History Music / SamanthaJade

* DreamTeam: Before ''My Name Is Samantha Jade'' was shelved, she was working with the likes of Wyclef Jean, Darkchild, Timbaland, Max Martin and [=StarGate=]. Now she's become an ''X Factor'' graduate, she's back to square one.

* BareYourMidriff: Did this often in the mid-2000s. There's quite a lot of it on show in the "Step Up" video.

* SpiritualSuccessor: "The new Music/KylieMinogue" has been mentioned, a couple of times, as well as Music/LeonaLewis. She could also be described as Creator/JessicaMauboy on steroids. Meanwhile, her new material has garnered comparisons to Music/KellyClarkson.

* AbsoluteCleavage: From cover art and publicity shots dating to 2007–09 during the promotion of her cancelled album. Of course, she is wearing [[OfCorsetsSexy a corset]]. The Absolute Cleavage and corset also make appearances in the "Secret" video.

* MelismaticVocals

* NiceHat: On the "Secret" cover art.

* MulticoloredHair: Had blond streaks at the time of her win on ''X Factor''.

Picture this: A young woman who fits all the criteria of being a popstar (good looks, great voice, stage presence, [[TheFashionista fashion blog darling]]) is being touted as the Next Big Thing. The magazines interview her about her upcoming album, the newspapers explain why she deserves to go international, and websites are starting to spread her name like wildfire. She's writing songs for the likes of Music/{{Jojo}} and Music/AshleyTisdale and even DavidGuetta is lining up to work with her. Basically, she's the music industry's new ''it'' girl.

This is the story of Samantha Jade.

But then that woman decides to audition for ''TheXFactor''. By the virtue of the Australian public and under the tutelage of Music/GuySebastian, she ends up winning the competition. She now has a number-one single and an album released in time for the Christmas shopping frenzy.

This is the story of '''Samantha Jade'''.

Suddenly, it all stops. Turns out the album is {{vaporware}}. Collaborations with other well-known artists are scrapped and no more promotion is invested into the artist. Not all that surprising, especially when your record label decides to invest more time into BritneySpears.

* SpiritualSuccessor: "The new Music/KylieMinogue" has been mentioned, a couple of times, as well as LeonaLewis. She could also be described as Creator/JessicaMauboy on steroids. Meanwhile, her new material has garnered comparisons to Music/KellyClarkson.

* "Sweet Talk" (2013)

This is the story of Samantha Jade.

* DevelopmentHell: She was working on an album as far back as ''2002''. To put that into perspective, not even ''Australian Idol'' existed back then.

* FanNickname: Virtually no one refers to Samantha Jade by her full name. It's always been "Sam", "S-Jade" or "Sammy" due to the unique Australian habit of shortening the names of media personalities.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In the mid-to-late 2000s her leaked songs were a popular commodity on filesharing sites and [=P2P=] services. Now she is a household name, these files will undoubtedly become more valuable in nature.

But then that woman decides to audition for ''XFactor''. By the virtue of the Australian public and under the tutelage of Music/GuySebastian, she ends up winning the competition. She now has a number-one single and an album released in time for the Christmas shopping frenzy.

* SillyLoveSongs: "What You've Done to Me", "Step Up", "Turn Aroud" and a song that was eventually given to Jojo called "Secret Love".

But then that woman decides to audition for ''XFactor''. By the virtue of the Australian public and under the tutelage of Music/GuySebastian, she ends up winning the competition. She now has a number-one single and an album that will definitely be released in time for the Christmas shopping frenzy.

** Her cover/performance of "Scream" by Usher is also a turning point in the competition.

** Her cover/performance of Scream by Usher is also a turning point in the competition.

* DreamTeam: Before ''My Name Is Samantha Jade'' was shelved, she was working with the likes of Darkchild, Timbaland, Max Martin and [=StarGate=]. Now she's become an ''X Factor'' graduate, she's back to square one.