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Pop Idol Top 10 darling, Jessica Garlick, is now the nations choice to represent the UK in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest . Her stunning ballad, ‘Come Back’ won by a landslide at the finals of A Song For Europe on Sunday March 3rd,and Jessica will represent the UK in Estonia on May 25th, 2002.
Jessica now joins Will Young as THE only other Pop Idol contender to be voted a winner by the general public !
“Come Back” will be Jessica’s debut single, released by Sony Music on May 13th, 2002.
21 year old Jessica, who’s from Wales, has been taken to the nation’s hearts over the past few months winning her way into Pop Idol’s final 10. She had previously won the Welsh Final of ‘Star For A Night’ and featured on Michael Barrymore’s ‘My Kind Of Music’ when she was 16!
Such has been her popularity that she was immediately invited to perform one of the final 8 songs in the BBC’s Song For Europe contest. Jessica’s song is a power ballad in the Celine Dion style. It was written by Birmingham airline pilot, Martyn Baylay. It has been produced by the hit-making team of Bill Padley and Jeremy Godfrey, who produced one of last year’s biggest hits, Atomic Kitten’s ‘Whole Again’. They also produce other chart toppers Samantha Mumba and Blue, among others.
The project was put together by Executive Producer, Rick Blaskey. Rick, who also represents singing phenomenon Russell Watson, and whose past successes include England’s football anthem ‘3 Lions’ and work with Whitney Houston, Cliff Richard, Barry Manilow and Tina Turner among others, was recommended to have Jessica record ‘Come Back’ by Pop Idol voice coaches, Carrie and David Grant. Rick and Carrie had successfully worked together on the 1983 UK Song For Europe winner, ‘I’m Never Giving Up’ by Sweet Dreams, which included the young Carrie doing her first professional job! Rick meanwhile was Executive Producer for last year’s Song For Europe winner, ‘No Dream Impossible’, performed by Lindsay Dracass.
Says a thrilled Jessica, "My idol is Madonna and my ambition has always been to make records and perform on TV. I’ve been so lucky to have been able to fulfill some TV ambitions through Pop Idol and Star For A Night. Representing the UK in Eurovision has always been one of my greatest ambitions, and having a big hit record with ‘Come Back’ and being on Top Of The Pops is now in my sights !!!!"
“Come Back” is released on Sony Music on May 13th, 2002
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