JellyBaby's Blog

This time last year, the great British public were still in shock after X Factor fave Laura White was voted off the show. The reaction to her elimination was unbelievable. Over 50,000 people signed a petition to have her reinstated and she was even mentioned in the houses of parliament.

A year on, and it’s hard to believe that outrage even happened. After being signed by an independent label, she released her first single, You Should Have Known. Despite being a strong debut – edgy, current and full of attitude – she unfortunately failed to receive the support of the public. The single never made it onto the Radio 1 playlist and only managed on week in the charts at number 32.

I really like the single and think it’s a real shame that the support she recieved on the X Factor didn’t continue into 2009. With Alexandra Burke, JLS, Leona Lewis and her own mentor Cheryl Cole doing well from the show it’s obvious that it’s a great platform for artists but she suffered from a lack of publicity and support from major radio stations. This doesn’t bode well for acts such as Miss Frank and Lucie Jones who’s evictions from the current series also provoked outrage from the public.

I wish Laura the best of luck; I’m interested in hearing about plans for a new single or album and I hope that as time goes by the public get behind her once again. But in the cut-throat world of the music industry, I’m not holding my breath.