Jolan Gidney-Craigen (born 12 November 1993),

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ly known as Jolan, is an English singer. He is best known for placing second in the fifth series of ''

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''.

Early life

Jolan Gidney-Craigen was born on 12 November 1993 in

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, England. His mother died in 2014, which convinced him to re-audition for ''The Voice UK'' in 2016.

Career

2014–16: ''The Voice UK''

Jolan had previously performed a blind audition in the

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of The Voice UK, singing

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and

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", but failed to make any of the coaches turn for him and he was therefore eliminated straight away. In 2016, he auditioned again, performing

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". Three out of the four coaches –

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, Paloma Faith and Ricky Wilson – turned for him and he elected to join Team Ricky. He went on to reach the final where he was defeated by

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, who was also on Wilson's team.

2016–: Later career

Following ''The Voice UK'', Jolan announced that he would be continuing his music career and had gone out to find a record label.

References

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