Amy Winehouse’s goddaughter Dionne Bromfield has claimed that X Factor finalists will pay tribute to the late jazz star in an upcoming episode, but show bosses remain coy about the idea.
According to Dionne, the X Factor contestants will sing tracks by the Rehab hitmaker – who died unexpectedly aged 27 at her home in London in July – in a future live show on ITV1.
Bromfield suggested that it wasn’t only the likes of Kitty Brucknell, Frankie Cocozza and Janet Devlin who will perform Amy Winehouse tracks – she added that she would also be singing something from her godmother’s back catalogue on the tribute show.
Dionne told the Daily Star : ‘They are doing a tribute episode to Amy and I’ve been asked to sing something. You’ll have to wait and see what I do.’
Dionne has previously performed Amy’s hit Love is a Losing Game at The Big Chill festival and at this year’s MOBO awards, while the late jazz star’s songs also proved to be popular audition pieces for this year’s X Factor contestants.
However, ITV bosses remain tight-lipped about the possibility of an Amy Winehouse-themed show, maintaining that their themes for the series are undecided.
‘There are no current plans to do this,’ a spokeswoman said. ‘We haven’t decided all our themes for the series yet.’
One theme that has been decided upon is this weekend’s ‘rock’ theme, which will see contestants try out a more gritty sound than in previous weeks.
Eccentric finalist Johnny Robinson is to put his unique high pitched voice to good use in Saturday’s episode, as he is said to be tackling The Darkness’ falsetto-filled classic I Believe in a Thing Called Love.
The vocalist had to change his choice from ABBA’s The Winner Takes It All, after show bosses decided to alter the week’s theme from Heroes to Rock.
X Factor chiefs are said to have made the change on Monday to ‘spice things up’ and add ‘plenty of drama,’ after the first two live shows in the series showed a slump in ratings.
