Biography of Brenda Edwards
Brenda Edwards is a 36 year old mother of two, accounts manager from London. She lives with her husband and children Jamal, 14 and Tanisha, 11.
She entered the X Factor competition when she happened to be in Belfast on a ‘dirty weekend’ with her husband and saw an advertisement for the X factor auditions in a local hotel.
Brenda started singing in her local Pentecostal church when she was eight years old and sang in her church choir until she was 18. She then started doing karaoke and singing competitions and in 1989 sang at the Hackney Empire in the semi-final of Channel 4’s 291 competition.
Before The X Factor Brenda showcased her singing talent at the occasional wedding, funeral and private function and her claim to fame before the X Factor was as a session singer for Mr Jack on his track Wiggly World Part Two which went to number 12 in the UK billboard club charts.
Brenda lists her biggest musical influences as Motown, Reggae and Soul.
Brenda made it through to the Semi Finals of the X Factor before she was controversialy voted out in fourth place.
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November 2nd, 2005 at 11:50 pm
[...] Brenda Edwards: a 36 year old accounts manager from London, Brenda just happened to enter the X Factor competition by chance as she enjoyed a weekend break in The Hilton Hotel, Belfast and noticed that auditions were being held downstairs! Brenda livened up saturdays show by swinging her stuff and belting out ‘I Just Wanna Make Love to You’ by Etta James at Sharon’s impromtu concert. [...]
November 6th, 2005 at 3:39 pm
[...] Brenda Edwards: Brenda once again lit up the stage with her version of Someone Elses Guy by Jocelyn Brown . She looked like a seasoned Diva who was more used to performing in packed arenas than the X Factor stage. She showed her immense vocal talent by holding her final note of the song for 11 seconds with ease. As Louis Walsh said her performance was both “electric and energetic” [...]
November 26th, 2005 at 8:58 pm
[...] Brenda Edwards: Excellent performance once again. I thought Sharon had made a huge mistake in giving Brenda this song as it will always be remembered as a Whitney Classic, but tonight while listening to Brenda sing “I Will Always Love You” I didn’t think of Whitney once. Simon thinks that it was Brendas best performance so far and also thinks that she will be one of the two acts in this years X Factor final. Lets hope so, she is consistent in her brilliance week after week, she deserves to win this! [...]
December 12th, 2005 at 2:44 pm
[...] After another two stunning performances from Brenda, we thought her position in the final was assured. When the results show came on, my two favourites to go were Andy Abraham or Journey South. The surprises began when Kate Thornton was handed the results card. She scanned it for a second and instantly looked shocked. [...]
December 12th, 2005 at 2:51 pm
[...] It’s reported in The Mirror today that Brenda Edwards, the last female to leave the X factor show believes that she was voted off the show because most of the shows fans are women who prefer “cute young guys”. [...]
May 31st, 2007 at 3:25 pm
They are all fit i like anthony he is fit but i like james and Danny the best cuz dey r the fittist lol