Ruth Lorenzo - X Factor Star
The very latest news and views about the amazing Ruth Lorenzo
Videos of Ruth's performances, links to her website and to fansites and as soon as her album and singles are released links to places you can buy her music. And if you aren't on Twitter but wish to read Ruth's tweets, you can do so here.
Latest News - Kids for Kids 2009
Ruth Lorenzo will be singing at the Candlelit Christmas Concert at St Margaret's Church, Westminster (it's the one on the green in the shadow of Westminster Abbey) in London, in aid of the Kids for Kids Darfur Appeal, on 10th December. Adult tickets £25, children half price, from Kids for Kids.
(I know I need to update the format of this Intro. It's on the plans. Just a little busy this week. I have checked for new news though as there isn't anything new to report just now.)
2009
Music Ruth Lorenzo Recommends
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Ruth has been busy on Twitter again. She keeps us up to date on her pole dancing classes (I went to a pole dancng class last nite and and ive got marks all over me, I got too close to the pole...cant move now.") and those little incidents that crop in all our lives: Ruth's involved a cockroach ("so the other nite, a little cockroach landed on my food and i ate it. it was crunchy but couldnt really taste it."). It really is worth following Ruth Lorenzo on Twitter - or following her tweets her on this page if you don't use Twitter,
Ruth (November 2009) has also been recommending some music. ("so EVERYONE needs to check this guy out....I LOVE HIS MUSIC. great writer Francis Rodino" [I've changed that last one to hyperlink it for you.] If you visit Francis's site using that link, you can download his album Circles and Squares free of charge. Image © Francis Rodino
Ruth Lorenzo has also been sharing her recent album purchases. Check them out and vote your favourite to the top. They help show what sort of music Ruth herself enjoys and if these are her inspiration then I am really excited about her album.
Greatest Hits
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Ruth Lorenzo at The Shadow Lounge, London
Live Performance on 24th September 2009
So many of the videos of Ruth singing live have been of dubious quality, but this is a real treat. Both the video and sound are superb and Ruth is getting better and better as an artist. It's in two parts as it's quite a long performance of several numbers. I won't spoil the surprise by listing them all but it includes a wonderful, rousing version of Highway to Hell. Many of the songs Ruth sings are classic rock tracks, orginally performed by some of the greats (AC/DC in this case). I think Ruth Lorenzo does them better. That's why I'm a fan!
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Ruth Lorenzo Singing "Mediterraneo" in Spanish
We have had a few X Factor videos were Ruth sang a few lines in Spanish but here she is singing Mediterraneo completely in Spanish. It's also quite a Jazz style, but also unmistakably Spanish through and through. There's also "Sin Ti no soy nada".
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Highway to Hell
Hamilton Racecourse - 11th July 2009
Ruth Lorenzo's voice seems to suit rock classics very well and he she is covering AC/DC's Highway to Hell at Hamilton Racecourse. I'm sorry that the quality is slightly iffy - there are fewer options for this than for Run (see below) which was also shot by Diana Vickers fans. This is the best I can find. (When I tidy up 2009 at the end of the year, I'll delete this. The video of Ruth's performance at the Shadow Lounge (see above) is so much better.)
Ruth Lorenzo was also in Barnstaple a few days earlier on 5th July where she sang Knocking on Heaven's Door. I have linked rather than feature the video as the quality isn't great and in all honesty I prefer the X Factor version anyqay.
Ruth Lorenzo was also in Barnstaple a few days earlier on 5th July where she sang Knocking on Heaven's Door. I have linked rather than feature the video as the quality isn't great and in all honesty I prefer the X Factor version anyqay.
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Run - Duet with Diana Vickers
Hamilton Racecourse - 11th July 2009
Here is a video of Ruth Lorenzo dueting with Diana Vickers at Hamilton Racecourse in Glasgow on 11th July 2009. The girls sing a cover of Snow Patrol's Run as they are both working on albums of original material. (A few people caught this song but this video seems to be the best quality of those available.)
Ruth also performed Run solo at Play at Play Zone (quality pretty poor).
Ruth also performed Run solo at Play at Play Zone (quality pretty poor).
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Wherever Whenever
Play Zone - (AWFUL QUALITY)
I wouldn't have included this as the sound quality is so poor but as it's Ruth Lorenzo as sexy senorita it's something of a collector's piece and deserves a mention.
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Enough is Enough + Simply the Best
In the same performance at Play Zone she also sang Enough is Enough and Simply the Best The quality is slightly better but not enough so that it's worth featuring them. There are also tracks like Knocking on Heavens Door for which we already have great versions.
News
Ruth Lorenzo on GMTV
In August Ruth did a couple of TV interviews in August - both are in this video. She confirms that Purple Rain was the song for her which transformed her X Factor experience. The really, really great news is that she also confirms her album will be rock. So many of the ex X Factor crowd come out with bland pop albums and that wasn't what we wanted from Ruth Lorenzo. We wanted more like Purple Rain and we are going to get it, many (all?) written by Ruth herself.
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Ruth Lorenzo Decord Deal
Listen to Ruth Lorenzotalk about her £1m deal with EMI and her friendship with Simon Cowell in this interview.
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Ruth Lorenzo on Twitter
I found it hard to identiify the real Ruth Lorenzo Twitter feed as there are a few fakes, but here it is.
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- http://twitpic.com/rdxsz - Sophie and Errol, love in the rain!!!!
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- then maaybe is not emptiness what u feel, is thurst. Wat r u thurty off?
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- emptiness...u fild a glass with water and then it goes empty couse u drink it, and u drink it cos ur thirsty...
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- http://twitpic.com/rb8e8 - Still eating!!!
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- http://twitpic.com/rb7pb - Me stuffing my face after a show!!!!
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- well on my way to see ABI and give her the biggest hug ever....OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG hahahahahhaah x
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- Oritse Williams, I LOVE U. thanks for being so special and for never changing. many more years to come....and YES WE CAN !!! u had a vision.
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- well Lorenzo has a date tonite, so im very sorry to say that I have to go and get ready......hope yu all ahve a good nite!!x
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- MARCH !!!!!!!!!!
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- mmmmmmmmmmmm I have nothing to say !!! x
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- @ home playing my guitar and just singing along....I love days like this
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- you all ROCK MY WORLD !!!! and we have same stile of music...i really hope you will like the songs im doing in the album!!!
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- @MarlonMckenzie hey dude how r you !!!! i follow you but i dont know how to use this twitter thing too good and i cant send direct msg
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- before u turned me away.....and i am getting that fringe!!!
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- ok so u all know that song, wat about this one..wait a minute man u mispronounced my name, u didnt wait for all the information 1
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- @seinacruz to get great curly hair, loads of muse and dry with a diffuser and then not was for 8 days and do the same every day
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- wat song is this line from....I want you, exactly like I used to and baby this is only bringing me down....should i get a fringe?
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- amy is gone...but all the christmas lights are still on. Never got to meet you but I know u r in a much paceful place now. LOVE x
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- I know!!!! i cant spell sorry guys.... xxx
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- I've just taken the best bobble bath ever....and now getting ready to rock. i miss London. x
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Latest Ruth Lorenzo News
Ruth is performing round the country. The latest dates and news are shown below.
- Getting back on track
- ?Dannii (Minogue) didn't know what to do with me and spent much of her time mentoring Ruth Lorenzo, who was in the over-25s category with me. ...
- The X Factor... Want to win? Cultivate a lisp, sing in Spanish and pray Simon ...
- When Spanish siren Ruth Lorenzo sang Elton John's Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word in her mother tongue, Simon's face lit up. Make sure you look a bit of ...
- Dannii's angry digs at Simon
- She sniped: "So I hear Ruth Lorenzo's Purple Rain is removed by Prince, But Danyl's is still on YouTube!!!!" Will Dannii and Simon still be at each other's ...
- X Factor stage door stuck and blocked Stacey Solomon's choir
- Last year Daniel Evans and Ruth Lorenzo got trapped behind a set of doors and missed out on singing their new single, in October the doors jammed and Robbie ...
Ruth Lorenzo News on Twitter
This is the official news stream on Twitter for Ruth.
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- @StevieStar93 Thanks :-) Here's the list of all Ruth's gigs: http://bit.ly/RLGigs Not so many at the moment but we update when we find more.
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- Ruth Lorenzo, X Factor Live Show Week 8: The Elimination, Highlights + Final Performance of 'Always' http://bit.ly/76p4C7
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- @DylanDonnelly8 Prince is rather awkward about copyright and other artists covering his songs. Hopefully she's allowed to on a future album.
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- @DylanDonnelly8 Yeah, posting gigs and links to photos, videos, interviews, etc. Have a read back through our tweets :-)
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- @DylanDonnelly8 By the way, @RuthLorenzo1 is the real Ruth. We're just a "newsfeed", posting the latest updates and other stuff :-)
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- @DylanDonnelly8 Unfortunately Purple Rain won't be there as Prince won't allow it. Ruth has said the album will be all new, original songs.
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- Ruth Lorenzo, X Factor Live Show Week 8: 'I Love Rock n Roll' http://bit.ly/7iK7MN and 'Always' http://bit.ly/4EOW37
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- @DylanDonnelly8 Album is planned for release in March next year. Not sure about the first single but that's said to be in March too :-)
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- @maccalong Not that we know of at the moment. All gigs we find we post to the gig list, keep an eye out :-) http://bit.ly/RLGigs
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- @maccalong 'Candlelit Christmas Concert', St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey. Order tickets via this link - http://bit.ly/6ZJhvl :-)
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X Factor 2008
Silent Night at KIDS FOR KIDS
It's easy to thing that Ruth Lorenzo just has a rock voice. He she is singing at the London KIDS FOR KIDS concert on 10th December in London. It shows she has a very well-trained voice. Ruth said:
“ "I was singing to raise funds for The Ruth Lorenzo Blanket Appeal for Kids for Kids. Kids living in huts in the desert have nothing to sleep under, and its cold in the desert at night. I am asking everyone to donate a blanket for a child. Please help me help children - sing with me and together we can make a difference!" „
For more information about KIDS FOR KIDS, including how to donate, please visit their website.
“ "I was singing to raise funds for The Ruth Lorenzo Blanket Appeal for Kids for Kids. Kids living in huts in the desert have nothing to sleep under, and its cold in the desert at night. I am asking everyone to donate a blanket for a child. Please help me help children - sing with me and together we can make a difference!" „
For more information about KIDS FOR KIDS, including how to donate, please visit their website.
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Ruth Lorenzo on X-Factor 2008
(And Purple Rain - the video they don't want us to see)
I'll gradually prune this section of the lens to keep the overall size reasonable. But if you want to catch up on most of Ruth's X Factor performance's, you can keep up just with that on my special Ruth Lorenzo X Factor page. Her standout performance by a mile was Purple Rain but every version has been deleted from YouTube. It's a crying shame. The rumours are that it's because it's a Prince song - and certainly I'd say Ruth sang it better than Prince ever did.
It's elusive but at present there is a version of Purple Rain on line here. It's really is worth watching.
It's elusive but at present there is a version of Purple Rain on line here. It's really is worth watching.
Always
This was Ruth's farewell performance on X Factor and for me it really wasn't as good as some of her other performances but under the circumstances that is perhaps understandable.
Knocking on Heaven's Door
Another fantastic performance of a song picked by Ruth herself
Summertime
This was Ruth's version of Summertime from the third X-Factor live show, big band week.
Ruth Lorenzo - X Factor 2008 - Singing "Summertime "- Third live show - Big Band week
http://www.RuthLorenzo.TV Ruth Lorenzo from the XFactor 2008 singing Ella Fitzgerald "Summertime" during the third live show. Watch the Spanish singer's amazing performance during Big Band week. Ruth Lorenzo, la cantante española cantando "Summertime" durante el tercer Gala del Factor. Esta version esta subtitulada a partir del lunes http://www.RuthLorenzo.TV
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Other Stuff
Links to Ruth Lorenzo Material
There aren't many good sites out there. Most haven't been maintained since the end of the X Factor series; others describe themselves as official but probably aren't.
The best link is for the Official Forum where you can meet other Ruth Lorenzo fans and discuss whar's going on.
The only only other one I currently recommend is ruthlorenzo.tv. It's kept well up to date. to date.
The best link is for the Official Forum where you can meet other Ruth Lorenzo fans and discuss whar's going on.
The only only other one I currently recommend is ruthlorenzo.tv. It's kept well up to date. to date.
Over to you
What are your thoughts on Ruth Lorenzo? Do you think she should have won? Have you seen her perform? Anything else you would like to add about her?
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- Kate-Phizackerley Kate-Phizackerley Nov 10, 2009 @ 1:39 pm | in reply to Gail Grainger
- Please email me.via http://katephizackerley.wordpress.com/about-me/contact-me/
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- Gail Grainger Gail Grainger Nov 8, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
- I am trying to get a contact email address for her or her agent. Any ideas....
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- NanLT NanLT Nov 3, 2009 @ 7:28 am
- My husband and I were just talking about Ruth Lorenzo and Diane Vickers last weekend, wondering what had happened to them. So great to have all the updates.
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Nov 3, 2009 @ 7:19 am
- Hi, I never heard of her before. Thanks for introducing us. You've motivated me to try to find some mp3s or something where the ambient noise isn't so distracting so I can hear her properly. Thanks for this.
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- Ramkitten Ramkitten Nov 2, 2009 @ 6:44 pm
- When I read the title, I was actually thinking of the show X-Files (not that I ever watched that, either). Oops! I've never seen the X-Factor--does it air in the U.S.?--but, wow, she does have a great voice! I'm partial to the Summertime video. Love that song and really enjoyed her performance.
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There are other Ruth Lorenzo videos on the web but by policy I don't link to bootlegged live performances, especially when the sound quality is poor and doesn't do Ruth's voice justice. If - hopefully when - Ruth records material for legal download, I'll add links so that people can buy her music.
There are other Ruth Lorenzo videos on the web but by policy I don't link to bootlegged live performances, especially when the sound quality is poor and doesn't do Ruth's voice justice. If - hopefully when - Ruth records material for legal download, I'll add links so that people can buy her music.
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