Alexandra Burke admitted that she won’t mind if Cheryl Cole’s debut solo single replaces her ‘Bad Boys’ at number one this week.

Burke told BBC Newsbeat: “Her performance on The X Factor was absolutely outstanding and I think she deserves it.

“I wish her every success. I think she’s coming from an amazing group and it’s probably really hard and scary to go by yourself when you’ve been with your girls for so long.

“She just proves the point that if you’ve been in a group and you want to leave a group and you have time off, you can still be successful.”

She added: “The reaction to ‘Bad Boys’ has been out of this world. I feel very, very lucky and I’m just happy that everyone likes it and I hope they like the album too.

“The fact that I was up against Robbie Williams as well, it shocked me even more. It’s great and it just goes to show that hard work can pay off too.”