Stacey Solomon

Stacey Solomon
Solomon performing in March 2010
Background information
Birth name Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon
Born (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989
Dagenham, London, England
Genres Pop, R&B
Occupation(s) Singer, TV personality
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2009–present
Labels Conehead UK

Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is a British singer, TV presenter and personality. She rose to fame on the sixth series of The X Factor, coming third overall on the show. She gained a number one single on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart when she and her fellow The X Factor finalists released a cover of "You Are Not Alone".

Solomon won the tenth series of reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and was named "Queen of the Jungle".[1] Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released on 19 December 2011.[2][3] Solomon released her debut album Shy on 18 April 2015, followed by the single "Shy".

Although Solomon was made famous by becoming a singer, she is now also a popular TV personality and presenter. In September 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on Loose Women and in November of the same year she began presenting I'm a Celebrity ITV2 spin-off show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!: Extra Camp, alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Chris Ramsey, but did not return for the following series.

Life and career

Early life and career beginnings

Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon[4][5] was born in Dagenham, London on 4 October 1989,[6] the daughter of nurse Fiona (née Nash) and photographer David Solomon.[7] Her father is of Iraqi Jewish and Polish descent who emigrated to England. Her mother was the daughter of a vicar and was born into a Church of England family; she had converted to Judaism before marrying Solomon's father.[7][8] Solomon's parents divorced when she was nine.[7] She attended King Solomon High School.

2009–10: The X Factor

In 2009, Solomon auditioned for the sixth series of The X Factor, performing "What a Wonderful World". Solomon was among the top 12 contestants and advanced to the live shows and was mentored by Dannii Minogue. During the first week of the live shows she performed Coldplay's "The Scientist", which gained positive reviews from the judges. During week two, she performed "At Last", receiving the most public votes. She sang "When You Wish Upon a Star" during the third week. On the fourth week, all contestants had to sing rock songs; Minogue selected "Somewhere Only We Know", and Solomon's performance resulted in positive reviews. On the fifth week, she sang "Son of a Preacher Man". The sixth week into the competition, Solomon sang Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever". During the sixth week, she also released a cover of Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone", which topped the charts on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart[9] On the seventh week, she performed "I Can't Make You Love Me" and again received positive reviews from the judges and the audience. In the eighth week of the competition Solomon performed "Rule the World" by Take That and "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John. In the semi-final she performed another Michael Jackson song, "The Way You Make Me Feel", and the song "Somewhere" for which she received a standing ovation again by the judges. During the final week, Solomon performed a duet "Feeling Good" with Michael Bublé. She also performed "What a Wonderful World" and "Who Wants to Live Forever". Solomon was awarded third place in the competition, behind Joe McElderry and Olly Murs.[10]

2011–16: Shy

In June 2011, Solomon began working on her debut album, due to be released in 2012. Her first single from the album was originally to be released in February, but was delayed. On 5 November 2011, Solomon performed to thousands as the headline act at Paisley's Christmas Lights Switch on event.[11] In September 2011, it was reported that Solomon was in a bidding war between record labels. However, she stated that she will have complete control. She was also asked to join The Only Way Is Essex, but turned it down.[12][13]

On 18 December 2011, Solomon released a cover of Chris Rea's "Driving Home for Christmas" as her Christmas single. The single was used for the Iceland Christmas commercial and reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] In June 2012, she said she recorded a number of singles with an album planned in September 2012,[14] but later moved that release date to February 2013, and then to November 2013.

On 29 November 2013, Solomon was announced as the headline artist to lead a choir of over 110,000 primary school children. She joined the Young Voices tour, which took place from 14 January to 5 February 2014 in Birmingham, Sheffield, London and Manchester.[15] The singer performed tracks from her forthcoming debut album on the tour, scheduled for release in 2014. Her debut album Shy was released in April 2015 along with the title track "Shy". In 2016, she released her second single from the album, "My Big Mistake".[16]

The X Factor - Return

Solomon returned to the fourteenth series of The X Factor UK on Saturday 2 December 2017 and Sunday 3 December 2017, where she co-presented alongside George Shelley where she interviewed the fourteenth series finalists parents, families, relatives and friends at the live finals from ExCeL London on things such as how they feel about their finalist who is competing in the competition and wishing their finalist who is competing 'good luck'. The interview is to give the audience a sense of what kind of support the finalists have behind them. Solomon and Shelley were co-presenters for this purpose of interviewing only, the main presenter is Dermot O'Leary

Solomon took part in the tenth series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. She beat Shaun Ryder in the final and was crowned "Queen of the Jungle".[17][18] She gained 80.07% of the public votes.[19]

In 2011, she became the face of supermarket Iceland, taking over from Coleen Nolan.[20] Solomon performed a duet with Ryder at the 16th National Television Awards – "Feeling Good" and "Step On" by Happy Mondays.[21] In October 2010, she won the Living TV show Party Wars.[22]

In April 2011, Solomon and Keith Lemon presented Sing If You Can.

From 11 March 2012, Solomon and Chris Moyles presented Sky Living's dating show The Love Machine. In Spring 2012, Solomon starred in an episode of Mad Mad World on ITV with Eamonn Holmes and Stephen K. Amos.[23]

From 5 September 2012, Solomon was part of the judging panel for ITV2's Top Dog Model.[24]

In 2014, Solomon sang the theme song to the children's animated series Pip Ahoy! which was broadcast on Channel 5 on their children's slot Milkshake!. She not only sang the theme for the show but also voices a pink flamingo named Fuchsia.

In 2016, Solomon appeared several times as a guest panellist on ITV daytime show Loose Women. It was later announced that she would become a regular panellist alongside Lisa Riley after Vicky Pattison and Jamelia left the show.

On 22 September 2016, it was announced that Solomon would take over from Laura Whitmore and become co-host of newly named I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! spin-off I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Extra Camp alongside Vicky Pattison, Joe Swash and Chris Ramsey. She didn't return for the following series.

On 25 June 2017, Solomon appeared as a guest on ITV2's Love Island After Sun; a chat show companion show to Love Island. She also took part in a celebrity edition of The Crystal Maze on Channel 4. In January 2018, she participated in And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[25]
Shy 45

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[25]		 SCO
[26]
2011 "Driving Home for Christmas"[2][3] 2741 N/A
2015 "Shy"[27] —— Shy
2016 "My Big Mistake" ——
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[25]		 IRE
[28]		 SCO
[26]
2009 "You Are Not Alone"
(as part of The X Factor finalists)[9]		 111 N/A

Filmography

Television

Year Programme Channel Role
2009 The X Factor ITV Competitor
2010 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! ITV Winner series 10
2011 Sing If You Can ITV Presenter
2012- 2013 The Love Machine Sky Living Presenter
2012 Mad Mad World ITV Guest star
2012 Top Dog Model ITV2 Judge
2016 I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp ITV Presenter
2016– Loose Women ITV Panelist
2018 The Crystal Maze Channel 4 Competitor
2018 And They're Off! BBC One Competitor

References

  1. ↑ "Stacey Solomon crowned Queen of the Jungle" 4 December 2010, The Telegraph
  2. 1 2 3 "Stacey Solomon to release Iceland track as single" 26 November 2011, Digital Spy
  3. 1 2 "Stacey Solomon in Xmas No1 race" 26 November 2011, The Sun
  4. ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
  5. ↑ Cast: Stacey Solomon Presenter On The Love Machine – Sky Living HD. Sky UK. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Biography at Heatworld.com
  7. 1 2 3 Peppa Pig Is Jungle Queen Stacey Solomon's Biggest Rival – Coventry Telegraph – Pass the Remote. Blogs.coventrytelegraph.net (22 July 2015). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Stacey Solomon: XFactor Finalist and Im a Celebrity Star – Celebrity interviews – Essex Life". Essex.greatbritishlife.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 "X-Factor Finalists 2009 – You Are Not Alone". Acharts.us. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  10. ↑ Elgot, Jessica (12 December 2009). "Stacey Solomon out of X Factor". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "Stacey Solomon to switch on Paisley's festive lights". Metro Lyrics. 13 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "Stacey Solomon promises 'control' over her debut album as she signs record deal". Metro. UK. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "Stacey Solomon signs record deal: "I'll have complete control over my debut album"". Digital Spy. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  14. ↑ STACEY SOLOMON: "I can't wait for my debut album!", Exclusive TV, 27 June 2012, retrieved 27 June 2012
  15. ↑ "Young Voices Concert dates 2014". youngvoices.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012.
  16. ↑ "Stacey Solomon returns to singing with Young Voices choir". Digital Spy. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "4 December 2010, "I'm A Celebrity: Stacey Solomon crowned 'queen of jungle'". BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Stacey Solomon beats Shaun Ryder in I'm A Celeb final". Now Magazine. 4 December 2010.
  19. ↑ Solomon receives over 80% of the public votes on I'm a Celebrity
  20. ↑ Wilkes, Neil (4 July 2011). "Solomon wins in award". Dudley News. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  21. ↑ "In case you missed it, here's Stacey Solomon and Sean Ryder's NTA performance". Heat World. 27 January 2011.
  22. ↑ "LIVING commissions a war on parties". Living TV. 18 August 2010.
  23. ↑ "Mad Mad World | Series 1 – Episode 6". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  24. ↑ Tighe, Sophie (28 August 2012). "Stacey Solomon helps find Britain's coolest canine in 'Top Dog Model'". Reveal. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  25. 1 2 3 "Stacey Solomon". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
  26. 1 2 Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
    • For "You Are Not Alone": "Chart Archive > 22 November 2009 – 28 November 2009". Official Charts Company.
    • For "Driving Home for Christmas": "Chart Archive > 25 December 2011 – 31 December 2011". Official Charts Company.
  27. ↑ Copsey, Rob. (6 March 2015) Stacey Solomon debuts Shy music video. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  28. ↑ Peak positions in Ireland:
    • For "You Are Not Alone": "Chart Archive > 19 November 2009". Irish Recorded Music Association.
Preceded by
Gino D'Acampo		 I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Winner
2010		 Succeeded by
Dougie Poynter
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