27 Facts About Amelia Lily

Amelia Lily Oliver was born on 16 October 1994 and is an English singer and television personality.

Amelia Lily's follow up single, "Shut Up ", charted at 11 on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2015, Amelia Lily joined the cast of American Idiot, in the lead role of Whatsername.

The daughter of Aranka Bradley and Barry Horowitz, Amelia Lily Oliver was born in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough on 16 October 1994.

Amelia Lily was educated at Chandlers Ridge Primary School and Teesside High School.

Amelia Lily began her musical career as a secondary school pupil by posting videos of herself singing on YouTube.

Amelia Lily's cover of Adele's "Someone Like You" garnered over 1 million views.

Amelia Lily was a figure skater for 6 years during her childhood.

Amelia Lily was working on the tills at a garden centre in Nunthorpe.

In 2011, Amelia Lily auditioned for the eighth series of The X Factor in Liverpool in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa.

Amelia Lily sang Erma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart" and won praise from all four judges.

Amelia Lily made it to the live shows in Rowland's Girls category, alongside Misha B, Janet Devlin and Sophie Habibis.

Amelia Lily performed "Billie Jean" on the first live show.

Amelia Lily was automatically put through to week 7 by the public vote.

Amelia Lily was the support act for Girls Aloud's arena tour, Ten: The Hits Tour, participating from 21 February to 20 March 2013.

Amelia Lily was the main support act for Olly Murs's gig at the INTRO Festival.

Amelia Lily performed at Allstarz Summer Party at Madejski Stadium in Reading and later Chester Rocks at Chester Racecourse in June 2013, both of which were alongside Jessie J and Lawson.

In July 2014, Amelia Lily announced the release of a single titled "California" with Warner Music, due for release 7 September 2014.

Amelia Lily released the music video for "California" on 25 July 2014.

In November 2014, it was announced that Amelia Lily would be replacing Marcus Collins in the UK tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from February 2015.

In May 2015, the London Evening Standard announced that Amelia Lily would be taking on the role of Whatsername when Green Day's American Idiot came to London.

In 2017, Amelia Lily competed in the twentieth series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Amelia Lily left the house on Day 25 as the runner up behind Sarah Harding.

In October 2019, it was announced that Amelia Lily had joined the cast of the MTV reality series Geordie Shore.

In September 2022, Amelia Lily started hosting her own podcast called "The Talent Factory: Inside the Music Machine", on BBC Radio One.

Amelia Lily is a Type 1 diabetic, having been diagnosed with the condition aged three.

Amelia Lily is the sister of Any Dream Will Dos Lewis Bradley.