36 Facts About Janet Devlin

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Janet Maureen Aoife Devlin was born on 12 November 1994 and is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, who competed in the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011, where she finished in fifth place.

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Janet Maureen Aoife Devlin was born on 12 November 1994.

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Janet Devlin is the youngest of four children to Aquinas and Patricia Devlin and has three elder brothers: Jason, Gavin and Aaron.

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Janet Devlin attended an Irish language pre-school, and later attended Drumragh Integrated College where she completed her GCSEs.

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Janet Devlin's only performing experience before auditioning for The X Factor was singing in her school, pubs and local talent shows.

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Janet Devlin had uploaded a number of videos of her singing to her official channel on YouTube.

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In 2011, Janet Devlin auditioned for the eighth series of The X Factor.

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Janet Devlin's audition was screened on 20 August 2011, where she performed Elton John's "Your Song" in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa.

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Janet Devlin's audition was successful as all four judges put her through to bootcamp.

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Janet Devlin performed Coldplay's "Fix You" in week 1 of the live shows and was put through to the next round by Rowland, as there was no public vote in the first week.

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However voting statistics revealed that Janet Devlin received more votes than Misha B meaning if the result went to deadlock, Janet Devlin would have advanced to the semi-final and Misha B would have been eliminated.

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Janet Devlin performed fan favourite cover songs, 'Fix You' and 'Sweet Child o' Mine'.

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Janet Devlin was first in the recording studio on 28 May 2012, where she wrote and recorded three songs with Grammy Award and Ivor Novella Award-winning producer Eliot Kennedy and his team.

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Janet Devlin has written all of her songs, usually with one co-writer, for inclusion on her debut album.

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Janet Devlin has written with songwriters Joe Janiak, Helen Boulding and Ethan Ash.

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Janet Devlin has written potential tracks for her debut release with songwriters including the Faulkner brothers, Toby and Newton Faulkner, Joshua Radin and Jack Savoretti.

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In 2013, Janet Devlin stated in interviews that she had written around 25 songs and would continue to write more songs to have the best possible finished album.

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Janet Devlin released an exclusive bonus acoustic EP, Nothing Lost, to pledgers on 14 August 2013.

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Janet Devlin provided backing vocals for 2 tracks as well as lending her voice for more of a featured backing vocal on a track called "Plastic Hearts".

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In early January 2014, Janet Devlin debuted a new live version of her song "Delicate", performing with Tom Dibb, in a BalconyTV session.

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Janet Devlin announced in March 2014 that the general release of her debut album, with the new title Running with Scissors would be on 9 June.

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On 12 October 2015, Janet Devlin announced she would be using PledgeMusic again to launch her preorder of her Christmas EP December Daze.

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Janet Devlin as featured on Gareth Emery's album 100 Reasons to Live, released 31 March 2016.

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Since the release of Running with Scissors, Janet Devlin released a number of EPs and singles.

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Janet Devlin released a book to accompany the album, entitled My Confessional which unlocks the meaning behind all the tracks on Confessional.

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Janet Devlin is heavily influenced by alternative artists including City and Colour, John Frusciante, Nirvana, and Devendra Banhart.

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In 2012, Janet Devlin performed at Croke Park, in front of a capacity 82,300 crowd, as part of the half-time show for the All Ireland Gaelic Football final on 23 September.

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Janet Devlin performed a cover of 'Fix You' and one of her self-penned original songs 'Walk Away'.

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Janet Devlin performed for the Dalai Lama on 18 April 2013 as part of Northern Ireland charity, Children in Crossfire's 'Culture of Compassion' event in Derry.

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Janet Devlin played 14 dates across the UK and Ireland, with her band, for her 'Imaginarium Tour' in September and October 2013.

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Janet Devlin played 4 gigs in the USA supporting Heffron Drive on their 'Happy Mistakes Unplugged' Tour in early July 2015.

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Janet Devlin placed second in the 2015 Baltic Song Contest, representing Ireland, in Karlshamn, Sweden in July 2015.

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On 11 May 2012, Janet Devlin was given a Civic Reception by the Town Council in Omagh, County Tyrone for her achievements on the X Factor series 8.

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Janet Devlin wrote two original songs for the film "Songbird," for which she played the role of Jennifer.

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In March 2020, Janet Devlin posted a video on YouTube explaining that she was a recovering alcoholic, and had been sober since the age of twenty.

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Janet Devlin is bisexual and has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.