Alyssa Monroe

Alyssa Monroe (Real name Alyson Morgan White) is an 18 year old alternative artist, who is now signed to Blacklight Records. The singer was born in 1994 in Brixton, London.

Personal Life/ Story
Alyssa has spoken out about her personal story on her youtube channel, under the name of 'AlyssaMorgan5'. She states she was born in Brixton in 1994 to her parents, Alexander Morgan and Jodie White. Her father, Alexander was briefly sent to prison for shop lifting and after release, he ran away from Alyssa and her mother, Jodie. The two were left in their small council flat. Having her father run away had a big effect on Alyssa, as she was diagnosed with depression. This affected her school work and social life as she became paranoid and depressed. When Alyssa was 15, her mother told Alyssa she was going to see relatives up in the north of England, she also, ran away and left Alyssa.

Alyssa lived by herself for a year before going to social services after she could not keep up with the rent. She moved out of the flat into a small bedsit, where she lived under the eye of a homeless teenagers charity. Alyssa dropped out of school at 16 and started to make money busking and playing small sets at local bars. When Alyssa was 17, her mother returned stating she had found her father and he had attacked and threatened her. Alyssa and Jodie moved in together and worked things out. Alyssa enrolled at a local college and studied Music Technology and Digital Media Production. After gaining her qualifications, she moved out and lived by herself in Brixton, but away from her mother and with a close friend she had made at college. Her friend helped Alyssa get her career started and helped her produce her youtube channel, which has become extremely popular over the months due to her outstanding talent and astonishing story. So far, she has 30,000 subscribers and over 50 videos including covers, originals and daily video blogs.

The Uraps Factor
Alyssa auditioned for the show this year and got through to the live shows after being placed in Brett Clarkson's category.


 * Week 01 - 'Don't Look Back In Anger' - Oasis
 * Week 02 - 'R.I.P' - Rita Ora
 * Week 03 - 'Anonymous' - Pandora -- (BOTTOM TWO)
 * Week 04 - 'You Know I'm No Good' - Amy Winehouse
 * Week 05 - 'You Need Me' - Ed Sheeran
 * Week 06 - 'Skyfall' (Dubstep Remix) - Adele
 * Week 07 - 'My Heart Is Refusing Me' - Loreen
 * Week 08 - 'Under The Sheets' - Ellie Goulding (BOTTOM TWO)

After eight weeks in the competition, Alyssa left the competition after going to Deadlock.

Post Uraps Factor & Hot New Trash Era
After leaving on Week 08 of The Uraps Factor, Alyssa was given many offers from various record labels, both large and small. In the end, Alyssa took an offer from Blacklight Records. She set out to release her first single, These Streets which would be taken from her first album Hot New Trash which was summarized as a mixture of soul, dark pop and alternative by the singer. Alyssa worked with producers such as Iian Archer, Liam Howe, Pascal Gabriel and Biffco.