London, Jan 26 : Brit soul/pop singer and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's mother is under investigation for making false benefits claims.

Melissa Bell, 44, came under the notice of bosses at Islington council in North London after it was revealed that she and Burke were discussing singing publicly together.

"They're idiots - I'll sue them!" the Mirror quoted her as saying.

"I simply couldn't believe it. But I rang the council and they have admitted I am under suspicion of benefit fraud. I'm absolutely outraged," she said.

London, December 27: Alexandra Burke, winner of the fifth series of UK TV talent show `The X Factor', has compared herself to the renowned R&B lady Beyonce Knowles, saying they both have an alter ego onstage.

Burke revealed that like the multi-million selling Grammy winner, she too becomes "a different person" while performing.

"Beyonce gets on stage and she's Sasha Fierce, then she's different off stage. It's just like me. I get on stage and I'm a different person to what I am off stage," the Sun quoted her as saying.

London, Dec 23 : Supermodel Kate Moss recently banned X Factor winner Alexandra Burke from her party.

According to reports, the catwalk queen invited Alexandra last week to the bash, but later on she was snubbed by Kate, who did not bother to give her any details about the party.

Finally Alexandra chose to party with mentor Cheryl Cole.

On the other hand, Moss was ditched by many of her friends, who didn't turn up at her bash, hardly 20 of 40 big name invitees showed up.

London, Dec 17 : The song that British soul/pop singer Alexandra Burke sang, and which also broke a chart record, is said to have been inspired by `sex'.

Burke, who is the winner of the fifth series of the X Factor show, sang her own version of the song `Hallelujah', a song which is originally Leonard Cohen's and whose lyrics were inspired by bedroom antics.