R&B superstar Rihanna has said she’ll be recording with JLS by the end of the year, as The X Factor 2008 runners up prepare to launch themselves in the US. Rihanna tipped JLS to do well in the states, saying Jay-Z would ‘make stars out of them’ when they release their debut album later this year.
X Factor winner Joe McElderry has signed a modelling deal with Next Models which could see him front campaigns for top British designers. Joe said the modelling work would be ‘exciting’ to continue alongside his music, which he’ll start work on following the end of The X Factor live tour.
Three piece girl band Miss Fitz are to compete in a BBC reality show to represent the UK in this year’s Eurovision song contest. The girl group wowed the judges in this year’s auditions with their version of Britney Spears’ Toxic and were hotly tipped to be one of the best groups the show has had.
X Factor 2009 finalist Lucie Jones is to record on a charity record to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. The 18-year-old will join Kym Marsh, Danielle Lloyd, Sonique and actress Caroline Quentin among others on the track, a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s track Girls Just Wanna Have Fun which will be released April 26.
X Factor winner Joe McElderry has described the current X Factor live arena tour as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime chance’ as he sings to crowds of over 12,000 people. However Joe has admitted he hasn’t had the best of starts to the tour, with mishaps and problems plaguing the first few dates in Liverpool and Birmingham last week.
British folk singer Richard Thompson has criticised The X Factor, claiming its stars like Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke can’t sing and ‘lack musical intelligence’. Speaking to BBC’s Hardtalk programme, Thompson said X Factor contestants couldn’t actually sing songs, despite having good voices.
Olly Murs is set to sign a six-figure record deal with Epic, it has been reported. The runner up is in talks with the label who turned last year’s runners up JLS into a chart success. The news comes after it was revealed last week that Simon Cowell’s Syco label would not be signing anyone other than Joe.
The ‘domination’ of Jedward on this year’s X Factor Live tour is said to have caused rows and arguments amongst the other finalists, it has been reported. Twins John and Edward are said to be performing 4 songs, more than other acts who made it further than them in the competition, and some people aren’t happy…
X Factor twins John and Edward would do really well in TV, says X Factor Creative Director Brian Friedman, who has been working with the pair on their new video. Speaking to entertainment website DigitalSpy, Friedman said the pair would do well in something like Glee.
X Factor finalists Olly, Stacey and Danyl will not be getting recording contracts with Simon Cowell’s Syco label, it has been revealed. Syco has the first choice to sign any of the final 4 contestants but instead has chosen to focus on winner Joe McElderry, however it’s not all over for the runners up as they’ve been contracted to play Butlins over the summer…
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