Burke: 'Mum struggles with X Factor win'

Alexandra Burke has said that her mother Melissa Bell is proud of her success but still finds it hard to cope with her X Factor win.

Bell was a former member of British group Soul II Soul and appeared on the group's 1993 single 'Wish'.

Burke told Marie Claire: "I think we're too alike because we clash. We both sing. She had Soul II Soul but it didn't last as long as she wanted it to last.

"Then I get this big new show, I win it, and it's weird for her to see this. Although she's proud, it's like she wants to rewind time to when she was younger, when she didn't have kids.

"I've never talked about this, by the way. We're not a perfect family. Things p*ss me off. She kicked me out. And from 16 to 18-and-a-half I didn't speak to my family at all. That was the hardest time of my life."

Burke said that her family forced her to audition on The X Factor and added: "I remember waking up, and was like, 'Leave me the f**k alone. Stop talking about X Factor, I don't want to do it'.

"Mum's already inside with her number, waiting for me. They went 'No' to Mum, 'Yes' to me."