When she was simply 19 years previous, Alexandra Burke was joined by the one and solely Beyonce on stage of The X Issue, however earlier than that occurred, the star gave her a stern warning.
The previous Future’s Little one member, 43, is likely one of the most revered names within the music world and lots of may solely dream of performing with them. For 36-year-old Alexandra, that dream grew to become actuality in 2008.
Thought-about probably the most iconic duets in X Issue historical past, with greater than two million YouTube views, the efficiency happened thanks to indicate creator Simon Cowell.
Alexandra was a part of Cheryl Cole’s crew, and Simon, 65, referred to as in a favor and organized for the finalist to affix Beyonce, whereas her rival, Louis Walsh’s JLS, carried out with Westlife.
Speaking concerning the iconic efficiency, Alexandra sat down with Capital XTRA Breakfast’s Robert Bruce and Shayna Marie and shared her backstage chat with the Lemonade singer.
“What is going on via my thoughts is, ‘How am I going to maintain up with this lady?’ As a result of we solely had one rehearsal, and that was surprising.”
‘As a result of she stated, ‘Do not sing anymore, you would possibly lose your voice.’ That is what she instructed me. After which she stated, “I did not come right here to sing with somebody who’s going to lose.”
“She says, ‘I did not fly all the way in which right here to do this, you are going to win!'” Alexandra laughed.
The then-novice musician recalled telling Beyonce that she “received in my coronary heart” whereas singing together with her, however because it turned out, she received the season too.
A clip of her feedback was shared on Instagram, with followers discovering the change hilarious.
Nathan Charles Smith wrote: ‘Good 😂’, whereas Whitneyveniya stated: ‘😂😂 No. Beyonce seems like each African dad or mum!’
Many different followers shared emojis with smiling faces, whereas some stated they thought Alexandra’s narration of the story was “wonderful.”
Louis, 71, spoke concerning the X Issue star’s win when he appeared on Celeb Large Brother in March, saying Simon ruined his probabilities of profitable by recruiting the music mogul.
‘Simon liked Cheryl and what did he do? e-book her Beyoncé. That is how he’s. That is why he is so liked,” he instructed his housemates.
Elsewhere within the interview, the Strictly Come Dancing runner-up spoke about her latest engagement to footballer Darren Randolph, describing the day as ‘magical’.
The couple, who welcomed their first baby collectively in June 2022 and their second baby in September 2023, introduced their engagement final month.
“Do not, it was magical!” she instructed the radio station. ‘The task was so properly thought out. For instance, Darren is… I did not even understand how romantic he could possibly be till that day!
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“The publish we placed on Instagram is ‘What a Fantastic World’ by Louis Armstrong. That is my grandpa’s track, and that track was taking part in proper earlier than it occurred. And I believed, ‘If he does not do it now, it is going to by no means occur for us – that is simply an anniversary!’
“However once I walked onto that patio and noticed him with the infants, oh my God. Oh my god. I simply could not cease crying! I now have tears in my eyes, as a result of he’s the person of my desires.’
She continued to say that she is “really blessed” together with her household.
Whereas Alexandra rose to fame within the music business, the star has taken up appearing work lately, showing in a variety of productions together with Mrs Blunderbore within the London Palladium pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk and Fairly Purple Gown, directed by Dionne Edwards.
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