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"Alexandra Burke has revealed that she&amp;#039;ll be getting &amp;quot;hammered&amp;quot; at this year&amp;#039;s BRIT Awards. The singer explained that although she is unable to attend the actual event because she is touring, she intends to be at the after show parties. She told The Sun: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m gutted, I was so excited when I found out that I was nominated. &amp;quot;Then two days later, my management told me that I was going to be performing on tour that evening, so I don&amp;#039;t know if I&amp;#039;ll even be able to make five minutes of the show. &amp;quot;So I&amp;#039;ve decided there&amp;#039;s only one thing for it - trouble, because trouble&amp;#039;s my middle name. I got completely hammered last year and am planning on doing the same again this time. I&amp;#039;ll get there even if I have to run all the way. I&amp;#039;m not waiting a whole other year to be part of it.&amp;quot; The 22-year-old has been nominated for &amp;#039;Best British Single&amp;#039; with her track &amp;#039;All Night Long.&amp;#039; The shortlist includes Tinie Tempah, Florence &amp;amp; The Machine and Plan B. Burke said of her nomination: &amp;quot;I never get into that phase where I think that I have to win, because at the end of the day you just don&amp;#039;t know what&amp;#039;s going to happen. It&amp;#039;s a public vote and I&amp;#039;m up against fantastic artists and it is what it is - even if you lose you clap for who has won it.&amp;quot; This is the third year in a row that she has been nominated in this category, but Burke has insisted that she is still just as excited to be voted for. She added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s always a huge deal and a blessing. I&amp;#039;m a girl and I&amp;#039;m British, so what more could you want as an artist?&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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