Alexandra Burke reveals her pep talk from Beyonce ahead of 2008 X-Factor final
Klaudia//October 20, 2024
Speaking with Robert Bruce and Shayna Marie this morning, Alexandra Burke revealed exactly what Beyonce told her ahead of their iconic duet on the 2008 X-Factor final, taking the opportunity to give her a very stern pep talk!
It’s 2008, you’re about to go on stage with Beyonce.
“Lord have mercy!”
What is running through your mind?
“What’s running through my mind is, ‘How am I going to keep up with this woman?’ Because we only had one rehearsal, and it was shocking. Because she was like, ‘Don’t sing anymore, because you might lose your voice.’ That’s what she told me. And then she said, ‘I didn’t come here sing with someone that will lose.’”
Agh!
“Yeah. She goes, ‘I didn’t fly all this way to do that, you’re going to win!’ I went, ‘That’s really confident of you.’ But I said, ‘I’ve won in my heart, because I sang with you. I don’t need to win the show,’ and then boom chakalaka – I won!”
It’s 2008, you’re about to go on stage with Beyonce.
“Lord have mercy!”
What is running through your mind?
“What’s running through my mind is, ‘How am I going to keep up with this woman?’ Because we only had one rehearsal, and it was shocking. Because she was like, ‘Don’t sing anymore, because you might lose your voice.’ That’s what she told me. And then she said, ‘I didn’t come here sing with someone that will lose.’”
Agh!
“Yeah. She goes, ‘I didn’t fly all this way to do that, you’re going to win!’ I went, ‘That’s really confident of you.’ But I said, ‘I’ve won in my heart, because I sang with you. I don’t need to win the show,’ and then boom chakalaka – I won!”