Steve Brookstein explains why Misha B will still get a record deal, Rebecca Ferguson’s album sells 46,4K on the first day, OCC interviews Rebecca Ferguson, Misha B in talks with Missy Elliot? Cheryl Cole unveils new collection of high heels.
Rebecca Ferguson’s album was released yesterday. “Heaven” sold 46,4K (#3) in one day. It looks like Rebecca’s album will open with better numbers than Matt Cardle’s and Cher Lloyd’s, but worse than One Direction’s.
X Factor blog: Why Misha B will still get record deal
If you haven’t worked it out already, the show is just one big marketing tool to launch Sony artists and do deals between multi-media companies.
But they still need your votes to make a difference.
This weekend Tulisa called upon the whole nation to vote with the zeal of a Lady Thatcher sitting in a tank. I mean, forget bank bailouts or joining the Euro this is proper voting. She shouted: “There is only one record contract in this competition! Vote for Little Mix.” Oh No! Panic!!
Gary Barlow: “Get on your phones and vote for these girls.” This is really getting serious.
Louis Walsh: “I hope people lift up the phone and vote for you.”
I grabbed my phone and made that all-important call. “American Hot with diet coke please!”
Read more: London24
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Who needs X Factor? Axed Misha B already ‘in talks’ with rap star Missy Elliot
She may have been eliminated at the worst possible time during the X Factor, but Misha B is already moving onwards and upwards.
The axed singer is rumoured to be already in talks with rap superstar Missy Elliot after the two bonded on Twitter.
Just hours after being voted off the ITV series last night, 19-year-old Misha tweeted the Work It hitmaker to thank her for being an inspiration during her time on the show.
Read more: The Daily Mail
A greeting fit for finalists! Screaming crowds chant for Little Mix as Jesy Nelson takes the girls to hometown of Romford for signing
The kind of hysteria usually saved for boybands was instead saved for Little Mix yesterday.
Screaming crowds chanted their name as they arrived for a public appearance and signing in Jesy Nelson’s home town of Romford, Essex.
As they walked into the The Liberty Centre, hardcore fans couldn’t contain their excitement as they called out in support for their X Factor idols.
Read more: The Daily Mail
More Fix Factor accusations as Amelia Lily’s ‘winner’s single’ made available on HMV website
There were more red faces and furious accusations today as yet another X Factor bungle sparked ‘fix’ speculation.
Amelia Lily’s ‘winner’s single’ was made available for pre-order on HMV’s website today, days before the ITV series final.
While all three finalists have pre-recorded their single to go on sale immediately after the winner is announced this weekend, only Miss Lily’s appeared on the website.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘I’ve got 2,000 pairs of shoes’, says Cheryl… who even hoards them in the fridge
She’s only 5ft 3in tall, so you’d expect Cheryl Cole to have a few pairs of high heels.
Actually, she has more than a few…
The singer has owned up to owning 2,000 pairs, adding: ‘I hoard them all over the house: in cupboards in the kitchen, in the bathroom – every room.
‘There is a big chance when you open the fridge in my house there will be a pair of shoes at the bottom.’
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘I feel sexier than ever… I’ve got my curves back’: Cheryl Cole shows off her healthy new figure after gaining 7lbs
She left fans worried about her health when she dropped to a tiny size six earlier this year after battling malaria.
But now Cheryl Cole has revealed her curves are back, after gaining 7lbs in the last six months, and said she feels sexier than ever with her new figure.
Cheryl, who is now a size eight, made the admission as she showed off her new figure in a sexy sparkly blue catsuit and pink tutu-style dress in the page of Grazia magazine.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘My aim is killer shoes that don’t kill your feet’: Cheryl Cole unveils new collection of high heels
Cheryl Cole – perhaps unsurprisingly for a 5ft 3in pop singer – boasts that she can walk in heels of any height.
But she realises that not all of us enjoy wearing toe-curlingly painful stilettos. So for her debut collection of Stylistpick.com heels, the Geordie has focused on comfort and versatility. Her ‘shoe wardrobe’ includes styles for all occasions, ranging from red carpet appearances, to super smart daywear or casual weekend pieces.
‘I think people were expecting just a handful of heels made in different ways, but that’s not what I’m about,’ Cheryl said of the collection she has designed.
Read more: The Daily Mail
‘People are saying it’s disgusting… I don’t think it is’: Cougar Caroline Flack on age gap between her and One Direction star Harry Styles
After much speculation of are they or aren’t they, Caroline Flack has finally broken her silence on toyboy Harry Styles, 17.
The 32-year-old presenter received death threats on Twitter from diehard One Direction fans, warning her to steer clear of their idol.
But the Xtra Factor host maintains she has done nothing wrong and that people simply ‘aren’t accepting of big age gaps’.
Read more: The Daily Mail
