Leona has who is about to become an international superstar has revealed in a recent interview with the sun that she had considered quitting and giving up all hope of a music career just months before X Factor, which has launched her career.
The 21-year-old singer revealed she was depressed at her lack of success and close to giving up when she first auditioned for ITV1’s hit talent show.
In her first and only interview, Leona — who has now scooped a £1million record contract — told The Sun: “A few months before the X Factor, I decided to give it just one more year then give up.
“So if I hadn’t got through the audition, I might be doing something else now.
“I’ve been trying to break into the record industry since I was 14.
“But it’s so hard and there were lots of times I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t know if this is going to happen’.
“This has come along at just the right time. It’s like a fairy tale — and this is the happy ending.â€
And she credits her childhood sweetheart Lou Al-Chama for persuading her to give the X Factor audition one last shot.
She says: “He’s always known I wanted to do music and he’s so happy my dreams are coming true. He’s been so supportive.â€
Emotional Leona collapsed in tears at the end of Saturday’s final after spotting Lou and her parents in the audience.
She said: “I was keeping it together at the final but when I sang the last line I saw Lou and my family out of the corner of my eye and they were all crying, and I just went. I call him my family because we’re so close.
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