Alex won't wash after meeting Mariah...
10 Nov 08
Will Alexandra Burke ever wash again?
Saturday's star-for-the-night Alexandra Burke was so nervous before meeting Mariah Carey that she was afraid she would faint in the presence of the superstar. She told us beforehand; "If I see her I will die".
"Literally, I will faint. You'll have to take me to A&E".
The 20 year-old singer was hugely apprehensive of performing her Mariah track, Without You. Firstly, she'd received dubious comments after performing tracks by Mariah and Whitney in weeks one and two. Alex said, "It crushed me to have those bad comparisons to the people I love".
And secondly, she knew she'd to sing it in front of the lady herself! She said, "I don't want to disrespect it because Mariah is going to be there. You don't wanna go overboard. She's going to be in my face"!
When Friday's Mariah masterclass came, Alex was the most excited gal there. She said, "Meeting Mariah Carey was indescribable. I have dreamed of this moment since I was a little girl. When I was singing, I couldn’t ever look at her".
And she admitted, "I realise my emotions got the better of me".
"I cried about six times. The moment I could see her foot coming down the stairs, I was in tears".
Newspapers have reported about Alexandra having showbiz connections, but she was certainly an ordinary gal in the throes of very extraordinary excitement - bless!
She told us, I have met Stevie Wonder - but after I shook hands with him, I didn't wash my hand for a week".
And now there is a similar dilemma for the girl Simon said gave "The best performance of the week".
A grinning Alex told us, "After a Mariah hug, I can't bathe again"!
"I'm going to smell. But it's Mariah - and she's lovely."
"I'm going to smell of Mariah Carey - ah, gorgeous, nice butterflies!"
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