hmmm....I haven't heard much of AL as I didn't catch the last Idol but I'm currently listening to the cd on
www.we7.com.....I've only listened to the first song but the high pitch voice parts remind me of Mika!
As far as the XFactor, I did actually buy Alexandra Burke's cd, and while I liked it, I haven't listened to it in several weeks because like so much music it has fallen into the "everything sounds alike" category - i.e. Alexandra, Leona, Beyonce...I've got all three cds and it is now getting tiring!
My fav, though is Rhydian...it's just a shame at the moment because his first cd which was more pop did so well and he had such good publicity, but his second cd - which is more classical but excellent imo - is not getting much attention and he has more or less gone back to promotion only in Wales and he's barely been heard anywhere else which is a shame because I think his voice is amazing...so close to Meat's, I think. :)