Fleur East sings Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk on the semi final of the UK X Factor 2014. If you haven’t watched this stunning performance of Uptown Funk on the X Factor yet – you need to see it! East has yet to secure a record deal – but she’s already nabbed a Nº1 single! For the few minutes that she performed on Saturday (December 6) the X Factor achieved something it hasn’t done in years – it wasn’t terrible! Her performance galvanised the show!
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The 26-year-old’s version of Uptown Funk shot to the top of UK iTunes chart on Monday morning. In the wake of the performance, the UK release date for Mark Ronson’s single has been brought forward by 5 weeks. Now, the original version has leapfrogged East’s version and the song occupies the Nº1 and Nº2 spot on the iTunes chart!
Simon Cowell said that Easts version of the track was “one of the top three performances” in X Factor history. East has earned herself a place in this weekend’s final where she will compete against Ben Haenow and Andrea Faustini for this year’s title.
