Jessie J: 'I'll be hardcore on X Factor'

Jessie J: 'I'll be hardcore on X Factor'
Jessie J: 'I'll be hardcore on X Factor' (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Jessie J has promised that she'll be a "hard-core" coach on The X Factor. The Price Tag singer, who is mentoring alongside judge Tulisa Contostavlos in the judges' houses round, insisted she won't be won over easily. "I go in hard-core. I'm not someone that's like, 'You're great!' I won't kiss people's a***s. Technique, mike control, breathing, passion, determination, hard work, work ethic, voice, tone, star quality, all of it. "I'm about the singing, the voice, the talent so that's what I'll be looking for," she said. Jessie - who performed at the launch party for the latest BlackBerry 7 smartphones and BBM music sharing service - is thrilled she was asked to join the show. "I am excited about it. I think it's a really good standard this year and it's going to be fun," she continued. The Brit-winning pop star has no plans to be a judge, saying: "I don't like the idea of being a judge, but I like the idea of being a coach. "I am 23 and I don't feel like I've had a long enough career yet to really feel like I have a right to tell people my opinion. Maybe in the future." And Jessie admitted one of her musical guilty pleasures - X Factor twins Jedward. "I do love a bit of Jedward. I can't lie. I think it's the hair!" she said. For more information, visit uk.blackberry.com. SUBSCRIBE to TV Times magazine NOW and you could save up to 29%

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


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