Fear and pain and suffering is not OK for any being to feel intentionally at the hands of us.

I'm totally against animal cruelty. I don't have clothes, shoes or bags made from any animal products.

There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.

I don't really read the tabloids, and you never know if what's being printed is true or not.

I love a beautiful gown on stage, and luckily I've been fortunate to wear some amazing dresses.

To win the X Factor would mean the world to me and my family. I'd buy mum and dad a house and then I think I would buy myself a car and have a little shopping trip.

People have been kind enough to compare me to Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. I think it's amazing that they even put my name in the same sentence.