Katie Melua Wants Bosses Of X Factor To Donate Single Profits To Charity

It has been reported that Singer Katie Melua has been pleading with bosses of TV show The X Factor to donate profits from their Christmas single to charity.

Katie has blasted X Factor for annually saturating the Christmas singles market with rush-released songs from the series winners.

Katie who has recorded a duet of What a Wonderful World with late jazz singer Eva Cassidy to raise money for the British Red Cross charity this Yuletide (07) said that she believes X Factor bigwigs can redeem themselves by donating all sales proceeds to a worthy cause.

Katie said that “In recent years the whole Christmas number one thing hasn’t been focused on the Christmas spirit. I’m not saying What a Wonderful World is a Christmas song, it obviously isn’t, but what it’s raising money for and awareness for is very much in the Christmas spirit. Maybe this will encourage The X Factor to donate all their money to charity. I think they should. To me Christmas is about families and giving. It should not just be about giving each other the latest iPods and Nintendo games. The reason why the Christmas number one is such a big deal is because that’s the song people buy to give each other presents. So if all that money was to go to charity that would be great”.

Proceeds from Katie’s single will be spent on projects in Britain, including emergency aid after fire and floods.

What do you think should profits go to charity?

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