Leona looks like she is very well set to taking on the world. Simon speaking at a press conference immediately after the show, Simon reveled that industry bigwig Clive Davis has been enlisted to develop Leona’s career.

He said: “A lot’s been happening over the last few weeks. I’ve had a phone call from Clive Davis, who looks after Alicia Keys and Whitney Houston, and is one of our affiliates in America. He called me on Thursday and said, ‘Simon we’ve been watching Leona Lewis and win or lose, we’re in.’

“I take Gary’s words very seriously. I think we have a major, major worldwide star. We’re not going to make an album quickly, we’re going to make the best possible album. Obviously with Leona’s input to make the album she’s comfortable with.”

“The work starts tomorrow morning on this young lady. We’ve got to do the job now. We’re going to try and make everyone who voted for her proud that we’ve found found a British girl who’s up there with the Mariah’s and the Whitney’s. We take this very, very seriously.”