{"id":1373,"date":"2010-09-20T20:34:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2010-09-20T20:34:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T19:34:03","slug":"the-x-factor-soul-diva-rebecca-ferguson-took-the-x-factor-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/1373\/the-x-factor-soul-diva-rebecca-ferguson-took-the-x-factor-by-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor: Soul Diva Rebecca Ferguson Took The X Factor By Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mum of two Rebecca Ferguson delivered a moving performance of the song \u201cA Change Is Gonna Come\u201d by Sam Cooke on The X Factor on Saturday night.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Rebecca Ferguson\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/x2010\/rebecca01.JPG\" alt=\"Rebecca Ferguson\" width=\"551\" height=\"298\" \/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>She told the judges that she has always suffered from confidence issues but that did not stop her impressing on the night.\u00a0 Nicole Scherzinger praised her saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca, your voice really moves me and I love to listen to you. I think it\u2019s okay to be vulnerable in your music but you still have to connect with the people that you\u2019re singing to so just keep that in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Daily Star Ferguson admitted that her self esteem problems arose from a difficult childhood. She said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always suffered from lack of confidence and haven\u2019t had the easiest of childhoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was bullied as a kid because my family were poor and I never had the right clothes or toys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to go to a decent school but only had one or two friends because I didn\u2019t look like the rest of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to walk home from school crying because of all the bullying. But through everything singing was my only escape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool lass added: \u201cLooking back I think kids avoided me because I wasn\u2019t the same as them because I was mixed race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen when I got pregnant I got down. My body changed and I felt like my life was over really.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now I finally feel on top again. I feel like I have got back the confidence to follow my dream.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be able to give my kids the things I never had. 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