Alexandra Burke: 'Rage campaign is weird'

Alexandra Burke has said that the campaign to give Rage Against The Machine a number one single this Christmas is "weird".

Last year's X Factor winner told BBC Newsbeat that she is backing Joe McElderry's 'The Climb' to be this year's seasonal chart-topper.

Burke said: "I think it's more weird that it's a big campaign with a Sony versus Sony artist. That's what I find strange.

"I think Joe McElderry should be number one because it'll be his first number one, bless him. I support him dearly.

"It's all about what the public want Christmas number one to be - nobody else can dictate that, it's what they want to buy. End of."

When asked how she would have responded to a similar campaign last year, she added: "I would have been upset for sure but what people fail to remember is that The X Factor isn't forcing someone to be number one.

"This is not what the show is about, it's not about forcing people to buy into the single."

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