16 Facts About Carolynne Poole

Carolynne Poole is a founding member of the Carolynne Good Band, based in Leeds and London.

Carolynne Poole is best known for finishing in third place on the second series of the BBC singing competition Fame Academy in 2003.

Carolynne Poole returned to the show the following series in 2012 and made it to the live shows, but was eliminated after the first live show following a sing-off against Rylan Clark.

In 2003, Carolynne Poole appeared in the second series of the BBC's singing competition Fame Academy, in which she reached the final.

Carolynne Poole spent 2004 continuing to writing songs, and in the next year toured the UK with Tony Christie.

In 2011, Carolynne Poole auditioned for the eighth series of The X Factor.

Carolynne Poole reached the "judges' houses" stage, where Louis Walsh was her mentor in the "over 25s" category, but failed to progress through to the live shows, with Walsh instead choosing Johnny Robinson, Kitty Brucknell, Jonjo Kerr and Goldie Cheung.

Carolynne Poole auditioned again for the ninth series, and made it to the live shows with Gary Barlow as her mentor.

O'Leary then revealed that Carolynne Poole had received the fewest public votes and she was sent home, much to the disgust of Barlow, who stormed off stage and later called Clark a "joke act" and "talentless".

Carolynne Poole spent time gigging in Arizona and Los Angeles as well as in Nashville, Tennessee, commonly known as the "home of country", where she collaborated with songwriters and producers including Jeff Silbar.

In early 2015, Carolynne Poole received radio airplay on BBC Radio 2 Country with a song titled "Cupid Must've Been High".

Later Carolynne Poole released her debut single, "I Love You but Shut Up", which features guitar-playing by Albert Lee.

Carolynne Poole released her debut 5 song album "Coming Back To Me" on 7 April 2017 and was nominated for two British Country Music Association Awards.

Since 2005, Carolynne Poole has appeared on stage in pantomime and has acted in short films.

In May 2012, Carolynne Poole appeared in Emmerdale as a girlfriend.

Carolynne Poole later played Justin Gallagher's new fiancee Talia Brice.