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"Leona Lewis refused to sing a few lines during an interview with The Xtra Factor Arabia last night (May 24). Lewis performed on the main show but declined the opportunity to sing when asked by the spinoff&amp;#039;s host.  The presenter was wrapping up the interview when she said: &amp;quot;Thank you, Leona. You were glowing on stage tonight! We wanna hear something special before you leave the Xtra Factor studio tonight.&amp;quot; Lewis replied: &amp;quot;Oh, I didn&amp;#039;t know I was going to sing.&amp;quot; Host Rita Hayek continued, &amp;quot;Something very brief. Something special for the Xtra Factor contestants&amp;quot;, before being told by Lewis: &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t prepare anything.&amp;quot;    Hayek responded by asking Lewis if she remembered the first song she performed on the other versions of The X Factor - &amp;#039;Somewhere Over the Rainbow&amp;#039; - with Lewis repeating that she hadn&amp;#039;t prepared anything.  Hayek asked for a final time, saying: &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t have anything in mind to...&amp;quot; Lewis replied: &amp;quot;Eek! No!&amp;quot; and the interview ended shortly after. Fans of Lewis on the Digital Spy forums voiced their opinion on the exchange, with user spanish_bun writing: &amp;quot;Actually I think it was kind of rude... &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not like she has to sing a whole song, she could sing 3 or 4 verses and everyone would be happy... the interviewer didn&amp;#039;t know what to say, I feel bad for her...&amp;quot; Zack06 agreed, adding: &amp;quot;Even if she &amp;#039;didn&amp;#039;t prepare anything&amp;#039;, she could have sung just a few lines acapella... she&amp;#039;s a singer, that&amp;#039;s what singers are supposed to do, right?  &amp;quot;A bit awkward tbh, especially for the interviewer.&amp;quot; Watch the awkward exchange below (from 4:40):       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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