Katie Waissel was born on 27 January 1986 and is an English singer-songwriter who came into the public eye when she finished seventh in the seventh series of The X Factor.
19 Facts About Katie Waissel
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Katie Waissel is known for being a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother 18, where she finished in eighth place.
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In mid-to-late 2009, Waissel starred in an interactive, online reality show Green Eyed World, sponsored by Sprite.
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Katie Waissel has been on tour with East 17 and Andy Abraham Sometime after the show, Katie Waissel performed in Hollywood for Paris Hilton together with friend and fellow contestant X Factor Storm Lee.
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Katie Waissel then sang At Last by Etta James, and was put through to bootcamp by Cheryl and Simon Cowell.
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Katie Waissel fell to pieces when performing the song "Smile" in front of Cheryl and will.
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Katie Waissel managed to avoid the bottom three this week and secured a place to the third week, where she sang "I Wan'na Be Like You".
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The result went to deadlock this time, but Katie Waissel was announced as safe when it was revealed that Belle Amie had the fewest votes.
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Katie Waissel was in the final showdown again the next week after performing "Don't Speak" but was saved by a majority vote over Treyc Cohen when Cole refused to vote against either acts of hers but wanted to vote last to send the result to deadlock but wasn't allowed to.
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Voting statistics revealed that Cohen received more votes than Katie Waissel meaning if Cole was allowed to send the result to deadlock, Cohen would have been saved.
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Katie Waissel was in the final showdown for a third successive week when she sang "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", and this had been the fourth time Katie Waissel had been in the final showdown.
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On 17 March 2012 Katie Waissel released her self-titled debut album on Chamberlain Records, which consists of recordings from her time on Green Eyed World.
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In May 2013, Red Velvet released their first song for free download, entitled "I'm Fine", about Katie Waissel's failed marriage to Alphonso, adding a message on her Twitter page thanking her fans for their support.
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Katie Waissel competed in Celebrity Big Brother 18 in 2016.
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Fellow Housemate Christopher Biggins was removed after making a racist joke about the Holocaust towards Katie Waissel, who is Jewish.
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Katie Waissel was evicted on Day 27, finishing in eighth place.
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Katie Waissel made two appearances in Vanderpump Rules as herself in Series 4 Episode 1 at Scheana Shay's decade themed 30th birthday party, alongside Kristen Doute.
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In September 2012, Katie Waissel married male model Brad Alphonso; they divorced after two months of marriage.
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In 2021, Katie Waissel won a scholarship and completed the postgraduate law course at BPP University.