Jessica Garlick

Jessica Garlick
Jessica Garlick
Background information
Born	1981 (age 35–36) Derby, Derbyshire, England
Origin	Kidwelly, Wales
Genres	Pop, soul
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002, 2009
Labels	Freedom Records

Jessica Julie Anne Garlick (born 1981) is a Welsh pop singer. Garlick made her first steps into showbusiness when she was 16. At that age she won the Welsh final of the TV talent show Star For A Night. The same year she also featured in Michael Barrymore's My Kind of Music. She was the highest placed British entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest of the 2000s, coming joint third in the 2002 contest.

Garlick was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England. She was educated at Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Before appearing on Pop Idol she had been on various TV talent shows including Michael Barrymore's My Kind Of Music and Star For A Night.

In 2001, she was among the last ten contestants on the ITV talent show Pop Idol. The BBC later invited her to sing "Come Back", one of the competing songs in A Song for Europe, the British selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The audience selected her to represent the United Kingdom at the event in Tallinn, where she took her country to its best result since Imaani's "Where Are You?" in 1998, finishing joint third alongside Estonia's representative, Sahlene.

Later in 2002 Garlick was involved in a campaign to help children stop smoking. 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 Jemini. Later in the year, she appeared in Eurovision preview and analysis programmes.

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