AMANDA Holden will release her debut album later this year which features a duet with Sheridan Smith.
Her first single, called With You, was inspired by the loss of Amanda’s son Theo who was born sleeping in 2011 and is out tomorrow.
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Amanda sings alongside Sheridan on another track, I Know Him So Well, from Chess.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Amanda, 49, revealed she handed over her debut body of work to her Simon Cowell to get his opinion before the release.
She said: “I asked him to listen to the first few tracks I recorded because I knew he’d be very critical.
“I went to his house, hoping it would all be very low key but he had these brand new speakers so everyone could hear.
“I was cringing but then he was just so lovely about everything I was almost more embarrassed.
“But it was really kind of him and he did give me some good advice on the production.”
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