Alexandra: 'Beyonce dropped in to say hi'

Alexandra Burke, winner of last year's X Factor, is back with a brand new single. She's been holed up recording songs in Los Angeles for most of the year and releases Bad Boys, featuring Flo-Rida, in October. Celebrating her 21st birthday, she talks about a surprise visit from Beyonce at her LA studio, her sexy new image and her life in America.

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You've been in Los Angeles for quite a while now. That must have been amazing?

Is it as dreamlike, waking up with sun and sea?

What kind of people have you been working with on the new album?

So have you been hanging out with Lady Gaga?

Do they know who you are yet? Has word spread?

And you unveiled a sexy new image a couple of weeks ago, didn't you?

There's a little bit of Beyonce's Sasha Fierce in there I think.

Alexandra Burke was last year's Christmas number one with Hallelujah

So she has Sasha and you have The Beast.

Have you and Beyonce stayed in touch since X Factor? Has anything happened?

Since you've been in LA, have you been hanging out with Leona Lewis?

Are you appearing on this year's X Factor?

Alexandra Burke's album is released on 26 October with the single, Bad Boys, out on 12 October