Kirsten Joy Child was born on 1986 and is an English singer-songwriter who is best known for singing with the pop group Clean Bandit after coming to prominence after taking part in the 2012 inaugural series of the singing talent contest The Voice UK.
13 Facts About Kirsten Joy
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Kirsten Joy Child was born in 1986 and has enjoyed singing and performing from a young age.
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Kirsten Joy's father, Grant, was born in South Africa, and mother, Phillipa, was born in Wimbledon.
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Kirsten Joy was born in South Africa and has three siblings.
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An article for Kentonline reported that Kirsten Joy had "shared a stage with Gary Barlow, supported Girls Aloud and has sung in front of the Queen".
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Kirsten Joy was a member of the United Kingdom national jury in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
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In 2012, the UK version of The Voice was broadcast on BBC television and Kirsten Joy took part as a solo contestant.
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Kirsten Joy succeeded in the 'blind audition' round in attracting the attention of Jessie J and joined Jessie's team to compete against other teams for judges Tom Jones, Will.
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At the 'battle round' stages, Kirsten Joy was eliminated in favour of contestant Toni Warne.
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Kirsten Joy released her debut EP Written in the Sky in February 2013.
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Kirsten Joy attempted but failed to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "One Life".
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On 25 November 2014, it was revealed that Kirsten Joy was not one of the nine acts selected by SRF to move on to the live auditions and was eliminated.
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Since 2016, Kirsten Joy has been a touring member of Clean Bandit.