Red Moon
10-12-2007, 10:34 AM
X Factor's Niki wanted to give place awayX Factor' evictee Niki Evans has revealed that if she had made the final of the show she would have given her place to fellow contestant Leon Jackson.
The mother-of-two said, after she was voted off the show, that she was happy to leave the competition and hoped that Leon now went on to win the show.
Niki said: "Leon is only five years older than my oldest son. There is no way I would take it off a young kid like that."
"It's a really difficult situation - you want to stay in but how can you compete against an 18-year-old boy when you're old enough to be his mum?"
She continued: "It's a horrible situation to be in and if they had called my name - I would've said to give it to him instead. I believe in him that much."
"I so want him to win - not that I don't like Same Difference or Rhydian - but I think their paths have already been carved whether they win or they don't. Leon needs to win to get his dream."
Speaking about her future career prospects, Niki said: "I'd love to go on and make an album. I'm too old now. I'm not stupid - people will drop me like a hot cake. Whatever comes I will grab it and run with it as far as I can."
Source: RTE (http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/1210/xfactor.html)
The mother-of-two said, after she was voted off the show, that she was happy to leave the competition and hoped that Leon now went on to win the show.
Niki said: "Leon is only five years older than my oldest son. There is no way I would take it off a young kid like that."
"It's a really difficult situation - you want to stay in but how can you compete against an 18-year-old boy when you're old enough to be his mum?"
She continued: "It's a horrible situation to be in and if they had called my name - I would've said to give it to him instead. I believe in him that much."
"I so want him to win - not that I don't like Same Difference or Rhydian - but I think their paths have already been carved whether they win or they don't. Leon needs to win to get his dream."
Speaking about her future career prospects, Niki said: "I'd love to go on and make an album. I'm too old now. I'm not stupid - people will drop me like a hot cake. Whatever comes I will grab it and run with it as far as I can."
Source: RTE (http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/1210/xfactor.html)