Janet Grogan is an Irish singer and songwriter.
She comes from
Dublin, Ireland.
Training
In 2008, Grogan studied Pop Music Design at the
Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in
Mannheim, Germany as an
exchange student on a scholarship.
Career
Grogan became known as the co-writer and vocalist of
''Alles kann besser werden'' by
Xavier Naidoo, which charted in Germany(No. 6, 33 weeks), Austria (No. 16,
26 weeks) and Switzerland (No. 28, 26 weeks). She composed the track with Milan Martelli, Matthew Tasa and Xavier Naidoo.
In 2018, Janet wrote the song "Lord (It's ok)" with
Cian Sweeney
In Irish mythology, Cian or Cían (), nicknamed Scal Balb, was the son of Dian Cecht, the physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and best known as the father of Lugh Lamhfada. Cían's brothers were Cu, Cethen, and Miach.
Cían was slain by th ...
, known professionally as
1000 Beasts. Grogan also performed the lead vocal on the track which was released in early 2018.
X-Factor
Janet has twice been a contestant on the UK singing competition
''The X-Factor'' (UK)
In 2014 Janet competed on the
11th series, making it as far as the 6 Chair Challenge, but was unsuccessful in keeping the chair. When the show aired
Simon Cowell tweeted out that he made a mistake and should have kept Janet.
Grogan later returned, in part due to Cowell's tweet, and was a contestant in the
13th series of
''The X-Factor'' (UK), getting to
Judges' houses as part of
Sharon Osbourne
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's Team.
Eurovision
Grogan was a backing singer for
Nicky Byrne at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
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. Janet returned to the Eurovision stage to represent Ireland in 2018 as part of
Ryan O'Shaughnessy's performance of "Together".
Last Singer Standing
In 2021, Grogan took part as a contestant on the
RTÉ One singing gameshow, ''
Last Singer Standing.'' She was the last player to qualify for the grand finale. In the final, she performed
Whitney Houston's '
I Want to Dance with Somebody
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her second studio album, ''Whitney'' (1987). It was released as the lead single from the album on May 2, 1987, by Arista Records. It was produ ...
'. She finished in sixth place.
Eurosong 2022
On 18 January 2022, it was announced that Janet would be performing for a chance to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2022 with the song
"Ashes of Yesterday". The song was written by Aidan O'Connor,
John Emil
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
and
Sandra Wikström
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People
* Sandra (given name)
* Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer
* Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier
* Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person"
Pla ...
Janet has previous experience at the Eurovision as a backing vocalist for Nicky Byrne in 2016, and with
Ryan O'Shaughnessy in 2018.
Grogan finished in second place in the Irish National Final.
Janet released
"Ashes of Yesterday" as her first solo single on 4 February 2022, with the song available to buy and across all streaming platforms.
References
21st-century Irish women singers
Living people
Singers from Dublin (city)
The X Factor (British TV series) contestants
1988 births
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