Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and media personality. In 2009, she finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor, and gained a number one single on the UK Singles Chart when her fellow The X Factor finalists released a cover of "You Are Not Alone". Solomon won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here!. Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released on 19 December 2011. Solomon then released her debut album Shy on 18 April 2015. In September 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on Loose Women and in November of the same year she presented the I'm a Celebrity spin-off series I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.
Amanda Abbington has told what she wants to happen to Strictly Come Dancing as she asks for an 'apology from the BBC' following her complaints about her time on the show.
The Sherlock actress signed up for the 2023 series and was paired with Italian dancer Giovanni Pernice. The pair showed promise with their partnership, with Amanda's moves praised by the judges and viewers.
However, Amanda pulled out of the BBC One dance contest in week five, citing 'personal reasons'. It later emerged, however, that she'd made a formal complaint about Giovanni. READ MORE: Stacey Solomon 'can't believe it' as she shares 'ridiculous' emotional update with Joe Swash He has since left the hit programme after he wasn't named in the 2024 series' professional dancing line-up but he strongly refutes any claims of wrongdoing following her claims of "unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean" behaviour.
Now, in her first live TV interview since the Strictly scandal erupted, Amanda has described the “toxic environment” she felt she was in while rehearsing for the hit dance programme.
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