The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating.

I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

I can definitely tell when mum has got money because then she likes to go shopping to spend it, whereas dad is steadier and avoids splurges. I like to think I've inherited both sides.

The X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.

I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere.

My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce.

A good song is a good song whatever your age.