Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke was born on 25 August 1988 and is a British singer, songwriter and actress.
115 Facts About Alexandra Burke
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Alexandra Burke won the fifth series of the British television series The X Factor in 2008, and has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music.
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In June 2014, Alexandra Burke replaced Beverley Knight in the lead role of Rachel Marron in the West End musical The Bodyguard, at the Adelphi Theatre, touring with the production in 2015,2016,2018 and 2019.
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In 2016, Alexandra Burke commenced a 12-month residency in Sister Act The Musical, leading the cast as Deloris Van Cartier.
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That same year, Alexandra Burke signed a record deal with Universal Music Group's Decca Records.
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Alexandra Burke was born in Islington, London on 25 August 1988, daughter of David Burke was born on 1954 and and British soul singer Melissa Bell.
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Alexandra Burke said that she had to grow up very fast, at a very young age as her mother was always touring with her band and that she had to look after her young brother, which included taking him to and picking him up from school.
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Alexandra Burke's parents separated in 1992, while she was still young, but the pair continued to co-parent their children.
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Alexandra Burke auditioned for the second series of The X Factor in 2005.
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Yet Alexandra Burke did not give up and went on to seek professional singing lessons over the following three years.
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In week three, big band week, Alexandra Burke performed Christina Aguilera's "Candyman" and received her first standing ovation.
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Alexandra Burke performed "Without You" and received a standing ovation from the judges, who all gave her positive feedback.
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In weeks 6 and 7, Alexandra Burke received positive comments from the judging panel for her performances of "You are so Beautiful" and Dan Hartman's "Relight My Fire".
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Alexandra Burke was joined in the grand final by Northern Irish teenager Eoghan Quigg and boyband JLS.
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Alexandra Burke's Christmas song was an adaptation of "Silent Night".
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Alexandra Burke then sang "Listen" as a duet with Beyonce, and after performing with the American singer she proclaimed: "I have achieved a dream".
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Alexandra Burke performed the single again alongside the other X Factor contestants, and at parts she was too moved to sing.
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Alexandra Burke herself was not enamoured of the choice of song, and dismissed the original by remarking "It just didn't do anything for me".
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Alexandra Burke performed on the Royal Variety Show on 7 December 2009.
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Alexandra Burke confirmed on 17 November 2009 that "Broken Heels" would be the second commercial and third overall single from Overcome.
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Alexandra Burke confirmed via her official Twitter page that the video was shot in Los Angeles on 22 and 23 November 2009.
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On 18 January 2010, Alexandra Burke began her European Promo Tour in Brussels, Belgium.
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On 12 March 2010, Alexandra Burke confirmed on Twitter that "All Night Long" would be her new single, featuring Pitbull.
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Alexandra Burke appeared on Dancing on Ice during the semi-final to perform All Night Long.
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Alexandra Burke's next single was a completely new song, "Start Without You", which was released on 5 September 2010.
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Additionally, Alexandra Burke was announced as the first ever brand ambassador for Sure Women, starring in a television advertisement for the company.
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Alexandra Burke achieved her fifth consecutive top ten hit, and her third number one single, when "Start Without You" stormed to the top of the charts, beating Katy Perry to the top spot.
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The magazine confirmed that Alexandra Burke would promote the record with a performance on The X Factor.
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Alexandra Burke stated that her next album would get "down, raunchy and dirty", promising the record would take risks.
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Alexandra Burke took a break from recording so that she could embark on her first headline concert tour, the All Night Long Tour and said she would continue recording two days after the tour ends.
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Alexandra Burke worked with RedOne for a lot of the album, but reunited with Bruno Mars, StarGate, Rico Love, Autumn Rowe and Ne-Yo, among others.
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Alexandra Burke stated that she had recorded a duet, with an "amazing" artist.
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Alexandra Burke said that she was working in the studio with songwriter Autumn Rowe, and that their duet had just "happened".
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Alexandra Burke featured on Swizz Beatz new album, Haute Living on the track "Show Off".
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Alexandra Burke said that she went to "writing camp" while she was in Los Angeles.
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Alexandra Burke said that it is when many songwriters and music producers flew in to work with her.
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Alexandra Burke said that she wrote two or three songs a day for a couple of weeks.
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Since April 2011, Alexandra Burke has supported T4's Battlefront show, helping young campaigners Hope and Abby raise awareness about the organ donor register for their Sign Up, Speak Up, Save Lives project.
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In October 2011, Alexandra Burke joined Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Tulisa Contostavlos on the judging panel as an extra judge during the fourth week of the live shows of series 8 when Kelly Rowland had a throat infection.
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Alexandra Burke announced in mid-April 2012 that her second studio album's title would be Heartbreak on Hold which was released on 4 June 2012.
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In February 2012, it was reported that Alexandra Burke had left the Syco label to join RCA Records.
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In June 2012, Alexandra Burke parted company with her management company.
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In September 2012, it was revealed that Alexandra Burke would take part in Les Miserables for Children in Need.
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Alexandra Burke later announced that she was working on an album for a US release.
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Again in October 2012, Alexandra Burke revealed that she was working on a follow-up album to Heartbreak on Hold, which would be released in 2013.
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Alexandra Burke said she wanted to go back to her original sound which was featured on her debut album, Overcome.
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In December 2012, Alexandra Burke released her first holiday extended play, Christmas Gift, which consisted a cover of "Silent Night" and a new track titled "Christmas Time".
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On 10 February 2013, it was revealed that Alexandra Burke was recording two new songs a night for her third album and aimed to have around 60 in total to choose from.
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On 25 March 2013, it was announced that Alexandra Burke would perform a concert version of Lady Sings the Blues at the Royal Albert Hall between 4 and 8 June in the venue's Elgar Room but the shows were postponed.
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In May 2013, it was reported that Alexandra Burke signed a deal with a US management company after impressing former Def Jam president Kevin Liles during a meeting with him in New York.
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In June 2013, Alexandra Burke parted ways with her record label, RCA, over "differing views" between herself and the label regarding her third studio album.
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Alexandra Burke made her US performance debut at Apollo Theater on 10 June 2013 as part of the line-up for The Apollo Theater Legends Hall of Fame 2013, honouring the induction of Chaka Khan.
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Alexandra Burke previewed two new songs on her Facebook page on Christmas.
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On 5 January 2015, Alexandra Burke announced that she would be releasing an EP in March called Renegade.
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Alexandra Burke was approached to play the role two years prior to her 2014 debut, but due to scheduling commitments was forced to turn down the opportunity.
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Two years later Alexandra Burke was again invited to audition for the role and was offered the part.
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Alexandra Burke played the role for a relatively short period until the production closed at the Adelphi Theatre on 29 August 2014.
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Later in the year Alexandra Burke was nominated for 'Best West End Debut' at the West End Frame Awards 2014.
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In early 2014, prior to Alexandra Burke joining the West End cast, it was announced the production would tour the UK and Ireland from February 2015, with the cast yet to be confirmed.
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Alexandra Burke was a contracted cast member of The Bodyguard until the end of June 2016, with her final UK performance in the production taking place at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne.
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An original cast recording featuring Alexandra Burke was released in June 2015 to accompany the nationwide tour.
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Alexandra Burke commenced a year long residency in the show, making her debut on 30 July 2016 at the Curve Theatre Leicester.
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On 21 August 2017, Alexandra Burke was announced as a contestant for the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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On 22 December 2017, it was announced that Alexandra Burke had signed with Universal Music Group's Decca Records for her third record, The Truth Is, which was released on 16 March 2018.
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Alexandra Burke then announced her first full UK and Ireland tour in seven years; encompassing 13 venues, would commence in Southend on 1 September 2018, but this was cancelled in June.
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In February 2018, it was formally announced that Alexandra Burke would be returning to musical theatre, starring in the first West End revival production of Chess since 1986.
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Alexandra Burke played Svetlana, in a role made famous by Barbara Dickson in the 1980s.
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The production ran for five weeks at London's Coliseum Theatre, and saw Alexandra Burke playing opposite theatre icon Michael Ball.
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In 2019, Alexandra Burke reprised her role as Rachel Marron in a worldwide touring production of The Bodyguard which finished in late 2019.
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In February 2022, Alexandra Burke revealed she was pregnant with her first child.
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In late-April 2022, it was revealed Alexandra Burke would be playing the role of Mrs Blunderbore in the latest London Palladium pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, from 10 December 2022 to 15 January 2023.
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Since winning The X Factor, signing a record deal with Syco Music and recording her debut album Overcome, Alexandra Burke has been heavily involved in creating the music she records and releases.
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Alexandra Burke has received co-writing credits on a number of songs on her second album.
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Alexandra Burke announced she wanted to take more risks on the second LP and that she was going to go "insane" on Heartbreak on Hold.
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Alexandra Burke was the executive producer on her second album and said that "what [she says, goes]" but that she still takes advice from her management.
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Alexandra Burke's known influences in music include Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Kelly Rowland, and Whitney Houston.
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Alexandra Burke performed with Beyonce during the final of series 5 of The X Factor.
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Alexandra Burke later said that performing with Beyonce made her "dreams come true".
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Beyonce later invited Alexandra Burke to perform on her tour in May 2009, which Alexandra Burke did.
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Alexandra Burke later said her All Night Long Tour was influenced and inspired by Beyonce and Michael Jackson.
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Alexandra Burke invited Burke to perform on the track Show Off for his second studio album, Haute Living.
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JLS and Alexandra Burke said that they have wanted to release a clothing line since before they were famous.
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Alexandra Burke will reflect their personal styles and their love for fashion.
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Alexandra Burke was praised for her dresses and for bringing her own style to the fashion line.
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Alexandra Burke first appeared on reality television in 2001, when she took part in the second series of Star for a Night.
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Alexandra Burke became the runner-up of the series, behind Joss Stone.
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Alexandra Burke went on to audition for the second series of The X Factor in 2005, where she made it to judges houses before her mentor Louis Walsh decided she was too young to continue in the competition.
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Alexandra Burke appeared as a guest judge during the fourth week of the eighth series of The X Factor.
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Alexandra Burke is a Manchester United fan, having appeared on MUTV.
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From a young age Alexandra Burke has supported a number of charities around the United Kingdom.
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Alexandra Burke performed in large venues such as the Royal Albert Hall before she became famous.
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Alexandra Burke went on tour with her mother's band, Soul II Soul where Alexandra Burke sang to raise money for charity.
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In 2008, while Alexandra Burke was a contestant on The X Factor she and her fellow series five contestants released a cover of Mariah Carey's "Hero" for the Help for Heroes and The Royal British Legion charities.
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Alexandra Burke visited and helped in the week beginning 8 February 2010, and posted two video blogs about her visit on YouTube.
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Alexandra Burke later returned six months later to check the progress of the country after being a huge part in the Save the Children charity campaign.
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Alexandra Burke was confirmed to join various female celebrities to join the Peru Inca Trail Hike for Breast Cancer Care, along with Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen, and Holly Willoughby.
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In January 2011, Alexandra Burke helped to launch Save the Children UK's No Child Born To Die campaign.
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In October 2012, Burke performed at actor Samuel L Jackson's launch of the charity Shooting Stars in London.
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Later that same month, Alexandra Burke performed for the Great Ormond Street Hospital's Friendship Ball which was held in England.
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Also in the same month, Alexandra Burke performed for "Breast Cancer Care" and was announced as the charities most recent celebrity supporter.
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Alexandra Burke took part in the 2013 campaign for the charity with a new photoshoot in October 2013.
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In November 2012, Alexandra Burke performed at the Royal Concert for Remembrance Day with Russell Watson.
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In February 2013, Alexandra Burke appeared on From The Heart on ITV.
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Also in October 2013, Alexandra Burke took part in a campaign for PETA in order to tackle the fur trade.
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Alexandra Burke posed naked for the campaign with the slogan "I'd rather go naked than wear fur".
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In March 2012, Alexandra Burke launched her own lipgloss range, "Lip Boom", in partnership with MUA Cosmetics.
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In 2013, Alexandra Burke was revealed as the face of Mune Energy Drinks to coincide with the release of her EP.
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In September 2013, Alexandra Burke was revealed as the face of Funkin Cocktails.
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In October 2013, Alexandra Burke recorded a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" for The Happy Egg Company in the United Kingdom.
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In 2015, at the age of 27, Alexandra Burke appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity First Dates; her date was a professional model named Louis.
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On camera they both agreed to a second date but as the credits rolled the viewers were informed Alexandra Burke had met someone else.
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In July 2019, three weeks after separating from her fiance, Alexandra Burke was photographed with new boyfriend Rotherham United defender Angus Macdonald during their date at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
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In June 2020, Alexandra Burke spoke about the racism she had encountered in the music industry.
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Alexandra Burke said that industry figures had previously asked her to bleach her skin, not have braided hair and tailor her music to a white audience.
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On 14 February 2022, Alexandra Burke announced that she was expecting a baby, who was born in June 2022, appearing on itv's Loose Women, on 10 October she personally confirmed the June birth.