The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

You sounded like someone who should be singing on a cruise ship. Halfway through your song, I wished the ship was sinking.

If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.

I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.