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Alexandra Burke, Nick Frost and Harry Potter star Warwick Davis join Jonathan Ross for this week's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One.

Alexandra Burke says she nearly gave up on stardom after being rejected by X Factor judge Louis Walsh: "I was really upset, I wanted to give up music.

"I had no interest in going back – my mum forced me."

But she gained confidence as the talent contest went on. "When you get to the final you're fighting more. I didn't think I was going to win."

On her relationship with Simon Cowell she says: "He lets me make my own decisions... He said don't have tattoos [so] I did, three times."

And on Cheryl Cole, Alexandra says: "We have a great relationship, she's really supportive."

Hot Fuzz star Nick Frost says he proposed twice to his wife and was rejected both times. Then she asked him: "I said I want to be wooed [so] she got down on one knee!"

On their wedding cake they had figures of a bride – and a gorilla. And Nick says he grew a moustache "because it upset my wife!"

Warwick Davis, Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter films, says he wants to have his own chat show: "I'd call it Small Talk!"

And he reveals that the new Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant sitcom Life's Too Short is based on his life and that they'll all play themselves:
"We look ridiculous walking down the street together – like the evolution of man!"

A Hotsauce TV production.

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, 10.35pm, Friday 14 May 2010, ´óÏó´«Ã½ One.

Notes to Editors

These quotes are taken verbatim from a studio recording and may not necessarily reflect the content of the final transmitted version of the programme.

JP