Losers? We're the X-Ceptions! ; As the X Factor Returns, We Track Down Those Who Prove There's Life After Losing - and the Man Who Started It All [Scot Region]
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XFACTOR winners Steve Brookstein and Leon Jackson may have been dropped by their record labels after just one album. But that has not put off thousands of hopefuls entering this year's show, which starts tomorrow, nor, it seems, the hundreds of rejects.
For while there has only been one huge success from the show -- Leona Lewis -- for the few who made it to the live finals it has been a life-changing experience. Up and down the country there are former X Factor stars trying to make it in the music industry the opposite way to normal; after having their 15 minutes of fame, they are now doing the hard graft.See the full content of this document
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Losers? We're the X-Ceptions! ; As the X Factor Returns, We Track Down Those Who Prove There's Life After Losing - and the Man Who Started It All [Scot Region]
'The X Factor is the biggest show on TV and it's the only real platform that a performer can go on to get noticed,' says one of last year's finalists, Laura White. 'Before I was on I was playing bars in Bolton. Now I'm being produced by Madonna's writer and I've got an album coming out. The X Factor is an amazing showcase -- but once you've finished it's all about how hard you work.' If anyone can come close to knowing how Susan Boyle...
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