It's clear from this that Amy going up on stage and talking to a singer while they are on stage singing is nothing new, haha.
part of the article from Alan's link in other thread: Re: Zalon's Brother On X Factor
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X Factor Bootcamp Secrets Revealed! Terrible Twins, A Shock Supergroup & Is Heshima The Best Dressed Chicken In Town?
By Sarah Bond on September 25, 2009 7:12 PM in The X Factor
"I just sang My Girl. It's one of those old school songs. I love Motown. I thought go for I and I sailed through."
And despite some criticisms, he didn't think he was too professional with his impressive acting and singing career.
"Initially I told them I had done things, and if they asked if I'd done music I'd say yes I've done backing vocals, and if they pushed then I gave them what they pushed for. I didn't want to lie. They knew what I'd done.
"But they really push for sob stories, and I didn't have one. I'm happy every day, I enjoy life, I'm grateful. Every day is like my birthday!
"The sob story they tried to do is me being a backing singing for Amy Winehouse and just wanting to come to the front, whereas that's not really what it is for me. I think they should steer away from the sob stories and get a bit more of the talent."
Before X Factor, Heshima was already working on putting together his first album. "My music is R&B pop," he says. As well as his reggae star father - who is on the legendary Greensleeves label - being the business, his big brother Zalon, 27, is a backing singer with Amy Winehouse, too.
"Amy's family, literally family," says Heshima, who doesn't drink or smoke, and is baffled by many of the stories about her and her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.
"Blake came on tour so I know him really well, and the Blake in the media isn't the Blake that I know. I don't actually have a bad thing to say about him," he says.
"It's the same thing with allegations about Amy and drugs. The whole time I was touring I didn't see anything once so it's something I can't relate to. I'd never seen that."
As to their break-up, he says: "It happens many times. I've seen it with friends who might want to come together to start a business but working and being in a relationship just doesn't work. Something that should be a beauty just is a disaster."
"The fans have been so supportive because Amy really has had a hard time."
"The great thing about Amy is she speaks through actions. If Amy likes you she takes care of you, she looks after you.
"I've been able to have first-hand experience of that and to see how she's dealt with many things. It's almost like I went to Amy school for a life lesson - with my brother!
"Her support has been fantastic. On tour we'd freestyle in a hotel and she told me I'm amazing. She's really been blown away by my whole thing, but she didn't know I was going into X Factor," he laughs.
"My brother met Amy when he was singing at 10 Rooms, a celebrity club which is closed now. He was up on the stage singing and she just came up on the stage beside him. This was before Back To Black and my brother didn't know who she was. She just came up on stage while he was singing and said you're AMAZING!
"He said 'Thank you, but I'm kind of singing now', and carried on. Then she sang. And he was then saying to her 'YOU'RE amazing!'" laughs Heshima. "They literally hit it off from there and he ended up touring with her.
"I had a break in my acting schedule they wanted me to come and do an international show, so I went on the road with Amy on the whole American tour, and did a lot of the main awards shows like the Mobos and Grammys, so it was a fantastic time. I'm touring the world with Amy Winehouse and my brother!
"It was great because Amy gave us a platform (above) and we were able to build up our own fan base. Zalon's voice is out of this world, and now he's been signed to Amy's label Lioness and Mark Ronson is producing him.
" Zalon has been a backbone to me. He really made me realise anything is achievable and you aren't limited to doing just one thing."
While his father is based in Jamaica, Heshima, who is single, lives with his mum (a big Daily Mirror fan!) in London's Harlesden, which is where he set off on the path to fame at the age of 13 after being chosen to star in a 2001 BBC documentary on the area to improve its dangerous image.
"I've been acting and singing since I was young, and I did a series called Heart Of Harlesden," says Heshima. "The area had quite a bad rep at that time. There was a lot of bad activity and the series was to show there was a lot of good things coming out of it. I was singing and the cameras were following me around, leading up to a showcase.
"When that aired I got a lot of media attention and the director of the BBC drama Babyfather saw me, and I auditioned for the lead boy role and got it. I did two series of that and then I got an agent. I was 14 and still at school.
"Then I auditioned for Spooks and went on from there. It was great to be around veterans like Helen Mirren and Julie Walters.
"Helen Mirren's fantastic, she's attractive - the whole Helen Mirren thing, I loved it. What was great was she really took an interest in me and my music.
"She told me a story about her meeting Denzel (Washington) and said that in a few years she'll be hearing something about me like that. She said she'll be saying: 'I was in a thing with him a few years back'."
She may not have to wait too long, because Heshima says he's already been to America to talk about acting roles. "I was in Hollywood a while ago meeting people and I am looking over some scripts at the moment," he grins.
