She was 17.
The same age as Leona, 25.
Not yet, she is 23.
She auditioned when she was 21.
her cousin, Billie, died at the age of 14 (a year before Leona went to x factor) she had leukiamia
she wrote the swannee river at 12
To go on your own you must be 14 years old, otherwise you will need to be accompanied by an adult.
Professionally in 2006 but she performed from a young age. Especially since she attended drama/music orientated schools.
you can leave school at 16
She has been singing for the majority of her life and was enrolled in performing arts schools from a very young age. She wrote her first song at the age of 12.
Leona Lewis was born in the London Borough of Islington, to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis, a youth worker from Guyana of Black African descent and Maria Lewis, a British social worker of Welsh descent. From the age of five, she enrolled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, then the Italia Conti Academy and finally the BRIT School. It was here that she learned to play instruments such as the guitar and piano and began to write her own songs for the hope of becoming a singer-songwriter.
16
16