X Factor boss Simon Cowell tried twice to turn Rosanna Davison into a pop star.
The ex-Miss World was sounded out by the pop guru first when she was a child – and again following her pageant win.
But Cowell was disappointed to discover that unlike her Lady In Red father crooner Chris De Burgh, she didn’t have a note in her.
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“I was only about 12 or 13 when Simon Cowell approached me and asked me if I could sing,” she said.
“He used to holiday at the same resort that my family go to in Mauritius. Sadly, I haven’t a note so I just laughed it off.”
But One Direction boss Cowell kept on her case – pressing her in 2003, after her Miss World win, to see if her vocal situation had been beefed up.
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“I was invited to appear at the British Comedy Awards in London, handing out a gong to Ant and Dec,” she told the Irish Sun.
“Simon was there and he marched up to me again. ‘Can you sing?’ was the first thing out of his mouth!
“But I had to break the news to him that my skills in that regard hadn’t improved.”
