42 Facts About Stacey Solomon

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Stacey Solomon finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, and won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity.

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In 2016, Solomon presented I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp, and began appearing as a panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women.

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Stacey Chanelle Clare Solomon was born in Dagenham, London, on 4 October 1989, the daughter of Fiona, a nurse and David Neal Solomon, a photographer.

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Stacey Solomon's mother was born into an Anglican family and was the daughter of a vicar, but converted to Judaism before marrying Solomon's father, who is of Iraqi-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent.

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In 2009, Stacey Solomon auditioned for the sixth series of The X Factor, performing "What a Wonderful World".

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Stacey Solomon was among the top 12 contestants and advanced to the live shows and was mentored by Dannii Minogue.

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Stacey Solomon sang "When You Wish Upon a Star" during the third week.

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The sixth week into the competition, Stacey Solomon sang Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever".

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Stacey Solomon performed "What a Wonderful World" and "Who Wants to Live Forever".

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Stacey Solomon was awarded third place in the competition, behind Joe McElderry and Olly Murs.

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Stacey Solomon went on tour with her fellow X Factor finalists.

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In June 2011, Stacey Solomon began working on her debut album, due to be released in 2012.

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On 5 November 2011, Stacey Solomon performed to thousands as the headline act at Paisley's Christmas Lights Switch On event.

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In September 2011, it was reported that Stacey Solomon was in a bidding war between record labels.

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Stacey Solomon was asked to join The Only Way Is Essex, but turned it down.

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On 18 December 2011, Stacey Solomon released a cover of Chris Rea's "Driving Home for Christmas" as her Christmas single.

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On 29 November 2013, Stacey Solomon was announced as the headline artist to lead a choir of over 110,000 primary school children.

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Stacey Solomon joined the Young Voices tour, which took place from 14 January to 5 February 2014 in Birmingham, Sheffield, London and Manchester.

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Stacey Solomon returned to the fourteenth series of The X Factor UK on Saturday 2 December 2017 and Sunday 3 December 2017, co-presenting alongside George Shelley.

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Stacey Solomon interviewed the fourteenth series' finalists parents, families, relatives and friends at the live finals from ExCeL London on things such as how they feel about their finalist and wishing their finalist good luck.

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Stacey Solomon returned in the same position the following year.

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Stacey Solomon has had fashion collaborations with Irish fast fashion brand Primark, including a children's range which she marketed with her own children.

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Stacey Solomon took part in the tenth series of the reality show I'm a Celebrity.

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On 5 September 2011, Stacey Solomon appeared in the Sooty episode "The Wedding" as Miss Stacey Solomon the Vicar.

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In Spring 2012, Solomon starred in an episode of Mad Mad World on ITV with Eamonn Holmes and Stephen K Amos.

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From 5 September 2012, Stacey Solomon was part of the judging panel for ITV2's Top Dog Model.

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Stacey Solomon has a recurring role in the show, voicing Fuchsia the Flamingo.

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From February 2015, Stacey Solomon took part in the second series of The Jump and was eliminated on 4 February.

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On 22 September 2016, it was announced Stacey Solomon would take over from Laura Whitmore and become co-host of newly named I'm a Celebrity.

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On 25 June 2017, Stacey Solomon appeared as a guest on ITV2's Love Island: Aftersun, a chat-show companion to Love Island.

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Stacey Solomon took part in a celebrity edition of The Crystal Maze on Channel 4.

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Stacey Solomon launched a clothing range with Primark on 11 October 2018.

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In February 2019 on an episode of Loose Women, Stacey Solomon announced she would become a regular panellist for ITV2's Celebrity Juice, hosted by Keith Lemon.

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On 10 March 2021, Stacey Solomon announced on Instagram the BBC had commissioned home-decluttering series Sort Your Life Out, with her presenting.

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On 11 October 2018, Stacey Solomon launched her own fashion line in Primark, the range consisted of a variety of women's clothing and accessories with sizes range from 2XS to 2XL.

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In 2020, saw Stacey Solomon collaborate with Primark yet again however this time with her first kids collection.

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Stacey Solomon had her son Zachary in 2008 at age 18, with her then-boyfriend Dean Cox.

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Stacey Solomon's second son, Leighton, born in 2012, was fathered by her ex-fiance Aaron Barnham.

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Stacey Solomon began dating television personality Joe Swash in 2016 after they met during the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity.

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Stacey Solomon announced her engagement to Swash on her Instagram page on 24 December 2020.

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Stacey Solomon is the stepmother of Swash's son from a previous relationship.

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On 28 December 2022, Stacey Solomon announced she was 8 months pregnant with her fifth child and third with Swash.