1. Megan Elizabeth McKenna was born on 26 September 1992 and is an English television personality and singer.
32 Facts About Megan McKenna
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Since her win, Megan McKenna has continued to release music, competed in the BBC series Celebrity MasterChef and released various books.
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Megan McKenna was born on 26 September 1992 in Barking, London.
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In 2016, Megan McKenna revealed that she suffers from coeliac disease.
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In September 2023, Megan McKenna suffered facial burns after "a freak accident" involving a jug of gravy.
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Megan McKenna got engaged to footballer Oliver Burke in June 2023 and the pair currently live in Germany.
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In October 2024, Megan McKenna announced the birth of her first child with Burke.
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In 2009, Megan McKenna reached the semi-finals of third series of Britain's Got Talent as part of the music duo Harmony.
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Megan McKenna appeared in an episode of The Only Way Is Essex in 2010, where she auditioned to be part of the girl group LOLA.
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Megan McKenna auditioned for The X Factor twice, making it to bootcamp each time.
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In 2015, Megan McKenna appeared on the third series of MTV reality series Ex on the Beach.
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Megan McKenna returned to the programme for the fourth series, alongside Jordan Davies.
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Megan McKenna departed from Ex on the Beach early due to the death of her grandfather.
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Megan McKenna went on to become a housemate in the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2016.
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Megan McKenna was the fourth housemate to be evicted having received the fewest votes to save, spending a total of 18 days in the house.
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In May 2017, Megan McKenna launched her own restaurant, "MCK Grill", in Woodford Green.
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Megan McKenna made her final appearance on The Only Way Is Essex on 25 October 2017, expressing an interest in focusing on her music career.
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In 2017, McKenna starred in her own reality series, There's Something About Megan.
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The series focused on Megan McKenna travelling to Nashville to begin a career in country music.
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In December 2017, Megan McKenna embarked on her first headlining tour to promote the release of "High Heeled Shoes", which consisted of four dates, visiting The Sugarmill, The Venue, Palace Theatre and Scala.
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On 26 July 2018, Megan McKenna released her debut autobiographical book, Mouthy, published by John Blake.
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Later that month, Megan McKenna took part in the first series of Celebs on the Farm.
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Megan McKenna released her debut album Story of Me on 7 December 2018.
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From May 2019 to September 2019, Megan McKenna embarked on the Story of Me Tour across the United Kingdom.
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From October to November 2019, Megan McKenna competed in the ITV series The X Factor: Celebrity and was mentored by Louis Walsh.
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In February 2020, Megan McKenna began recording her second studio album, and later that month, it was announced that she is set to support Lionel Richie on the British leg of his 2021 tour.
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On 5 February 2021, Megan McKenna announced that "This" would be released as a single on 19 February 2021.
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In October 2021, Megan McKenna announced the release of her second book.
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On 19 November 2021, Megan McKenna released her first original Christmas song, "Family at Christmas".
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In June 2022, Megan McKenna announced that she had left her record label.
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Megan McKenna explained that her pop music releases had been heavily influenced by them as they had preferred them to the country songs McKenna had instead wanted to release.
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In December 2022, Megan McKenna appeared on Celebrity Masterchef Festive Extravaganza, which she won.