Fleur East

Fleur East (born 29 October 1987)[29] is a singer and fitness model from Walthamstow. She is of Ghanaian and British descent.[30][31]

East was in the girl group Addictiv Ladies, who were on series 2 of The X Factor in 2005 but were eliminated in week 1 after ending up in the bottom two with Chico Slimani.[32] She attended Holy Family Technology College in Walthamstow and Queen Mary University of London, where she studied journalism and contemporary history.[33] She was introduced to drum-and-bass producer DJ Fresh through her manager in 2011, and Fresh subsequently hired her as a vocalist for a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge sessions of his.[34] In 2012, she featured on Fresh's song "Turn It Up" from his album Nextlevelism and toured extensively with him in 2012, including performances at T4 on the Beach, V Festival and the iTunes Festival.[25][35][34][36]

She signed to the record label Strictly Rhythm in January 2012 and released two singles as the lead artist: "Broken Mirror" with Cutline and "Turn the Lights On" (produced by Culture Shock).[34][35] She also featured on "The One" by Horx and P3000.[37] In 2013, she featured on Drumsound & Bassline Smith's "One in a Million", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 53, and headlined the Miss Face of Africa EU ceremony in London.[38] In December 2013, she self-released her debut EP She for free download.[39] One of the EP tracks, "Super Rich Royals", is a mashup cover of "Super Rich Kids" by Frank Ocean and "Royals" by Lorde.

East's musical influences include Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys, Bob Marley, Rihanna, and Simply Red.[40][36] She said that Keys would be her dream duet partner.[1]

In week 10, East was announced as the runner up in the competition, losing out to fellow Over 25 Ben Haenow with 42.8% of the votes