Yvie Burnett
Yvie Burnett is the main vocal coach on ITV's successful TV talent show, The X Factor. She was born on 8 August 1965 in Aberdeen, Scotland. She has also been the vocal coach on the first two series of Britain's Got Talent.
She joined The X Factor in Series 2 as Louis Walsh's vocal coach and coached Shayne Ward to success as the series winner. In 2005, as well as working with Louis with groups, Yvie also coached Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne's acts.[1] She subsequently coached Leona Lewis in 2006,[2] Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts in 2007, and Britain's Got Talent contestants Faryl Smith and Andrew Johnston in 2008.[3]
Yvie specialises in the Estill Vocal Technique and has also worked with Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol and Danny McNamara from Embrace and Murph from The Wombats.[4]
She is credited by Paul Potts in his tour programme as being his "Vocal Mentor", having continued to work with him on his 2008 World Tour.
She also continues to work with Leona Lewis, Shayne Ward and 2007 X Factor winner, Leon Jackson.
Yvie worked on the BBC series Last Choir Standing and was vocal consultant on ITV's new game show, Who Dares Sings.
Yvie is currently working with producer Walter Afanasieff on Paul Potts' Christmas album and producer Nigel Wright on the debut album by Anglo-Scottish Choirboy Andrew Johnston.
Yvie is also an operatic mezzosoprano who has sung as a soloist with the Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne, Opera North, De Nederlandse Opera and Opera De Nantes.[5]
More recently Yvie has been the "Vocal Consultant" on the BBC's soon to be broadcast, Your Country Needs You[1].
Yvie has recently been working with electro artist, La Roux, on the debut album by Eoghan Quigg and the new album by opera singer, Paul Potts.
References
At the beginning of 2009, Yvie was asked by Andrew Lloyd-Webber to work with him on the BBC TV show, "Your Country Needs You", to select an artist to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.
Andrew was so impressed with Yvie's work with the singers on the show, that he asked her to work with the singers in Love Never Dies, his follow-up to Phantom Of The Opera.
In May 2009, Yvie worked with Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent and in July helped coach the Scottish singer through the recording of "Cry Me A River" with producer, Steve Mac. She then prepared Susan for her album recording with intensive coaching.
Yvie then went to Los Angeles for the Summer to work on the fourth series of America's Got Talent, and when it came to the show's Finale, she not only had to coach the singing contestants in the show but two of her pupils, Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle were also premiering their new songs on the show.