Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and media personality. In 2009, she finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor, and gained a number one single on the UK Singles Chart when her fellow The X Factor finalists released a cover of "You Are Not Alone". Solomon won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here!. Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released on 19 December 2011. Solomon then released her debut album Shy on 18 April 2015. In September 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on Loose Women and in November of the same year she presented the I'm a Celebrity spin-off series I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.
Stacey Solomon on TV stardom - 'I'm waiting for someone to tell me it was just a joke’
ok.co.ukStacey Solomon has gone from being a struggling single mum to one of television’s biggest stars. Her career has seen her triumph at everything, from winning I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
to carving out a successful presenting career, as well as amassing 5.8 million followers on Instagram. All the while, she’s raising her five children, Zachary, 15, Leighton, 11, Rex, four, Rose, two, and Belle, 12 months, with husband, Joe Swash, who is the father of her three youngest and is also dad to 16-year-old Harry from a previous relationship.
Stacey can’t believe it. “I’m waiting for someone to be like, ‘Oh, it’s all over now. It was just a big joke,’” she admits. “I laugh with my mum all the time.
I’ve been in scenarios that neither of us could ever imagine. I got to interview Boris Johnson once and my mum just rang me up laughing, going, ‘What are you doing with Boris Johnson?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know, Mum!’ Every opportunity I get, we can’t believe it.” From that first appearance on The X Factor, Stacey’s career has blossomed.
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