20 Facts About Kitty Brucknell

Kitty Brucknell rose to fame as a contestant on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011, where she finished in seventh place.

Kitty Brucknell started singing at an early age, as well as playing the violin and the piano.

Kitty Brucknell was awarded music scholarships to Dean Close School, St Edward's School and Clifton College in Bristol.

Kitty Brucknell began touring internationally at the age of 16.

Kitty Brucknell appeared in series 1 of ITV's Dinner Date in 2010.

Kitty Brucknell performed "You Got the Love" and "Feeling Good" at bootcamp, and made it through to judges' houses.

Voting statistics revealed that Brookes received more votes than Kitty Brucknell meaning if the result went to deadlock, Brookes would have been saved and Kitty Brucknell would've been sent home.

However, Robinson received more votes than Kitty Brucknell which meant that if the result went to deadlock, Robinson would have been saved and Kitty Brucknell would've been sent home.

Kitty Brucknell was finally sent home in week 6 only after Walsh voted to save her.

However, voting statistics revealed that Kitty Brucknell received more votes than Misha B meaning if the result went to deadlock, Kitty Brucknell would have been saved and sent through to week 7, while Misha B would've been sent home.

Kitty Brucknell returned to The X Factor in 2013 when she performed alongside other former contestants such as Rylan Clark, Jedward, Wagner, 2 Shoes, Diva Fever and Johnny Robinson at the final in Wembley Arena.

Kitty Brucknell performed "The Damage is Done" from her then forthcoming album Glamour and Damage.

Kitty Brucknell featured on a single which was released in Germany entitled "No Tomorrow".

On 4 May, Kitty Brucknell announced that her debut single "Glitter in the Sky" would be released on 19 October 2014.

Kitty Brucknell attempted to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Yearning".

On 25 November 2014, it was revealed that Kitty Brucknell was not one of the nine acts selected by SRF that moved on to the live auditions held in Zurich and was eliminated.

Kitty Brucknell was later shortlisted for the Moldovan national final with her songs "Yearning" and "Remix".

Kitty Brucknell was eliminated from the competition during the first semi-final on 24 February 2015.

Kitty Brucknell revealed in an interview that the reason why she is not attempting to represent the UK is because the BBC felt it was a conflict of interest for a former X Factor contestant to be promoted by them given their involvement with the Eurovision and the fact that they already have their own singing contest, The Voice UK, although former X Factor contestant Andy Abraham represented the UK in 2008.

Kitty Brucknell is an avid figure skater, having taken up the sport in 2018 and competes in adult competitions in the US at Bronze level.