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Alexandra Burke Shares That She Was Encouraged to Bleach Her Skin

During a pivotal moment in the documentary, Pinnock sits down with Buchanan, Raye, Nao, and Burke, who discusses her experience following being on The X Factor. "I remember when my mum used to take me to certain management companies — I won't name them now, because they're still friends and it's all good and it's all love — but when I was 15, they told me and said, 'We've got one Black person, we can't have another,' and I got that a couple of times," Burke says. She also admits that she was told to bleach her skin and that she was "too dark to be in the industry".

Image Source: BBC Pictures