Edele Claire Christina Edwina Lynch (born 15 December 1979) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is the lead singer of the Irish girl group

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, of which her twin sister Keavy is also a member. In 2013, Lynch won ''

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'', and the following year she appeared in the fourteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''.

Career

B*Witched and Barbarellas

In 1997, Edele and her twin sister Keavy formed the girl group Butterfly Farm with their friend Sinéad O'Carroll. The trio began writing and recording together, but soon realised that there was "someone missing". Upon Keavy's suggestion, they asked Armaou to come for an audition and she played a tape recording of a song she had written. The other girls liked it and Lindsay became the fourth member of the group, who later changed their name to

. After the split, Edele joined for the songwriting/production team

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. She co-wrote " Some Kind of Miracle" for

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's debut album '' Sound of the Underground'', and "Buster", "Situation's Heavy" and "Twisted" for the

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' third album ''

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''. In 2006, Edele and Keavy created a duo group going by the name of Ms Lynch, until December 2009 when they were officially rebranded as "

Barbarellas Barbarellas are an Irish pop duo, consisting of twins Edele and Keavy Lynch (born 15 December 1979), former members of pop girl group B*Witched. The duo were signed to Ceol Music, and released their debut (and only) album ''Night Mode'' in Apr ...

". Edele confirmed on

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in late 2012 that the Barbarellas project had come to an end before reuniting with B*Witched.

''Celebrity Apprentice'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''

On 28 October 2013, Edele won ''

'', beating journalist Amanda Brunker in the final and winning €25,000 for her chosen charity, Laura Lynn House. On 18 August 2014, Edele became the ninth housemate to enter the ''

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'' house. Edele later finished 6th in Celebrity Big Brother 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Edele 1979 births Irish women singers Irish pop singers Living people People from Donaghmede Irish twins Xenomania British women record producers B*Witched members Twin musicians