This week, Amanda gets the gossip on Christine and Frank, and does her best Mariah impression...

12/12/2009

This week, Amanda gets the gossip on Christine and Frank, and does her best Mariah impression

Tuesday, November 24

With a loved-up Christine Bleakley

I join my new BF Christine Bleakley on The One Show sofa and have such a laugh. Adrian Chiles and Christine are a great double act and are both cheesed off about recent reports that they've fallen out over Christine's relationship with footballer Frank Lampard.

You'll be pleased to know that Adrian and Christine are as close as ever. There's never been anything going on between them, no one is heartbroken, and they have the same banter and chemistry as always.

Later, my hubby Chris and I take Christine to dinner and, of course, I grill her about Frank. I don't want to betray our friendship, but I can say that they're taking things very slowly - they've found being under the spotlight at such an early stage of their relationship very daunting. However, judging by the width of the grin Christine is permanently sporting at the moment - even wider than normal - things are going well Watch this space!

Thursday, November 26

Amanda sings for Santa

Today, I follow in Mariah Carey's pampered footsteps by singing solo at a Christmas concert at London's Westfield shopping centre. She was the last person to perform here so I have to get into full diva mode (without the huge entourage, unfortunately!).

The place is packed and I'm terrified as I've only had an hour to rehearse. As I definitely don't have the lungs of Mariah I'm grateful the audience doesn't have any Britain's Got Talent-style buzzers, otherwise it might be a short concert!

But I hold it together - despite knowing that Simon Cowell's ex-girlfriend, Jackie St Claire, is filming my festive renditions on her mobile phone so Simon won't miss my performance!

Later in the evening Chris, Jackie, her husband Carl and I are joined by Christine again for dinner at Mr Chow in Knightsbridge. Sadly she's sans Frank because he's resting an injured thigh. Bless.

Simon then invites us all over to his for a nightcap so we rock up about midnight. Luckily, Jackie's recording of my singing doesn't work so I escape a critique from Simon. Phew!

Friday, November 27

All this talk of Susan Boyle cracking up is annoying me - I've been working hard lately and if the paparazzi were following me every second of the day, they'd probably get a picture of me with my head in my hands too!

Susan's audition was the feistiest, funniest, flirtiest moment of television. She has fought all her life and made it through everything and I think we should stop wrapping her up in cotton wool. We shouldn't underestimate her strength and determination to fulfil her dream.

She's enjoying what she's doing and if Simon thought for a moment she needed to be pulled out of the limelight, he would do just that.

Now that her album I Dreamed A Dream has done so amazingly well, she'll get to sit back and enjoy it.

Later, my agent calls to ask if I would like to open the Harrods winter sale on Boxing Day. What an honour! I do love a bargain and I'm sharpening my elbows already...

What do you think of Amanda's diary? Email her at Amanda@fabulousmag.co.uk

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amand aholden is the best singer i have ever seen/heard love u amanda xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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