Ex-Factor

The Mirror reports that the pop career of ‘X Factor’ winner Steve Brookstein has hit the skids before it got going. Runners-up G4 have seen their debut album go platinum in the first week, while Steve has all but disappeared off the radar. “I’ve written for other artists for so many years and I am struggling now I’m writing for myself,” Brookstein admitted. “I feel I have to write this masterpiece, but I’m not getting my head around it.”