The 29-year-old has been performing extremely well on the BBC talent show and has gained remarkable scores week after week. 

However, some viewers have not been impressed with her emotional responses to the marks, and have accused the former X Factor star of "faking" her tears. 

Alexandra has since hit back at her critics, insisting: "Trust me, if I could lock my emotions in a box and throw it in the sea and never see it again I absolutely would. 

"It makes me very tearful saying that to you now. But I don't choose it. It just happens. I am who I am, I wear my heart on my sleeve.

"Sometimes my emotions come through and sometimes people don't like that. But when you get hateful comments it makes me feel guilty for showing emotion," she explained to The Sun.

This comes after Alexandra faced the dreaded dance-off in last week's Strictly Come Dancing. 

Alongside professional partner Gorka Marquez, the singer managed to save herself in a week that saw Susan Calman given the boot. 

Tonight, Alexandra will perform a Mary Poppins inspired Charleston to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 

Strictly Come Dancing continues tonight on BBC One at 7.05pm.