L E O N A L E W I S

 

 

Leona Louise Lewis was born in Islington, London in 1985 to parents

Joe and Marie Lewis. Leona is the second child of three, and she has two brothers,

Kyle and Bradley. Leona grew up in Highbury and attended the Ambler Primary School

in Finsbury Park. Leona's birthday is on April 3rd.

 

Leona wrote her first song at the age of 12, and at the age of 13 she won the Lady D

under-18 talent show at the Hackney Empire. She attended the Sylvia Young Stage School

and the Brit School. Although her big passion is singing, she is also a keen dancer and actor.

Before auditioning for The X Factor, Leona recorded an album of her own songs called

Twilight, but the album was never released.

 

Leona lives in Hackney. She has been with her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa for over 4 years.

Prior to winning The X Factor, she worked as a receptionist for a chiropodist's practice in

Stoke Newington. She also worked in Pizza Hut as a waitress. Leona is the first female

to win an X Factor show in the United Kingdom.

 

( The X Factor )

 

In 2006, Leona auditioned for the third series of The X Factor, singing at her audition

the classic Judy Garland song "Over the Rainbow". She made it through to the

final stages and was announced the winner on 16 December 2006, winning a

£1million recording contract with Simon Cowell’s record label.

 

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Single :Bleeding Love

 

 

album :SpiriT

 

 

Single : Better in time - Official Sport Relief