Loathe or like her or X Factor...
20 million sales worldwide, the album Spirit went 10 xPlatinum, Bleeding Love was 7 weeks at number one in the UK, also number one in 30 other countries...etc etc. I suspect she's done quite well.
Shame she was pretty mundane with Ben wassisname Sunday night.
The winner Sunday night...wassername...she was really quite good, but then when the likes of Adele sing, you realise there is still a huge gap in talent. Adele was just perfect.
This is bang on.
I don't watch the series but usually stick my nose in for the last couple of weeks - not sure why.
Last three: Che had a weedy, whiney voice, R & B were a joke and the winner was ok, sang the Big Single pretty well but Adele completely eclipsed her.
Problem is the show is trying to make the winner into a money spinner (fair enough) and all the gushy you're a Superstar, best on the planet rollocks doesn't wash and glosses over the modest talents on this year's show.
Comparisms with Carey/Houston are absurd - nowhere near close.
Leona is a class act but the duet with last years winner didn't work and she never got into her stride. The girl's done well - a couple of years back I read that she was wowing Vegas at 6 figures a night - can't be bad!