X Factor and The Voice favourite Elesha Paul Moses is coming to Edinburgh in hit Tina Turner tribute show

Now, after appearances on The X Factor and after performing as the late, great Whitney Houston in Whitney: Queen Of The Night, Moses is taking her singing career to a new level by starring in the Tina Turner tribute show, What’s Love Got To Do With It?, which comes to the Capital later this year.

The 39-year-old appeared on The X Factor in 2010, alongside One Direction winner Matt Cardle and in the same category as the big-haired, bongo playing wild card contestant Wagner. She then reached the battle rounds, twice, on The Voice, with will.i.am in a duo in 2013 and Tom Jones as a solo act a year later.

Now she is paying homage to one of the most iconic musical artists of the 20th Century, rock and soul legend like Tina Turner at the Usher Hall in April.

"It has been incredible," she says. "Heading into the start of the show, I’d been pretty full on with Whitney so didn’t have too much time to think about it. Then it was full on into touring mode for What’s Love Got To Do With It? There has been so much love for the show from audiences and on social media - it’s been amazing. I’ve been working hard on the vocals, and the band, backing singers and costumes are fantastic."

Performing as the two great singers has been "a big learning curve" she admits, explaining, "Doing Whitney as well as Tina, you need a huge amount of stamina - vocally, physically and mentally, but in such different ways for each performance. Tina is much more the physical challenge, Whitney is the vocal challenge. But working hard to be at my best in both areas pays off on both shows."

She continues, "Tina’s not got a growl as such. People think it’s shouting but it’s not, it’s a very particular tone that she has, and she’s so free with her performance. Then when I’m on stage as Whitney it’s almost the opposite. You’re so exposed and there’s nowhere to hide as it’s a much slower, more mellow pace of show. I love that very strong contrast between the two."

Everyone has their favourite Tina Turner classic but for Moses there is one song that stands out, "Proud Mary is obviously so much fun, but I also love Typical Male and I Can’t Stand The Rain. But for my absolute favourite… I’ll go Proud Mary. It always used to be Simply The Best which people really loved and went mad for, but these days it’s definitely Proud Mary."

The secret of Turner's ongoing popularity is simple she says, "She is just such a great all-rounder, and she appeals to men as well as women. She’s a great rock and roll artist. Her songs have never gone away. Even youngsters now, they know tracks like Proud Mary. You do those songs and they’re all over it. Tina’s had difficult times too over the years, but she came through it. I think people like that side of her story too, as well as the brilliant music."

Moses, who first realised she could sing properly at 13 taught herself by mimicking others artistes. She had started writing with a record company aged just 17 before TV reality talent shows beckoned.

"I never used to do tributes, I was striving to do my own stuff and put out my own music. Things happened in my life, and I was in between things not really knowing what to do. I didn’t know how to get into the tribute business, but at the same time I felt that by doing that I would miss doing my own thing too.

"But I’d done my album and did lots of trying to make it before doing the TV shows. I’d tried the traditional, old fashioned methods to get signed. It was just never meant to be. So, I decided it was time to take it away from being me and into being someone else."

Doing both The X Factor and The Voice gave her a boost, she claims, even though she wasn’t successful.

"I’m so grateful and glad to have moved on to what I’m doing now," she says. "I’m 99.9per cent, no, make that 100 per cent sure I wouldn’t be tempted to do it again.

What's Love Got To Do With It? tours to the Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Saturday 28 February, 7.30pm, £28-£31.50, www.usherhall.co.uk/whats-on/whats-love-got-do-it-tribute-tina-turner