She made it through to the final seven in Louis Walsh's 16–24 category, effectively the top 21 of the competition, but Walsh did not choose her for his final four as he felt that she was too young.
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2005–2008: The X Factor īurke auditioned for the second series of The X Factor in 2005 (which was eventually won by Shayne Ward). Burke's parents separated in 1992, while she was still young, but the pair continued to co-parent their children. Burke said that she had to grow up very fast, at a very young age as her mother was always touring with her band and that she had to look after her young brother, which included taking him to and picking him up from school. īurke shares the middle names Cecelia Ewen with her mother and her sister, Sheneice. Life and career Early life and career beginnings Īlexandra Burke was born in Islington, London on 25 August 1988, daughter of David Burke (born 1954) and British soul singer Melissa Bell (1964-2017).
In 2017, she took part in the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. In 2016, Burke commenced a 12-month residency in Sister Act The Musical, leading the cast as Deloris Van Cartier. In June 2014, Burke replaced Beverley Knight in the lead role of Rachel Marron in the West End musical The Bodyguard, at the Adelphi Theatre, touring with the production in 2015, 2016, 20.
" Elephant" was released as Burke's comeback single in February 2012, and " Let It Go" served as the second single and Burke's second album, Heartbreak on Hold, was released in June 2012. The album saw the release of UK top 10 hit, " Broken Heels" and " The Silence". The singles released from the album earned her three BRIT Award nominations. In 2009, Burke released her debut album, Overcome, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart-"Hallelujah", " Bad Boys", " All Night Long" and " Start Without You"-and the album became one of the most successful albums of that year in the UK. By January 2009, the single had sold over one million copies in the UK alone, a first for a British female soloist.
She won the fifth series of the British television series The X Factor in 2008, and has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music.Īfter winning The X Factor, Burke released the winner's single " Hallelujah", which became the European record holder for the most singles sold over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 in one day, and became the top-selling single of 2008 in the UK and the UK's Christmas 2008 number one. Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is a British singer, songwriter and actress.
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