A Moment Like This is the first single released by X Factor winner Leona Lewis, and the song she sang at the show’s finale.

If you’re a follower of Unreality TV (and I hope you are!), you’ll know we were rooting for Leona to win this year’s X Factor. We’re both very pleased to see Leona’s first single release, a cover of a Kelly Clarkson song (which she also sung at the American Idol final).

A Moment Like This is totally suited to Leona’s strengths as a singer of powerful ballads (should that be power ballads?). It’s accompanied by a video that highlights Leona’s X Factor journey, culminating in the emotional live final performance. Unfortunately, right at the end as the song dies out, they throw up an unglamorous shot of Leona blubbing into the camera – not her finest moment!

All in all, though its a great song and should set the tone for the material that Leona records in the future. Funny, but power ballads like this mean so much more when there’s a story behind them, don’t they?

By the way, if you haven’t compared the Kelly Clarkson and Leona Lewis versions, click here!