The Power of Prayer…. I’m reflecting and feeling so grateful. Feeling good in my own skin to be confident enough 2 make music that sparks nothing but JOY inside of me. Grateful for my team… they push me. I can’t wait for you all to hear what’s next

— Alexandra Burke (@alexandramusic) October 28, 2021

 

Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke known as Alexandra Burke is a singer, songwriter and actress who graced the musical limelight when she won the fifth season of the X Factor in 2008. The singer’s winners single “Hallelujah” took the Christmas number 1 spot and became the best selling UK single of 2008 from the singer’s 2009 debut album Overcome. The singer received a positive reception with the release of singles “Bad Boys”, “Start Without You” and “All Night Long” also from the album.  

The musician went on to release two further albums Heartbreak On Hold (2012) and The Truth Is her last album release in 2018. It was announced in April that the singer was working with producer and songwriter Sky Adams who has also worked with Kylie Minogue. It has now been announced that music producers Dot Inc and singer-songwriter Parx have also been added to the mix for the singer’s new album.

The singer embraced her other creative talents to star as the lead in the Theatre version of the Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner classic The Bodyguard in June 2014, in January 2016, the musician also played the lead role in Sister Act: The Musical and took part in the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing in August 2017. Burke reached second place in the dancing competition.

The singer continued her theatre run in Chess, Chicago and was the Narrator in Jason and The Technicolor Dreamcoat from July until September. The musician’s performance in My Best Friend’s Wedding: The Musical from the 1997 film was postponed in September 2020 and shelved completely due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. The singer has been announced to star in a Tina Turner inspired film in July and performed at The Mighty Hoopla on September 4th. Expressing her joy at performing again the musician said this in a tweet.

Still not over yesterday…. @mightyhoopla pic.twitter.com/bD6e5APRQx — Alexandra Burke (@alexandramusic) September 5, 2021

It has been said that three major record labels are interested in working with the singer who in describing her new music as: “The music is really upbeat and just about celebrating life, love and having a good time”. The singer recently celebrated the 12th anniversary of her Overcome album and asked her followers if they wished to hear ballads on her new album.

12 years on and I still struggle emotionally to sing this song live because of how it makes me feel BUT it is one of my favourite tracks on the Overcome album Do you guys want to hear some ballads on the new album Please let me know!!! #Album4Incoming pic.twitter.com/9xlHud3O3K

— Alexandra Burke (@alexandramusic) October 22, 2021

Burke won the title of Star Baker in March on the series The Great British Bake Off and recently won the 2021 series of SAS: Who Dares Wins where she was put through her paces. The singer admitted to needing Therapy following the show and expressed that she has now regained her confidence. The musician was announced as the inaugural ambassador of the Royal Commonwealth Society in June to promote educational opportunities and is set to make her West End debut in Aladdin as the Spirit of The Ring in December. It won’t be long before Alexandra Burke is soon back to where she started in the music world with a new album on the horizon.

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The revival of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will commence on 1^st July 2021 and will run until 5^th September 2021. Burke will be playing the role of the narrator and alongside her west-end veteran co-stars will be bringing a magical 10 week run to the London Palladium.

The singer’s co-stars include Jason Donovan, Australian actor and soap-star icon who will be reprising his role of Pharaoh and Jac Yarrow, who will also be reprising his role as Joseph. Both Donovan and Yarrow started as their characters in a past production from 2019. During the 2019 run of the show, Burke’s role of the narrator was played by West-End queen, Sheridan Smith, who has also starred in multiple West-End musicals including ‘Legally Blonde‘ and ‘Funny Girl‘.

The musical, which was originally performed in the early 1970s, has had multiple revivals due to the immense popularity of the production. Revivals of the musical have included the 1982 Broadway production and has enjoyed numerous runs on the West End. As well as his 2019 performance as Pharaoh, Donovan has also played the role of Joseph during the early nineties. Alexandra Burke is also no stranger to treading the boards, the ‘Bad Boys’ singer made her West End debut on 2^nd June 2014 in ‘The Bodyguard’ as the leading role, Rachel Marron, the role made famous by Whitney Houston from the famed film with the same title. Burke has also started in multiple musicals including ‘Sister Act The Musical’ and in 2018 she guest starred as Roxie Hart in a eight week run of ‘Chicago’.

Burke, whose vocal styles have been compared to Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera, rose to fame through her X-Factor win during the fifth series in 2008. The 32-year-old singer won the talent show with her winner’s single, ‘Hallelujah’, which became the UK Christmas number one of 2008. Her debut album ‘Overcome’, was released 19^th October 2009 and gave Burke four number one singles and three Brit award nominations. Burke is also set to return to the stage with another production, she was set to star in the stage adaptation of ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical’, but due to COVID the production has been postponed until later this year.

The new revival of the popular musical, ‘Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ is sure to bring the celebrated production to a brand-new audience as well as ignite interest in any musical theatre fan. And with such a star-studded cast alongside Burke, tickets are sure to sell out fast.

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The former X-Factor contestant and winner had just finished a stint on the West End as Svetlana Sergievsky in the musical Chess, and decided to cancel the tour after taking “a few days away”. The ‘Truth Is’ tour was supposed to commence in September and run for 13 dates, all of which have now been cancelled.

A message for you all xx pic.twitter.com/zX9sQW0V92

— Alexandra Burke (@alexandramusic) June 14, 2018

She explained that although she loved performing “more than anything”, the tour just could not go ahead as the “timing wasn’t right”. She also emphasised that she would try to reschedule the tour as soon as possible, and told fans to watch out for “more news coming from [her] soon.”

Until then, fans will have to be satisfied with listening to her latest release, March’s “The Truth Is”, through headphones rather than in person. However, all tour ticket holders are entitled to a full refund, as explained on Burke’s website.