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I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family.

Being the youngest, I was a bit of a daddy's girl and sought attention from an early age by singing. I don't know where I got my voice, but ours was always a musical house.

I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.

I got into singing when I was 6.

It was my Mum who got me into singing properly - she knew I had to do something with my voice because she knew I was talented. She was the one who pushed me into joining a choir all those years ago, when I was about 12. I remember she told me to start with the choir and just see where it took me.

I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.

I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.

I sang in choir as a kid.