Reality TV
Cher Lloyd: 'Not winning X Factor was a blessing'
Published Monday, Feb 13 2012, 18:42 GMT | By Paul Millar | 20 comments
Cher Lloyd has said that she is glad about not winning The X Factor.
The 'Want U Back' singer, who finished fourth in the 2010 series of the ITV talent show, believes that her work would have lacked creativity if she had the pressure of a Winners' Song.
She told Fabulous magazine: "It's a blessing that I didn't win. I mean, a girl like me was never going to win anyway, but I'm glad I came fourth because otherwise I wouldn't be doing all this now.
"I don't have no-one holding me back. No-one ever will. I'm allowed to do whatever I want creatively. I might have come from a reality TV show, but I'm not a puppet and I won't be treated like one. You can't put me in a box. If you're going to be somebody, do it your way."
Meanwhile, admitting to rumours that she behaved badly during her time as an X Factor contestant, she said: "Everyone hated me. I was young and foolish. Part of me was trying to show I was strong enough to do it, and then I think it all got too much for me.
"But I was angry at the way I was being edited. And because I was getting really angry with it, I turned into someone that I don't even know. I turned into this horrible, horrible person with a terrible attitude. Part of me thought, 'Maybe that's how I have to behave to make it."
However, she added: "I've definitely changed a lot. I know how to deal with certain situations now, and I've learned to compromise. If there's something I'm not happy with, I say so, but in the right way. Nothing's so bad that it's the end of the world.
"I've also learned now that people aren't always going to like you. That's just everyday life. I wish I'd known then what I do now and been more carefree. I could have had a good time and not let everything get to me.
"But anyway, once I was out of the competition, I was free. I had nobody to hold me back, nobody to ask questions, no cameras in my face."
> Cher Lloyd interview: 'LA Reid loves scrambled eggs'
Watch Cher Lloyd in the video of 'Want U Back' featuring Astro below:
The 'Want U Back' singer, who finished fourth in the 2010 series of the ITV talent show, believes that her work would have lacked creativity if she had the pressure of a Winners' Song.
She told Fabulous magazine: "It's a blessing that I didn't win. I mean, a girl like me was never going to win anyway, but I'm glad I came fourth because otherwise I wouldn't be doing all this now.
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"I don't have no-one holding me back. No-one ever will. I'm allowed to do whatever I want creatively. I might have come from a reality TV show, but I'm not a puppet and I won't be treated like one. You can't put me in a box. If you're going to be somebody, do it your way."
Meanwhile, admitting to rumours that she behaved badly during her time as an X Factor contestant, she said: "Everyone hated me. I was young and foolish. Part of me was trying to show I was strong enough to do it, and then I think it all got too much for me.
"But I was angry at the way I was being edited. And because I was getting really angry with it, I turned into someone that I don't even know. I turned into this horrible, horrible person with a terrible attitude. Part of me thought, 'Maybe that's how I have to behave to make it."
However, she added: "I've definitely changed a lot. I know how to deal with certain situations now, and I've learned to compromise. If there's something I'm not happy with, I say so, but in the right way. Nothing's so bad that it's the end of the world.
"I've also learned now that people aren't always going to like you. That's just everyday life. I wish I'd known then what I do now and been more carefree. I could have had a good time and not let everything get to me.
"But anyway, once I was out of the competition, I was free. I had nobody to hold me back, nobody to ask questions, no cameras in my face."
> Cher Lloyd interview: 'LA Reid loves scrambled eggs'
Watch Cher Lloyd in the video of 'Want U Back' featuring Astro below:
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