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The X-Factor’s Tamera Foster talks touring, pre-stage nerves and keeping herself grounded with Wonderland
\n\"Tamera<\/a><\/p>\n

Pink faux fur bolero jacket from a selection at Vintage Modes and pink cotton skirt by Just Cavalli<\/em><\/p>\n

Tamera Foster is somewhere on the A34, half way through this year\u2019s X-Factor tour. A permanently nervous wreck on the TV show, we wonder how she\u2019s coping with rehashing her performances, night after night. \u2018Its going great!\u2019 She gushes. \u2018I absolutely love being on tour, its such an incredible atmosphere \u2013 oh, and yesterday I saw a mountain for the first time which was really beautiful!\u2019<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s X-Factor was spectacularly unremarkable. The nationwide search for number one was marred by such a lack of interest that organisers tried to lure passers by off the street to audition. Louis\u2019 irrelevant ramblings – \u2018you remind me of a young \u2018Robbie Williams\/ Frank Sinatra\/Beyonce\u2019 \u00a0– had become a parody while Gary\u2019s tedious boardroom criticisms were entirely undermined by the fact his own record label had folded months earlier. The only thing worse than the judges was the contestants: Luke Friend, (the gap-yah type who\u2019d ruin any social situation with some sort of acoustic rendition of Skrillex) to the only thing that might sully East London\u2019s name long enough to curb gentrification, Kingsland Road.<\/p>\n

But then, like the Jesus of antiquated talent shows, came Tamera Foster. Initially auditioning with her BFF, the 16-year-old Kent girl returned a week later looking like a secret Knowles sister. She was a fully-fledged urban star, more \u2018Roc Nation\u2019 than \u2018Teddington Studios\u2019. Yet despite her obvious pop potential, the X Factor still turned Tamera into a bundle of nerves.<\/p>\n

\u2018I was so<\/i> nervous\u2019 she reminisces. \u2018It was the most terrifying thing.\u2019 At her solo audition Tamera sang four words from the opening bars of Whitney Houston\u2019s \u2018I Have Nothing\u2019 before going completely blank. She remembered the lyrics (with the help of closet Whitney fan Dermot O\u2019Leary), but the tendency to draw a blank continued to plague her throughout the live shows. Forgotten words and missed cues spoilt otherwise spellbinding performances. \u2018I had a million different things going around in my head \u2013 dances to remember, which camera to look at \u2013 there are all these cues you have to catch, you\u2019re constantly thinking while you\u2019re singing.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Tamera<\/a><\/p>\n

Black wool skirt suit by Dsquared2 and gold plated pearl drop earrings from a selection at Vintage Modes<\/em><\/p>\n

Vehemently determined, Tamera tried hypnotherapy and meditation to conquer her nerves. Post X-Factor, her performances have been word perfect. On tour she\u2019s come into her own, happy at last and in a position where she can finally embrace being a teenager.\u2018It\u2019s totally new to me, but I feel comfortable now\u2019 she admits.<\/p>\n

During her X-Factor stint she remained unloved by the public, and things went from bad to worse when tabloid newspapers dredged up all they could from her past. Incidents of her bullying a classmate did the rounds, as well as old tweets referencing marijuana. Despite being the closest thing to an IRL pop-star X-Factor\u2019s ever seen, her talent appeared to seemingly slip through the net.<\/p>\n

Yet Cowell himself has donned her \u2018the British Rihanna\u2019, and she\u2019s just been signed to his label, Syco, a deal that none of the higher placed contestants were offered. Ultimately, she was too great to let go, though the format totally failed her.<\/i> Tamera tries to be diplomatic about it. \u2018I think some artists that have disappeared from the show are people with good voices who can\u2019t really showcase it because you\u2019re just doing covers. Not many people really know what kind of artist they are\u2026 I left knowing what to do, knowing what my sound is and they type of person I wanna work with \u2013 X – Factor gives you a platform, it\u2019s up to you what you do with it .\u201d Did the show give her any advice for real in the industry?\u00a0 \u201cNicole [Sherzinger] – told me the main thing is to not get ahead of yourself, always keep grounded.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Tamera<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Suede trench coat by Loewe, black suede hat from a selection at Vintage Modes and gold crucifix chain by H Samuel<\/em><\/p>\n

Grounded she is. When she\u2019s not sashaying across the country on tour, she\u2019s been doing all she can to prepare for her first recording sessions. \u2018I\u2019m writing poetry and short stories. I\u2019ve been listening to a lot of music and just trying to get my head around learning how to write.\u2019 What does she anticipate the finished product to sound like? \u2018I guess if I had to put some artists together I\u2019d say Jhene Aiko slash Drake slash John Legend.. a lot of soulful R&B, old school versus new kind of thing, that\u2019s my vibe. I want to be really experimental.\u2019<\/p>\n

If Tamera\u2019s imaginary EP has you watering at the mouth, you\u2019re not alone. In Nicole\u2019s words, “look into the future five years and this is going to be the most successful star to have ever come out of the show.”<\/p>\n

Words:\u00a0<\/strong>Shannon Mahanty<\/p>\n

Fashion Editor:\u00a0<\/b>Danielle Emerson<\/p>\n

Photographer:<\/strong>\u00a0Liam Warwick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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