Alexandra Burke has admitted that she has three hidden tattoos and is addicted to the pain of getting them.

The X Factor winner told Attitude: “They’re all hidden. I’m not gonna get any on my arm or anything like that or Simon will kill me.

“He was like, ‘Why are you getting tattoos?’, and I was like, ‘Because I like them’.”

She added: “I’m already addicted to the pain of it. The one on my foot killed. I think it’s because it’s on the side bone. I screamed my nut off in the shop.”