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Stacey Solomon

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Stacey Solomon
Stacey Solomon (Live X Factor 2010) 3.png
Solomon performing in March 2010
Born (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 (age 32)
Dagenham, England
Occupation
  • Singer
  • television personality
Years active2009–present
Partner(s)Joe Swash
(2015–present; engaged)
Children4
Musical career
GenresPop
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsConehead UK

Stacey Chanelle Clare Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and television personality.

Solomon finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, and won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2010. Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released in 2011. She released her debut studio album, Shy, in 2015. In 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women and presented I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.

Early life

Stacey Chanelle Clare Solomon was born in Dagenham on 4 October 1989, the daughter of Fiona and David Solomon.[1] Her mother was born into an Anglican family and was the daughter of a vicar, but converted to Judaism before marrying Solomon's father, who is of Iraqi-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent.[2][3] Her parents divorced when she was nine.[2] She has said of her Jewish background, "Growing up, the influence Judaism had on me was an overwhelming understanding to love those around you, care for others as if they are part of your family and strive to be the best individual you can be."[1] She attended a Christian primary school, where she said she "felt included and no different to [her] peers", but later studied at the Jewish Kantor King Solomon High School in Barkingside.[1]

Career

Music

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[4] 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 quarter-final, 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.[citation needed] 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.[5]

Solomon went on tour with her fellow X Factor finalists. In December 2010, she returned to the show, where she presented the show from Essex for winner, Matt Cardle.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10] 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".[11]

Solomon returned to the fourteenth series of The X Factor UK on Saturday 2 December 2017 and Sunday 3 December 2017, co-presenting alongside George Shelley. 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 and wishing their finalist good luck. The interview is to give the audience a sense of support the finalists have behind them. Solomon and Shelley were co-presenters for this purpose of interviewing only, the main presenter being Dermot O'Leary. She returned in the same position the following year.

Solomon has had fashion collaborations with Irish fast fashion brand Primark, including a children’s range which she marketed with her own children. She paired up with Amazon in 2020.

Television

Solomon took part in the tenth series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![2] She beat Shaun Ryder in the final and was crowned "Queen of the Jungle".[12][13][14][15]

In 2011, she became the face of supermarket Iceland, taking over from Coleen Nolan.[16]

Solomon performed a duet with Ryder at the 16th National Television Awards – "Feeling Good" and "Step On" by Happy Mondays.[17]

In October 2010, she won the Living TV show Party Wars.[18] In April 2011, Solomon and Keith Lemon presented Sing If You Can. On 5 September 2011, Solomon appeared in the Sooty episode "The Wedding" as Miss Solomon the Vicar.

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.[19] From 5 September 2012, Solomon was part of the judging panel for ITV2's Top Dog Model.[20]

In May 2014, Solomon recorded the theme tune for Channel 5's children's show Pip Ahoy!. She also has a recurring role in the show, voicing Fuchsia the Flamingo.[21]

From February 2015, Solomon took part in the second series of The Jump and was eliminated on 4 February.[22]

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

On 22 September 2016, it was announced 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 a celebrity special of The Chase aired on 30 October 2016, Solomon won £60,000 in her individual chase, opposing Anne Hegerty (The Governess).[citation needed]

On 25 June 2017, Solomon appeared as a guest on ITV2's Love Island: Aftersun, a chat-show companion 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. Stacey also launched a clothing range with Primark on 11 October 2018.[23]

In February 2019 on an episode of Loose Women, Solomon announced she would become a regular panellist for ITV2’s Celebrity Juice, hosted by Keith Lemon.[24]

On 10 March 2021, Solomon announced on Instagram the BBC had commissioned home-decluttering series Sort Your Life Out, with her presenting.[25]

Personal life

Solomon had her first child in 2008 at age 18, with her then-boyfriend Dean Cox.[26] Her second son, born in 2012, was fathered by her ex-fiancé Aaron Barnham.[citation needed]

Solomon began dating television personality Joe Swash in 2015, having met during the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2010.[citation needed] They have one son together, born in May 2019. She announced her engagement to Swash on her Instagram page on 24 December 2020.[27] She is also the stepmother of Swash's son from a previous relationship.[26] On 4 October 2021, her 32nd birthday, she announced that she had given birth to a daughter that same day.[28]

Solomon has been open about dealing with anxiety.[29][30]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[31]
Shy
  • Released: 18 April 2015
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Conehead Records
 45

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[31] 		SCO
[32]
2011 "Driving Home for Christmas"[9] 27 41 N/A
2015 "Shy"[33] — — Shy
2016 "My Big Mistake" — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[31] 		IRE
[34] 		SCO
[32]
2009 "You Are Not Alone"
(as part of The X Factor finalists)[4] 		1 1 1 N/A

References

  1. ^ a b c "Facts You Didn't Know About Stacey Solomon: First Job, Ex-Boyfriends and Family Life". Heart. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Peppa Pig Is Jungle Queen Stacey Solomon's Biggest Rival – Coventry Telegraph – Pass the Remote. Blogs.coventrytelegraph.net (22 July 2015). Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
  3. ^ Interview with Stacey Solomon: XFactor Finalist and Im a Celebrity Star – Celebrity interviews – Essex Life. Essex.greatbritishlife.co.uk. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b "X-Factor Finalists 2009 – You Are Not Alone". Acharts.us. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  5. ^ Elgot, Jessica (12 December 2009). "Stacey Solomon out of X Factor". The Jewish Chronicle Online. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  6. ^ Digital Spy
  7. ^ "Stacey Solomon to switch on Paisley's festive lights". MetroLyrics. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Stacey Solomon signs record deal: "I'll have complete control over my debut album"". Digital Spy. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Stacey Solomon to release Iceland track as single" 26 November 2011, Digital Spy
  10. ^ Young Voices Concert dates 2014. youngvoices.co.uk
  11. ^ "Stacey Solomon returns to singing with Young Voices choir". Digital Spy. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Stacey Solomon crowned Queen of the Jungle" 4 December 2010, The Telegraph
  13. ^ 4 December 2010, "I'm A Celebrity: Stacey Solomon crowned 'queen of jungle'. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Stacey Solomon beats Shaun Ryder in I'm A Celeb final" 4 December 2010, Now Magazine
  15. ^ Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0593073483.
  16. ^ Wilkes, Neil (4 July 2011). "Solomon wins in award". Dudley News. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  17. ^ "In case you missed it, here’s Stacey Solomon and Sean Ryder’s NTA performance", Heat World, 27 January 2011.
  18. ^ "LIVING commissions a war on parties." Living TV. 18 August 2010.
  19. ^ Mad Mad World | Series 1 – Episode 6. Radio Times. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
  20. ^ Tighe, Sophie (28 August 2012). "Stacey Solomon helps find Britain's coolest canine in 'Top Dog Model'". Reveal. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  21. ^ "Stacy Solomon sings theme tune for Pip Ahoy!". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved on 8 May 2014.
  22. ^ The Irish Examiner
  23. ^ "Stacey Solomon X Primark". www.primark.com.
  24. ^ Foreman, Polly (27 February 2019). "Stacey Solomon to join Celebrity Juice following Fearne Cotton's exit". Heart. Heart. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  25. ^ McCreesh, Louise (9 March 2021). "Loose Women star Stacey Solomon lands new BBC show Sort Your Life Out". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  26. ^ a b "How many children does Stacey Solomon have?". Heart. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash are engaged!". ITV. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  28. ^ Allday, Jasmine (5 October 2021). "Stacey Solomon welcomes baby girl on her birthday and says 'best present ever'". mirror. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  29. ^ Best, Chloe (2 July 2018). "Stacey Solomon opens up about 'debilitating' anxiety - and how she copes". HELLO!. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  30. ^ "Stacey Solomon's 'anxiety' over going out". MSN. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  31. ^ a b c "Stacey Solomon". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
  32. ^ a b Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  33. ^ Copsey, Rob. (6 March 2015) Stacey Solomon debuts Shy music video. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
  34. ^ Peak positions in Ireland:

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