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Fame Academy winner Alex Parks has accused the BBC of trying to "own" her.

The 19-year-old from Cornwall admits she wouldn't be where she is were it not for the BBC.

She said the BBC helped, but adds: "They did not ultimately put me where I am and they do not have the ownership of me they seem to assume."

She said they wanted to make a documentary about her, featuring her in her London flat and driving her BMW car - both of which came with winning Fame Academy.

She said: "They want me to say 'Oh, I am so thankful for everything you have given me, where you have put me, ra, ra, ra.' But they need to understand that I am not inside the four walls of the academy now.

"All I wanted from Fame Academy was a launch into the music industry. I couldn't give a toss about the flat and the car. Or the champagne, which is still in the fridge. I hate the stuff."

Parks said the luxury flat is her only privacy and she doesn't care that people want to see inside it, she told the Daily Telegraph.

She said she was 14 when she told her mother she was confused about her sexuality. Two years later she lost her heterosexual virginity. But she said she went through a lot of personal turmoil before she was sure she was gay. "I always had boyfriends. I would check. Go back. Think maybe he's the one. Maybe mum would like this one. Or whatever," said Parks.

Last year she found her girlfriend of two years in bed with another woman, who happened to be one of the singer's best friends. Shortly after the break-up, her father sent off a video to Fame Academy and she went to London for an audition.

"I wouldn't have done it if I was still in that relationship. There is no way that I would ever have dreamt of going off and leaving my true love. So something good did come out of it, after all," she said.