Parks won the �1m TV prize in October

Parks, 19, told the Daily Mirror she had become fed up with the showbiz lifestyle that was part of her prize.

"To be honest I feel stigmatised by Fame Academy," she said. "Being associated with it is a hurdle and not a help. I am working to get rid of it."

A BBC spokesman said she was "entitled to her own opinion". Her first album, Introduction, was released on Monday.

Parks, from Truro, Cornwall, won the second series of the BBC's talent search in October, beating Alistair Griffin in the final.

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Her prize was a �1m recording contract and luxury lifestyle, including a London flat.

In comments published in the Mirror's 3am pages on Tuesday, Parks appeared to distance herself from the show.

"The BBC did not put me where I am," she said. "They helped but they did not ultimately put me where I am and they do not have ownership of me."

She added: "I don't give a toss about the flat, car or champagne, which is still in the fridge. I hate the stuff."

A spokeswoman for Parks' management company, Safe, said her comments had been taken out of context.

"She has said she found the transition difficult, but this is not a true representation of what she said," the spokeswoman said.

A spokeswoman at Parks' record company, Polydor, also said the comment was out of context. "She also said she had been grateful for Fame Academy."