Stacey Solomon

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Solomon's debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released in 2011, and her debut studio album, Shy, was released in 2015. In 2016, she co-presented I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp, an ITV2 spin-off from the main show. Since 2016, Solomon has appeared as a panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women. In 2019, she was a regular panellist on the ITV2 comedy show Celebrity Juice.

Early life

Stacey Chanelle Clare Solomon[1] was born on 4 October 1989,[2] and grew up in Dagenham, East London, and attended King Solomon High School.[3]

Career

Music

X Factor

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Solomon performing at the O2 Arena in London as part of The X Factor 2010 tour

In 2009, Solomon auditioned for the sixth series of The X Factor, performing "What a Wonderful World". She 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". During week two, she performed "At Last", receiving the most votes of the public. 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".Script error: No such module "Unsubst". During the sixth week, she and her fellow X Factor finalists 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". 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". During the final week, she 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]

Post X Factor

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, she performed 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. [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 single. In 2016, she released her second single from the album, "My Big Mistake".[11]

Television

Reality and game shows

Solomon took part in the tenth series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![12] She beat Shaun Ryder in the final and was crowned "Queen of the Jungle".[13][14][15][16]

In 2011, she was asked to join The Only Way Is Essex, but turned it down.[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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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]

From February 2015, Solomon took part in the second series of The Jump and was eliminated on 4 February.[21]

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 did not return for the following series.

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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.

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. She returned in the same position the following year.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.[22] 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.[23]

On 24 May 2022, Solomon was introduced as co-host for Bake Off: The Professionals, replacing comedian Tom Allen.[24]

Other

Solomon performed a duet with Ryder in 2011 at the 16th National Television Awards – "Feeling Good" and "Step On" by Happy Mondays.[25]

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.[26]

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 10 March 2021, Solomon announced on Instagram that the BBC had commissioned home-decluttering series Sort Your Life Out, with her presenting.[27] In 2024, Sort Your Life Out, won the National Television Award Factual Entertainment prize.[28] A second series of the programme started on 25 January 2023.[29]

On 15 December 2022, Solomon presented the festive craft show Stacey Solomon's Crafty Christmas.[30] The show returned for a second episode in December 2023.

Commercial activity

In 2011, she became the face of supermarket Iceland, taking over from Coleen Nolan.[31]

Personal life

Solomon had her first son in 2008 at age 17, with her then-boyfriend Dean Cox.[32] Her second son, born in 2012, was fathered by her ex-fiancé Aaron Barnham.[33]

Solomon began dating television personality Joe Swash in 2016 after they met during the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2010.[34] They were engaged on 24 December 2020,[35] and were married at their home on 24 July 2022.[36] They have three children together: a son, born in May 2019, a daughter, born in October 2021[37] and a daughter born in February 2023.[38] She is also the stepmother of Swash's son from a previous relationship.[32]

Solomon has been open about dealing with anxiety.[39][40]

Filmography

Television

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Year Title Notes
2009 The X Factor Contestant; 3rd place
2010 I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Contestant; winner
Party Wars
2011 Sing If You Can Presenter; 2 episodes
The Itch of the Golden Knit
Sooty Plays "Miss Solomon the Vicar"
Odd One In Contestant; Away Team
A League of Their Own
Mastermind Contestant
2011―2013, 2016―2019 Celebrity Juice Panelist; 21 episodes
2011, 2019―2020 8 Out of 10 Cats Panelist
2012 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Lemon La Vida Loca 1 episode
2013, 2017, 2019 Through the Keyhole Panelist
2014―2015 Pip Ahoy! Voice role; Fuchsia
2016 Celebrity Chase Contestant
2016―present Loose Women Panelist
2017 Would I Lie to You? Panelist
Michael McIntyre's Big Show Guest
The Crystal Maze Contestant
2018 Big Star's Little Star Contestant
When Comedy Goes Horribly Wrong Presenter
Celebrity Catchphrase Contestant
The Keith and Paddy Picture Show Portrays "Frenchie"
2019 The Big Fat Quiz of Everything Contestant
2019―2022 Celebrity Gogglebox
2020 The Big Fat Quiz of the Decade Contestant
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year Contestant
I'll Get This
Shopping with Keith Lemon
CelebAbility
2021―present Sort Your Life Out Presenter
2022 Bake Off: The Professionals Co-presenter
2022–present Stacey Solomon's Crafty Christmas Presenter[41]
2024 Stacey Solomon's Renovation Rescue Presenter[42]
2025–present Stacey & Joe Herself; with Joe Swash[43] (second series commissioned)[44]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[45]
Shy 45

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[45] 		SCO
[46]
2011 "Driving Home for Christmas"[9] 27 41 —
2015 "Shy"[47] — — 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
[45] 		IRE
[48] 		SCO
[46]
2009 "You Are Not Alone"
(as part of The X Factor finalists)[4] 		1 1 1 —

See also

References

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  12. ↑ Peppa Pig Is Jungle Queen Stacey Solomon's Biggest Rival – Coventry Telegraph – Pass the Remote Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Blogs.coventrytelegraph.net (22 July 2015). Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Stacey Solomon crowned Queen of the Jungle" 4 December 2010, The Telegraph
  14. ↑ 4 December 2010, "I'm A Celebrity: Stacey Solomon crowned 'queen of jungle'. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Stacey Solomon beats Shaun Ryder in I'm A Celeb final" 4 December 2010, Now Magazine
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  25. ↑ "In case you missed it, here's Stacey Solomon and Sean Ryder's NTA performance", Heat World, 27 January 2011.
  26. ↑ "Stacy Solomon sings theme tune for Pip Ahoy!". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved on 8 May 2014.
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  47. ↑ Copsey, Rob. (6 March 2015) Stacey Solomon debuts Shy music video. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.
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