Ben Haenow on Fleur East: "It's friendly competition"

[Headie]

X Factor's Ben Haenow has said he and Fleur East are in competition with each other - but it's only friendly.

Ben won the ITV talent show last year, pipping Fleur to the post who was runner-up.

As winner, Ben bagged a recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Music, and ood news was just around the corner for Fleur too, as Simon signed her to the same label a month later.

Now nearly a year on, and both stars of the show are releasing their debut albums.

Both Ben and Fleur joined the line-up for Free Radio Live 2015 at the weekend in Birmingham, making it somewhat of a mini X Factor reunion.

Speaking to Free Radio Live's Adam Wilbourn, Ben said: "Totally for us [friendly competition]. Competition wise, we're two completely different artists so with regards to the route we're taking it's definitely different."

Ben said he is actually grateful to be on the same journey as Fleur.

"Playing agin with Fleur, someone who came off the same show as me - it's amazing to have a friend in the charts at the same time," he said. "We're taking over the world together."

Earlier this month Fleur said that she didn't understand why she was being constantly pitted against Ben.

"I don't understand why because we are so different," Fleur told the Daily Star. "There's room for both of us. I'd like to sing with him one day because I never got to do it on the show, only hip-hop tracks around the X Factor house.

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I laughed at this bit:

"It's amazing to have a friend in the charts at the same time," he said. "We're taking over the world together."

[Pete.]

Competition for about 6 months?

[Jordan.]

I was gonna shade but at least he's being nice about her when he could be bitter that she's obviously being favoured

[Samm]

well we know who's winning! :)

[Headie]

I was gonna shade but at least he's being nice about her when he could be bitter that she's obviously being favoured

Yeah it was nice of him to be so lovely about Queen F :clap1: He has always come across as slightly arrogant to me tho, idk why

[Headie]

Fleur told the Daily Star. "There's room for both of us. I'd like to sing with him one day because I never got to do it on the show, only hip-hop tracks around the X Factor house.

This I will NOT allow though http://i.imgur.com/rJTEJu5.gif

[King Gizzard]

Already can't remember how his single goes

[Ross.]

I didn't realise there was a competition

[rionablue]

Competition me arse. Its like a lion and a mouse. Fleur has incredible talent and is a brilliant song writer as well. Ben has ...................... he has................... cant think of anything

[lewis111]

There's no competition tbh, Feur should be the one saying this to not sound over confident, it makes him look it

[Mystic Mock]

I feel sorry for Ben as Simon's clearly favouring Fleurbot, like he did on the show over 15 other contestants.

And I'll feel sorry for Fleurbot when Simon's next pet comes along, Louisa Johnson as Fleurbot will be completely disregarded by Simon Cowell like he'd never hyped her up before.

[LukeB]

I feel sorry for Ben as Simon's clearly favouring Fleurbot, like he did on the show over 15 other contestants.

And I'll feel sorry for Fleurbot when Simon's next pet comes along, Louisa Johnson as Fleurbot will be completely disregarded by Simon Cowell like he'd never hyped her up before.

now 1D are on a break and the team don't need to promote them, There's room for Louisa and Fleur.. and 4th Impact (he will be dumb not to sign them)

[Mystic Mock]

LukeB Simon hates soloists as he can't managing them properly, it will go exactly like this whilst 1D are on their “break.”

Fleur East
Louisa Johnson
New Boyband

[Mystic Mock]

LukeB Simon hates soloists as he can't manage them properly, it will go exactly like this whilst 1D are on their “break.”

Fleur East
Louisa Johnson
New Boyband

[Headie]

I feel sorry for Ben as Simon's clearly favouring Fleurbot, like he did on the show over 15 other contestants.

And I'll feel sorry for Fleurbot when Simon's next pet comes along, Louisa Johnson as Fleurbot will be completely disregarded by Simon Cowell like he'd never hyped her up before.

Fleur isn't getting dropped considering she's selling really well right now but it;s cute that you think that :pat:

[Mystic Mock]

Fleur isn't getting dropped considering she's selling really well right now but it;s cute that you think that :pat:

I'm warning in advance, it's up to Fleur and her fans to try and get her another Label for her third Album.

[Headie]

I'm warning in advance, it's up to Fleur and her fans to try and get her another Label for her third Album.

If it makes you feel happier then keep believing that :pat:

[Mystic Mock]

If it makes you feel happier then keep believing that :pat:

Comments like this won't help her.

[Headie]

Comments like this won't help her.

It will actually. It shows she has a loyal fanbase :)

[Mystic Mock]

It will actually. It shows she has a loyal fanbase :)

I can appreciate loyal fandoms, but it's never good to be in denial.

If Simon can turn on Leona for a talentless Boyband, what makes you think that he can't do it to Fleur? I'm not trying to be nasty here it's just realism as we already know that Simon's pal Louis Walsh hates Fleur's type of Music and they both practically have the same taste in Music as each other.

[Jose Mourinho]

Fleur pretty much sums up what Simon Cowell is about, flash in the pan artists, with no staying power. Once he signs Louisa it is pretty much gg Fleur. Though her first album is about to be released it is quite common to see a bit o mf excitement, hysteria even expectations blown all out of proportion, but if Cowell's track record is anything to go by, it is not looking good for Fleur because boy does he love Louisa.

[Samm]

I really hope Fleur does move labels tbh, Syco are trash.