A tougher album with lots of different layers, Dixon worked with a variety of musicians on the album, including a larger number of American producers such as Jim Beanz, Busbee, Toby Gad, Rodney Jerkins and The Stereotypes, as well as British DJ Naughty Boy and frequent collaborators such as the Danish duo Soulshock & Karlin.

[3] The Entertainer received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics many of whom praised the strong, radio-friendly productions but felt that it lacked unique characteristics.

[4] In the following weeks, Dixon secured recording sessions with American producers Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins,[5] and Jim Beanz.

Matthew Chisling from AllMusic rated it 4 stars out of 5 and wrote positively that: "Every line to every song on The Entertainer is brassy, reflecting a more confident and sexy pop star" and "Few artists in 2010 are able to blend hip-hop, rap, dance, and pop in one 12-pack of song"; Chisling further say that: "It's hard to tell so early in Alesha's solo career whether she'll be more of a household name over the next few years, but a follow-up release this promising from a solo pop-hop female vocalist, as Alesha puts it herself, has not been found since Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad.

Music wrote that Dixon "displays an ability to effortlessly fuse mainstream pop with bombastic R&B and dance beats" and noticed that The Entertainer "triumphs as an album surging with mischievous attitude rather than surly aggression".

[15] Johnny Dee of Virgin Media noticed that "it's the full on pop tracks that work best: "Radio", "Colour" and "Cool With Me" are all huge sing-along anthems, while guest raps from Roll Deep and Wiley [...] give the album a little grimy edge".

[16] Simon Gage from Daily Express wrote that Dixon is "still turning out credible pop/dance tracks" and felt that the album "can hold its head up among the Rihannas of this world if not the Lady Gagas".

[12] Michael Ashton of musicOMH described The Entertainer as "an album of diverse dance floor tracks that emulates some of pop and R&B's recent omnipresent female chart toppers such as Rihanna, Cheryl Cole and Lady Gaga" and praised the songs "Radio" and "Every Part of Me", but ultimately felt that it "fails to satisfy as a coherent album".

[19] "Drummer Boy" which was officially released 23 August 2010, was written by Shama Joseph, Nate Walka, Deodrick Jackson, James Riles.

[20] The single was accompanied by a music video which was directed by Norwegian director Ray Kay, with the shoot taking place in Los Angeles.