Twenty year old Alexandra Burke has won X-factor 2008. In a moving performance of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, the studio audience, television audience and judge's were left in no doubt that Alexandra had the X factor. Alexandra, from North London, was one of 182,000 people who applied to be on the X factor 2008. A clearly shocked and emotional Alexandra told host Dermot O'Leary 'this is for everyone'. Simon Cowell said 'congratulations Alexandra, you deserve it' and praised Cheryl Cole for her role as mentor.Twelve finalists made it into the live televised finals which began on October 11th 2008. Diana Vickers was eliminated last week, leaving Eoghan Quigg, boyband JLS and Alexandra Burke to battle for the title of winner 2008. Eight million votes were cast by television viewers.
Sixteen year old Eoghan Quigg, from Derry, sang 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas', 'Flying Without Wings' and 'We're All In This Together (from High School Musical) before being eliminated with the fewest votes. That left Alexandra and JLS to vie for the top spot. To prove their worth, both acts sang a version of Leonard Cohen's 1984 track 'Hallelujah'. The prize of X-factor is a £1 million recording contract.
Copies of Alexandra's 'Hallelujah' will be available for download tonight and will be in shops on Wednesday. The X-factor winner is typically a strong contender for the coveted Christmas No1. The 2008 final also featured performances from Westlife, Boyzone and Beyonce. Applications are now open for the 2009 series of X-factor on itv.com/xfactor.
(pik from BBC)
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