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Can I just say motherhood must be treating you very well because you look incredible?
Oh thank you very much. Thank you.
Now, how is it doing Britain's Got Talent this year being a mother? Is it really hard?
Lots of sleepless nights, I can imagine.
Well, I've got a really good support system. So when I go to work my mum and her dad, they
look after her. They make sure I get a good night sleep, so I can't complain. I don't
come to work feeling really tired and you know, sort of hell. I'm okay. I'm surviving.
And has it been fun so far? Have Simon and David been behaving themselves?
Um no, and that's what we love. Lots of misbehaving, lots of winding each other up as usual. The
only thing that's changed this year I was saying earlier is that Simon has suddenly
become funny. I didn't know he could be funny.
How come that's happened?
I don't know. I really don't know.
Was he telling lots of jokes or just being...
He's just become a comedian. I don't know if that'll be shown in the edit. I'm praying
it does because he's actually a really funny man. I don't know if people know that side
of him. And then David kind of gets a bit offended, I think, when Simon becomes funny
because it's like that's his role, so it's kind of like role reversal has been going
on. There's been a lot of wrestling.
Oh really? Tell us a bit more about that. Why has there been wrestling?
David seems to want to wrestle Simon out of his chair. Again, whether this makes the edit
or not, I don't know. So we'll have to wait and see.
Now obviously Simon has been confirmed coming back to the UK X Factor. Do you think it's
a good move?
I think it's a great move. I think it's his baby. I think that Simon being on the panel
will attract, you know, a wider spectrum of talent. I think people like to perform for
him. They want to get a yes. They want to impress him, so I think it's a great thing.
And there's lot of rumours Cheryl Cole could be taking her seat back there again. Are you
rooting for her to be back on the show?
I'm rooting for Cheryl because I think she's a gem. She's the national treasure, and for
her, I think when she left the show, I think a lot of people were quite sad to see her
go because people loved her there, so I think she'll come back and people will have their
arms wide open for her.
Now let's talk about Mis-teeq. Absolutely, back in the old days, I was a big fan.
Thank you. Thank you.
Are you going to reunite? Are you going to get back together and make some more music?
Or do you want to do more solo stuff? What have you got planned?
Well, I would never say never with Mis-Teeq, but I don't want to keep... I feel like a
broken record player because I keep hinting things, but at the same time it's not quite
the right time. I love the idea of it, but it's got to happen organically. I think with
the Big Reunion, which is one of my favourite shows, so many bands are getting back together.
I just don't want us to be another one thrown in the mix, so I think we'll just wait and
take our time. In the future, we'll see. But solo album first.
And obviously Simon's going to be a dad very soon. Have you been giving him lots of parenting
advice? Obviously because you're a new mother.
I've given him no advice.
Nothing?
I wouldn't even know where to start. Truthfully. I mean, he'll be fine. The biggest thing about
being a new parent is the sleep deprivation, and Simon doesn't really sleep because he
stays up all night working, so actually I don't think it's going to change his life
too much because he's already somebody who seems to survive on hardly any sleep, so I
think he'll be fine. He'll have lots of help, won't he?
And are you and Amanda going to...
We hope so!
It's not like he's going to nursing the baby.
And are you and Amanda going to plan a baby shower? Because I think someone's got to plan something...
I don't think that's Simon's thing, to be honest. He's quite private. I mean, one of
the most famous men in the world, but actually very private, so I don't think he would be
up for that. And he's quite coy, kind of keeps things to himself. He loves talking about
his dogs Squiddly and Diddly. He's very passionate about them, but in terms of the baby, I think
he's going to keep that one quite private.
And one last thing, if you were to go out on that stage and audition for the judges
today, what would you do? I can imagine you'd perform, sing...
I'd sing. I would dance, maybe rap. Yeah, just do my day job.
Brilliant. Thank you, Alesha.
Thank you darling. Nice to see you.