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! Alexandra also talked about the details of her ‘magical’ engagement to former footballer Darren Randolph.
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Alexandra Burke – AB
Robert Bruce – RB
Shayna Marie – SM
Alexandra Burke reveals pep talk from Beyonce who told her that she didn’t ‘fly all this way to sing with someone who will lose’ ahead of 2008 X Factor final!
SM: “It’s 2008, you’re about to go on stage with Beyonce.”
AB: “Lord have mercy!”
SM: “What is running through your mind?”
AB: “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.’”
SM: “Agh!”
AB: “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!”
“I couldn’t stop crying!” – Alexandra Burke says that her ‘magical engagement’ to former footballer Darren Randolph completely ‘fooled her’
SM: “How was the actual engagement?”
AB: “Don’t, it was magical! The engagement was so well thought through. Like, Darren is… I didn't even know how romantic he could actually be until that day! The post we've put up on Instagram – is ‘What a Wonderful World’ by Louis Armstrong. That's my granddad's song, and that song played just before it happened. And I thought, ‘If he doesn't do it now, it is never going to happen for us – this is just an anniversary!’ But when I walked out into that terrace and saw him with the babies, oh my god. Oh my god. I just couldn't stop crying! I'm getting tearful now, because it's the man of my dreams. So, I'm just grateful. I'm so grateful. My gosh, I've got him, my little family, and I just couldn't ask for more. Gad has really blessed me.”
