50 Facts About Samantha Jade

Samantha Jade Gibbs was born on 18 April 1987 and is an Australian singer and songwriter.

Samantha Jade has written tracks for artists including JoJo and Ashley Tisdale.

In 2012, Jade won the fourth season of The X Factor Australia, the first woman to win the Australian series.

Samantha Jade subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released her winner's single "What You've Done to Me", which debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Samantha Jade's mother died on 8 June 2014 after a short battle with cancer.

Samantha Jade began modelling at the age of four and at age nine she won a talent show after singing "Amazing Grace".

Samantha Jade attended Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School in Kiara, and Hampton Senior High School in Morley.

In 2002, Samantha Jade's friend sent her demo to a record producer in Los Angeles, California, who then decided to send Samantha Jade and her family to Hollywood for a meeting.

In 2006, Samantha Jade recorded the title track "Step Up" for the 2006 dance film Step Up.

In 2007 Samantha Jade co-wrote and sang back-up vocals on the track "Positivity" on Ashley Tisdale's debut album Headstrong.

Samantha Jade was later dropped from Jive Records and attempted to continue to work on music independently with American record label Affinity West Entertainment.

Samantha Jade recorded the controversial Golden Touch album for the label which would later result in issues regarding the release of the album, as it wasn't released until 2012.

In 2010, Samantha Jade made her acting debut in the film Beneath the Blue, a sequel to Eye of the Dolphin.

In July 2009 Samantha Jade released her third single, "Secret", in Australia, which failed to chart.

In 2010, Samantha Jade relocated to Perth and began working at her father's mining factory counting stock.

Samantha Jade progressed to the super bootcamp stage of the competition, where she sang "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" by Lenny Kravitz and "No Air" by Jordin Sparks.

Samantha Jade received a recording contract with record label Sony Music Australia and a Nissan Dualis car.

Samantha Jade's self-titled debut album was released on 7 December 2012, featuring re-recorded versions of the songs she performed on The X Factor.

In January 2013, Samantha Jade headlined The X Factor Live Tour performing shows in the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Samantha Jade performed "Firestarter" in the first week of the fifth season of The X Factor.

Samantha Jade won 'Best Video' for "Firestarter" at the 27th ARIA Music Awards.

Samantha Jade released a second single from her upcoming album, entitled "Soldier" on 15 November 2013, which peaked at number 17 and was later certified Gold, for selling 35,000 copies.

On 24 January 2014, Samantha Jade released a cover of "I Am Australian" with Dami Im, Jessica Mauboy, Justice Crew, Nathaniel Willemse and Taylor Henderson, to coincide with the Australia Day celebrations.

Samantha Jade played Kylie Minogue in the mini-series INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, televised on the Seven Network in February 2014.

Samantha Jade was nominated for "Most Popular New Talent" at the Logie awards for the role.

On 3 September 2014, Samantha Jade performed in Los Angeles as part of Nova FM's Red Room Global Tour.

Samantha Jade was the supporting act for One Direction's Australian leg of their On the Road Again Tour in February 2015.

On 17 July 2015, Samantha Jade released a new single, "Shake That", featuring American rapper Pitbull.

On 5 September 2015, it was announced that Samantha Jade had joined the cast of the long-running soap opera Home and Away as Isla Schultz.

Samantha Jade made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 March 2016.

Samantha Jade confirmed in March 2016 that she is currently working on her third album and is hoping to release it by the end of 2016.

In 2016 it was announced that Samantha Jade had been cast as Tracey Tyler in the Nine Network mini-series House of Bond.

On 28 October 2016, Samantha Jade announced a new single "Hurt Anymore" in collaboration with Cyrus Villanueva, which was released on 4 November.

In early 2017 Samantha Jade joined the Boyzlife British and England tour.

On 26 May 2017 Samantha Jade released her new single "Circles On the Water".

On 22 February 2018 Samantha Jade announced that she will release her third studio album Best of My Love on 20 April 2018.

In November 2018, Samantha Jade released her fourth studio album The Magic of Christmas.

In early 2019, Samantha Jade confirmed she is working on her fifth studio album, the album is expected to have original material.

In September 2019, Samantha Jade released "Bounce", the lead single from the album, which is due for release in 2020.

Samantha Jade released her latest single "Back 2 Back" on 3 October 2020 and during a Facebook performance confirmed that an album is done.

Samantha Jade released another single on 20 November 2020, titled "New Boy".

However this album was scrapped in favor of a new EP and Samantha Jade left Sony Music in 2022.

In May 2022, Samantha Jade will appear as a contestant on the sixth season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

In November Samantha Jade confirmed the release of EP Love Sick, scheduled for release on 25 November 2022.

Samantha Jade is a light-lyric soprano and cites Beyonce, Robyn and Mariah Carey as her musical influences.

Samantha Jade describes "Nine" as personal, and she felt like she was playing a character on her Best Of My Love album of disco covers.

Samantha Jade has an angelic voice and co-wrote parts of Nine, "Born to Be Alive" and "Wait for It" are considered poppy.

Samantha Jade previously lived in Los Angeles to pursue her singing career.

Samantha Jade later relocated to Sydney, where she was a makeup artist while still gigging.

In early 2019, Samantha Jade announced her engagement to Pat Handlin, the son of Denis Handlin, the disgraced former CEO of Sony Music Australia.