Alexandra Burke 2008 X Factor Winner

The winner of last year's show, Alexander had auditioned for the show in 2005 and had got as far as the judges selection stage and was rejected by Louis Walsh in his house in Dublin on the basis that she was too young.  2008 was her year and as the rounds went on , her vocal superiority, all round entertainment value led her to the final in an outright favorite position.

Alexander won the prize of a recording contract with Simon Cowell's Syco record label, reputed to be worth £1million.  Cowell was rewarded almost immediately by selling 105,000 copies of her debut single 'Hallelujah' in a single day,establishing a new European record for single sales in one day. As Christmas no.1,sales passed the 1 million mark by the first week of January 2009.

Her debut album 'Bad Boys' is due to be released on 26th October 2009.