Ruth Lorenzo - X Factor 2008

I always knew she was a feisty lady but no way would I have predicted that Ruth Lorenzo would turn her back on Simon Cowell to sign a record deal with his biggest rival.

Ruth has reportedly signed a £1 million deal with EMI/Virgin and a source told The Sun that she was blabbing the news at the launch of Jean-Christophe Novelli’s Costa del Sol restaurant at the weekend.

A guest at the bash said: “Ruth was a bit giddy with the free champagne and was telling everyone Simon was gutted she signed elsewhere. She said she wanted to sign with him because they got along so well during the X Factor. She said she would have loved to work with him.

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Ruth Lorenzo - X Factor 2008

X Factor divas Ruth Lorenzo and Alexandra Burke are said to have had a massive row on the UK wide tour over the affections of a background dancer.

Ruth is reported to have accused Alex of pulling a dancer that she had her eye on, but I wonder if she’s just plain jealous of Alexandra’s success.

A source told The Sun: “Ruth claims they fell out because she pulled a dancer Alex had her eye on. She reckons Alex bullied her but the old green-eyed monster has been creeping in.

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Ruth Lorenzo - X Factor 2008

Despite being very vocal about their plans to become room-mates, Ruth Lorenzo has admitted that she and Alexandra Burke will not be sharing a flat any time soon.

The former X Factor contestants struck up a close friendship on last years series and planned to share a flat in London after the show. However with Alex committed to spending lots of time in America it seems that Ruth is going to have to find a new pal to share with.

“No, no, we are not sharing a flat. It’s not true. It was just a rumour,” Ruth told the Daily Record. “We’ve been so busy, the both of us. I want to move out of Surrey after the X Factor tour, but Alexandra is going to New York and Los Angeles to record.

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JLS - X Factor 2008

JLS’ singer Oritse Williams has moved in with his fellow X Factor singers, Alexandra Burke and Ruth Lorenzo.

Oritse has been having family problems which have prevented him from returning home, so his old XF plas have stepped in to help him out.

“Oritse has spent the past few months living with the rest of the finalists,” a source told The Sun.

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Ruth Lorenzo - X Factor 2008

Former X factor contestant Ruth Lorenzo has jumped in on the are they, aren’t they scenario between Diana Vickers and Eoghan Quigg and said that she thinks they should definitely be dating.

Ruth told MSN:

“They are best friends, we always see them together, they’re always joking around or if one or the other misses their families.

“They’re the same age, same situation so they really get along. It would be so cute for them to be together,” she said.

X Factor rock chick, Ruth Lorenzo has revealed that she has been offered multiple record deals and she hopes to sign one as soon as her X Factor contract allows her.

The 26-year-old told The Sun: “Lots of people want to give me contracts, I’m so excited. I’m not allowed to sign until the tour’s over. It’s in our contracts.”

She added: “I’m looking forward to the tour because I’ll be with my best friend Alexandra. I miss her and I want her to win.”

Yesterday, I got the chance to speak to one of the sweetest X Factor contestants in this year’s show: Ruth Lorenzo.

Ruth was voted out on Saturday night, and we received a storm of comments complaining that Eoghan or Diana should have gone instead. Many of our commenters said they’d never watch the show again!

And so we catch up with Ruth to chat about how she came to audition for X Factor, what her real musical tastes are, and where her career is headed after this. In fact, we may have solved the conundrum that was bothering me on Saturday night (I couldn’t work out how she could be marketed as a singer) – we have decided that Ruth should front her own rock band!

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Ruth Lorenzo - X Factor 2008

Outgoing X Factor singer, Ruth Lorenzo, has said that she was flattered by the attention of Simon Cowell throughout the competition.

Cowell made no secret of the fact that he had a soft spot for Ruth and often commented on her sexy appearance.

At yesterdays press conference Ruth said:

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Wow. Shocking. Ruth Lorenzo’s X Factor journey came to an abrupt end tonight.

Louis Walsh was in tears. No longer will he be able to call her a “little Spanish rock chick”.

In the bottom two along with Ruth was Eoghan Quigg, which throws my theories about the power of the teen vote into complete disarray!

Anyway, I laughed at Dermot’s quick interview with Ruth right at the end – he said “Well Ruth, you kind of came from nowhere…” And she gave him this look that said “I came from Spain, you tool. Weren’t you listening to that part every single week?”

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Tonight, X Factor singer Ruth Lorenzo is adding her own rock twist to the Britney hit I Love Rock and Roll and being the last over 25 act left in the competition she is determined to give it her all this week.

The vocal coaches feel that her American song she’s chosen, if she nails it, could be her best performance ever and could be enough to get her through to the semi-finals, but will she crack under the pressure?

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This week the lucky X Factor contestants have had the chance to get some tips and pointers from two of the talented lads from Take That.

Mark Owen and Gary Barlow met with each of the remaining acts, listened to their songs for this week and offered tips and pointers on how they could improve their performances.

Rachel Hylton

Gary Barlow was really blown away with Rachel at the master class, saying she was one of the ones that impressed him the most. Mark Owen commented that in previous weeks Rachel had come out looking like she had something to prove, and he advised her that this week she should come out and perform like she’s already won and to enjoy it, because she’s come so far to get where she is.

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Ruth Lorenzo was thrilled to escape the dreaded bottom two in X Factor last week and has a huge Take That song this week that she’s really excited about singing.

Ruth was told by Gary and Mark that she needed to keep fit to have the lung capacity to perform – so she’s taken up running this week! And Ruth admitted to the guys that when she was 9 she wrote to them asking her to sing at her birthday party but never got a response, so as a belated birthday gift they sang to her in Spanish.

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I have several moans about the X Factor today; I’m sure you can guess what one of them is about… Laura White’s exit. Of course I don’t need to go into detail with that one because everyone’s outraged that someone so talented should leave the show at any stage – never mind this stage – so I’m not going to keep picking at that scab…

However, I feel very badly for Ruth who must be feeling terrible with this awful row about Laura leaving going on, given that she was the one who stayed. Neither of these two incredibly talented women should have been put in the bottom two and nobody seems to know how this happened, but Ruth deserves her place 100%.

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We are outraged that tonight Laura White was voted off X Factor.

Laura, one of the girls who was tipped to win the show in the early stage has left, whilst mediocre singers like Rachel Hylton remain in.

Laura was in the bottom two with Ruth Lorenzo, who admittedly did sing her heart out with a fantastic rendition of Knockin On Heavens Door, and I think that Laura made a poor song choice when she sang Over The Rainbow.

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X Factor star Ruth Lorenzo’s weight has dropped so dramatically that she’s had to get a whole new wardrobe for the show.

The Spanish singer said she’s been so busy with the show that she’s not had much time to eat.

“I have lost weight – a lot of weight, but I didn’t plan it” she told The Sun. She added, “I am a typical Spanish girl – I’m used to having everyone sit around the table having a lunch that lasts a few hours.

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