October 23rd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Yvie Burnett thinks that all the partying going on at The X Factor house, could cause problems for some of the acts.
Frankie Coczza and the boys from The Risk have enjoyed a number of nights on the town this week alone, with the former even slinking off the a university halls of residence, where he bedded a fan and didn’t return to his new home until 7am.
Both acts gave underwhelming performances on last night’s rock themed show and the former vocal coach thinks they need to spend less time partying and more time rehearsing if they want to win.
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October 16th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Former X Factor vocal coach Yvie Burnett has claimed that the new X Factor judges are being too nice.
The Scottish star coached hopefuls on the ITV show until she was replaced last year and insisted that the contestants will never learn, or up their game if the judges are constantly praising their acts.
Speaking to The Daily Record, Yvie said:
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February 21st, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Yvie Burnett has claimed that she isn’t upset about being getting the sack from ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ because her role wasn’t very significant.
The vocal coach – who helped train 2009 conetstant Susan Boyle and assisted her on the debut ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ debut album – was dropped from the ITV1 show as part of changes to the format, but Yvie insists there are no hard feelings towards show boss Simon Cowell.
She told the Daily Record newspaper: “I’m fine. It wasn’t a big role I played on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and I was never on screen because it’s not all about the singers.
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February 18th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Yvie Burnett has reportedly been dropped from Britain’s Got Talent.
The X Factor vocal coach – who helped train 2009 runner-up Susan Boyle and also worked on her ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ debut album – has been axed from the ITV1 show as part of changes to the format of the series.
The Scottish singer was also dropped from the UK X Factor last year, before being rehired just days before the live shows started, after new voice coaches didn’t work out or get he results that Simon Cowell was looking for.
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December 3rd, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor vocal coach Yvie Burnett has admitted that some of the contestants may exacerbate their illnesses at this stage of the competition, because they are paranoid about their voices.
The Scottish singer was chatting with Eamon Holmes and Ruth Langsford on This Morning about rumours that Matt Cardle, Mary Byrne and Cher Lloyd are all struggling with sore throats this week.
She said:
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December 1st, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor vocal coach Yvie Burnett has revealed that the hopefuls are getting nervous and grumpy in the run up to Saturday’s semi final show.
After revealing that one of the themes for the singing extravaganza will be ‘Club Classics’, Yvie admitted that a few of the singers are struggling to choose the right song for the penultimate show.
Speaking on The F Factor she said:
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November 26th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor vocal coach Yvie Burnett has admitted that she didn’t expect Wagner Carillho to last so long in the competition.
In an interview with The Sun’s Buzz magazine, the Scottish star was asked what she thought of the Brazilian singer and replied:
“Hmm. I always thought at some point he’d have to take things seriously. It’s a singing competition, it’s more than just standing there being a spectacle. He sings off-key and out of time. Singing-wise, it’s important that everyone raises their game.”
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October 24th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Scottish vocal coach Yvie Burnett has revealed that Simon Cowell apologised for sacking her from the X Factor.
Yvie first joined the show in Series 2 as Louis Walsh’s vocal coach and coached Shayne Ward to success as the series winner. In 2005, as well as working with Louis with groups, Yvie also coached Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne’s acts. Since then she has worked with all the show’s finalists as well as assisting both Britain’s and America’s Got Talent vocalists.
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October 21st, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
X Factor vocal coach has confirmed that we were right on Monday and this week’s show theme will be ‘Guilty Pleasures.’
Speaking on Matt Edmondson’s F Factor Burnett said:
“We’ve got a great theme this week, it’s called Guilty Pleasures.”
The singer, who also trains stars on America’s and Britain’s Got Talent added:
“We’ve got a few surprises that are not your normal sort of X Factor songs.”
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October 7th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Simon Cowell has reportedly sacked X Factor vocal coach Ali Tennant and rehired Yvie Burnett, just three days before the first live show.
We reported last month that Simon had terminated the X Factor contract of singing expert Burnett, but retained her services for both Britain’s and America’s Got Talent.
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