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Originally posted by Hard Candy
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Alexandra isn't Jamelia's competition. Jamelia isn't a strong enough vocalist to be f ucking with Alexandra. Alexandra may dance and do all the rest of that stuff, but her basic appeal lies in the fact that she's got a pretty huge and soulful voice. Jamelia can sing, but Alex can SANG!.
Jamelia's competition/replacement is Alesha Dixon, who has pretty much taken over Jamelia's old spot in the UK. Like Jamelia, Alesha looks great, has nice songs, is an okay singer and dances. Alesha is basically having the same sort of success Jamelia used to have (she's had a few hit singles this year alone in "The Boy Does Nothing", and "Breathe Slow"). Alesha is having the type of sales Jamelia used to have at her peak, but it's not neccesarily enough to convince her record company that it's worthwhile promoting her in America.
So Alesha seems a more realistic comparison. Neither of them have oustanding enough vocals to make coming to America worthwhile. America already has enough pretty singers who can dance, with okay voices flopping as we speak.