X Factor hopeful Janet Grogan has revealed how she missed out on superstardom – despite becoming a web sensation.
The Dublin singer – who wowed the judges on Sunday – has got more than 22 million hits on YouTube after teaming up with R’n’B star Xavier Naidoo.
But German song Alles Kann Besser Werden – which she penned herself – didn’t end up with a record deal for herself.
She said: “I thought, yeah, this is my big break, professionally and financially, but it wasn’t at all. The industry has totally changed.
“When it was released it got a lot of radio play but, unfortunately, with the internet these days you know how it goes.”
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The Tallaght singer, 26, wowed the judges and got four yeses with her performance of Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me in her X Factor audition.
But Janet admitted she only cared about what one person had to say – Simon Cowell.
“I actually did make an effort to look at the other judges but he was like ‘no, me’,” she told Today FM.
“He was a bit offended because I stopped serenading him I think!”
