November 2009

It's just been XFactor mad this month, but in the little spare time I've had I've managed to do a couple of interviews about the XFactor. You can see them on my You Tube site. I did a lovely interview with the Scotsman which appeared on November 28th in their magazine.

As I write this we're now down to the final four of X Factor and it's all getting even more exciting as we're having Lady GaGa and Janet Jackson on the semi-final.

October 2009

I get to find out who has got through to the live finals of X Factor, about a week before the TV audience do, when they move into the house and I have to start working with them.

Obviously, from the audition shows there are people who stick out, but as I was in America when the first shows were broadcast, I missed out on seeing a few of the finalists.

However, some American TV shows picked up on Danyl's audition, in a similar way to the way that they had picked up on Susan Boyle's first audition for Britain's Got Talent and showed it in their Entertainment news shows along with Simon's quote that it was the best audition he'd ever seen.

Needless to say, with two live shows in a week, I don't have time for anything else until the final of the series in the middle of December and along with a sixty mile commute from my home to London and the Autumn British weather, LA was a distant memory.

I recommend you go to the X Factor web site where I am doing a vocal coaching video every week as I don't get much chance to update this site or follow me on Twitter.

August & September 2009

Well what a wonderful time I had working on the 4th Series of America's Got Talent. California is really beautiful in the Summer and the weather was perfect. Almost no humidity and sunshine EVERY day.

I was staying close to the TV studios where we did the shows which meant that my commute to work involved walking for five minutes.

Like many of these shows that I have worked on, the Final is always the highlight of the series and this one was no exception. Over the Finale and it's results show, not only did I have to work with all the singers in the final, but two of my students, the lovely Leona Lewis performed her new single "Happy" and Susan Boyle performed a wonderful song from her debut album, "Wild Horses"

I was dead proud to have coached both the winner and runner up in this year's finale, my lovely chicken catcher, Kevin Skinner and opera diva, Barbara Padilla.

Both of them are now going to achieve their dream of having careers in music and I was glad just to help them along the way.

July 2009

So July, so far, has involved finally finishing the wonderful recording of Love Never Dies, working with the lovely Alexandra Burke, teaching someone I've always admired, Sarah Brightman and flying to Los Angeles for three days , to work with the semi-finalists of America's Got Talent

There are some great singers in the show and at the end of July, I'm flying out to the US for the series, so I'm excited about having a summer in the sun (at least on the days I'm not working).

I was delighted to see one of my pupils, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party

perform so confidently at Glastonbury and another, Elly Jackson of La Roux have a #1 single with "Bulletproof" and a #1 album with the band's debut album.

June 2009

So, once again, it was a dance act that won Britain's Got Talent not a singer :-(, but the lovely Susan Boyle ran Diversity really close.

I was asked to work with Susan on her first recording session.

Susan was on great form vocally.

May 2009

Although I can't tell you who they are, I've been spending most of my time working with the 19 singers in the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals.

I also got the chance to go New York for a week to work on Andrew Lloyd Webber's fabulous new production Love Never Dies.

I am now now Twitter, so if you want more up to date news from me (and I use the word "news" advisedly) you can follow me at www.twitter.com/yvieburnett

April 2009

Well that lovely holiday I looked forward to at the beginning of April turned into a bit of a nightmare.

I ended up in hospital in Miami Beach with pneumonia! So much for coming back rested and relaxed.

However, lying in my bed I did manage to keep up with work as Britain's Got Talent contestant, Susan Boyles was all over every US TV network with her fabulous audition