Simon Cowell says he could turn Leona Lewis bad

Simon Cowell believes he’s capable of turning last year’s X Factor winner, Leona Lewis “bad”.

Cowell insists that the 22-year-old actress really is as squeaky-clean as her reputation suggests – but joked he could give her some tips if she ever wanted to go over to the dark side, he said: “She really is that sweet. Leona is too good to ever turn bad. She should hang out with me more!”

Cowell also compared Leona to Whitney Houston, he said: “Leona is definitely as good as Whitney Houston is now. Leona was amazing on ‘X Factor’, but I was worried her voice wouldn’t come over as well on a record. But she sounds even better on her new album.”

Leona’s new single ‘Bleeding Love’ has become the fastest selling record in the UK this year.
The single, which was released this Monday, is outselling Take That’s ‘Rule The World’ by two-to-one and selling more copies than the entire top 10 combined.

‘Leona is one of the most important artists in the World’, says Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell has compared British X Factor Winner, Leona Lewis to the likes of Whitney Houston, and branded her one of the most important artists of our generation.

Lewis, who is signed to both Cowell’s Syco label on Sony BMG , won the 2006 series of the British talent show, after impressing fans and judges with her powerful voice. Cowell, 48, said that he knew Lewis was going to be a star before the competition was over – thanks to a tip off by Clive Davis.

Cowell is quoted as saying” “In all The X Factors of the past, I’ve never had a phone call from Clive Davis prior to the show finishing and saying, ‘I will sign this girl whatever happens.’ “For Sony Bmg, she is one of the most important artists in the world. She has a proper commitment from Clive Davis. We treat her exactly as we would have treated Whitney Houston when she first started recording”.

But Cowell insisted that comparisons to Houston end there: “The difference is, Leona has her feet on the ground. She hasn’t changed. She is very polite and respectful”.

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One Response to “Simon Talks Leona — Doesn’t Hold Back”

1. John Doe says:

   October 31, 2007 at 10:43 am

   Would just like to say that although Leona Lewis is a great singer and seems like a lovely young lady, the song Bleeding Love is really unsettling as it acts as a trigger for some self-harmers.