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Jessica Julie Anne Garlick (born 1981) is an English-born Welsh pop singer. Garlick made her first steps into show business when she was 16. At that age, she won the Welsh final of BBC One's talent show '' Star for a Night''. The same year she also featured in
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's '' My Kind of Music''. She is the second-highest placed British entrant at the
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in the 21st century, coming joint third in the 2002 contest.


Background

Garlick was born in
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, Derbyshire, England. She was educated at Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School and is a member of
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(LDS Church). Before appearing on Pop Idol she had been on various TV talent shows including
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's '' My Kind of Music'' and '' Star for a Night''.


''Pop Idol'' and the Eurovision Song Contest

In 2001, she was among the last ten contestants on the
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talent show ''
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''. The
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later invited her to sing " Come Back", one of the competing songs in ''
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'', the British selection for the
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. The audience selected her to represent the United Kingdom at the event in
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, where she took her country to its best result since
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's " Where Are You?" in 1998, finishing joint third alongside
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's representative,
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.


After Eurovision

Later in 2002 Garlick was involved in a campaign to help children stop
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. She made a guest appearance in the 2003 ''Song for Europe'', during which she was charged with announcing the results of the Welsh televote, which handed top marks to the ill-fated
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. Later in the year, she appeared in ''Liquid Eurovision'' preview and analysis programmes. On 16 November 2006, Garlick appeared as the hidden musician in the 'Identity Parade' round on the BBC's ''
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'' game show. She is now married to Owen Satterley, a personal trainer whom she has dated from her teenage years. They have a daughter called Olivia and a son called Noah.


Later career

It was announced in early 2009 that Garlick would be making a return to music. The début single from her unreleased album, ''Hard Not to Fall'', was released on 11 May 2009, one day before the first Eurovision Song Contest semi-final. The single was only available to purchase from
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. She recorded a music video which was posted on her official website. Garlick performed the new single, along with her Eurovision entry, "Come Back", at the UK Eurovision Preview Party, at Scala, King's Cross, on 17 April 2009.


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