Lucy Spraggan has shared her view on The X Factor’s rumoured return next year as she shared her views on the programme for offering a “platform”.
The singer who is celebrating 11 years in music and ten years since appearing on the former ITV talent competition explained the show offered the break some singers need.
However, she also revealed that she hopes if it returns, there will be a major change in the backstage welfare care provided for contestants.
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Following the release of her new single, Everything Changes which samples her hit Last Night (Beer Fear), Lucy exclusively shared her experiences in the music industry.
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She told the Daily Star: “My point of view is that if you are northern, working class and you’re from a single parent family and you don’t go to BRIT school, you have no opportunities, you don’t.
“You can play at pubs but you won’t get anywhere, you might go to a record label like I did and they’ll tell you that your surname isn’t emotional enough and to change your surname to Lucy Diamond because Spraggan is a northern, Scottish surname.
“Northern people in our industry, they come from reality TV so there is a place for it.”
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The hitmaker who was the first act to perform her music and has released more albums than any other X Factor artist continued: “There isn’t a place for walking out in front of an audience and letting them boo you.
“That doesn’t happen in life, I’ve never walked into a record label and said ‘here’s my album what do you think guys, we’re going to release it’ and anyone’s ever looked at me and gone ‘booo!’ or been like ‘I think you look sh*t’ like they do on reality TV.
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“It’s a place and platform for working-class northern people to have their shot.”
Speaking of the alleged welfare issues raised by former contestants, Lucy said: “If that show comes back, I can guarantee that it won’t come back without the correct welfare and I’ll make sure of that.
“My book comes out next year which is why I know I’m going to have the power to make sure people get properly looked after.”
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Discussing on the journey from Beer Fear to Everything Changes, the Sheffield-born star explained: “It was pretty easy [to write it], I knew I was going to write that song for years.
“I knew I wanted to sample Beer Fear, I wanted to do a song that sounded right, it took no time at all, it’s one of the most fun songs I’ve written in a while.”
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Since finding fame, Lucy has gone through a huge lifestyle change and has gone completely sober which has been the “biggest shift” and “notable shift” in her life.
“That song was about getting smashed, and that’s how the public met me and then I’m returning with the same song but very, very different 10 years later from a sober perspective.”
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