gutted.
When interviewed by Ben Shephard for The Xtra Factor he said Hudson said: “It’s killing me, I don’t have words. I love you Maria and I’m sorry.”
Mark also admitted that he regretted choosing the song ‘Brown Sugar’ for Maria to sing saying that if they had “played it safe instead, things might have been different.”
I am not sure however that song choice played as big a role in Marias eviction as people may think. Sure, it wasn’t her best performance but it was still excellent in comparison to many of the other acts that night. I prefer to believe that Maria fans were just complacent, thinking that she didn’t need their votes. People who like Chico for instance know what a fine line he is treading and how much every vote counts for him, but Maria was a different kettle of fish. She outperformed most of the other acts week after week. She had the wow factor and the public simply couldn’t conceive her being kicked off the show.
It just shows how wrong we can be and how vulnerable each and every contestant on the X Factor stage really is!
Who’s sorry now, Messrs Cowell and Walsh?
It seems cold, harsh reality has hit X Factor public enemies #1 and #2. As Tabby reported earlier, Simon Cowell has had a change of heart about voting for the Conway Sisters.
Well, it seems Louis Walsh is back on his medication and is kicking himself for supporting the Conway Sisters, in no small part because they haven’t actually bothered to thank him for his intervention!
The Conways didn’t need the bad press that they got on last week’s show. In some ways, I’m expecting ‘Mariagate’ to speed up the departure of the girl group.
The Conway Sisters are not good enough to win this competition. Maria was in my top 4 contestants I would have tipped to win. So, do the maths folks – expect the Irish pop pixies to be exiting stage right this Saturday night. They’re going to be up against one helluva hostile audience…
When interviewed after leaving the X Factor competition Maria admitted “Everyone knows what happened. It was obvious. I have been the victim of what Sharon called the Irish Mafia. I guess that was quite shocking but the girls are still there because they’re Irish.”
But Irishman Louis hit back saying: “It’s not because I know them or they’re Irish.
“I could only judge on Saturday night’s performance.”
