Is Laura White really an X Factor Loser?
With the calamity surrounding the booting off of X Factor hopefuls Laura White and Austin Drage, I started thinking about whether winning the X Factor, or any other talent show, will impact on your potential career any more than losing does. It is clear to everyone that these two acts have more star quality than some of those left in the show but since their shock dismissal, E3 Artists have had an unprecedented amount of requests to hire Laura White and Austin Drage. We have of course happily obliged and their schedules for the Christmas period are filling up fast. This just goes to show their talent outshines the label of ‘winner’.
Laura has been offered a record deal since leaving and Austin has revealed how the X Factor constrained his musical ambitions by packaging him as Leon Jackson mark two. It is no surprise that despite not winning, these two are musical hot property. Leona Lewis and Will Young lead the way in the successful winner’s league but other former champions include Steve Brookstein and Michelle McManus who have sadly failed to recreate their colleague’s successes. Lemar has enjoyed an internationally successful career despite finishing third in BBC’s Fame academy. He has won two Brit awards and has a raft of top ten hits under his belt; not bad for third place.
So should Laura and Austin be too disappointed? Lilly Allen has written in her blog of her shock at Laura’s ejection and songstress Adele has expressed a desire to work with up and coming talent like these two, rather than established stars with established egos. Judge these acts on their talent not their positions in what is ultimately a politically motivated contest.
