In January 2009, the BBC announced that Jade Ewen from Plaistow in East London was one of the six finalists in the BBC One show Your Country Needs You, in which the winner represents the United Kingdom the Eurovision Song Contest.
Jade Ewen went on to win the contest and was selected to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Jade Ewen performed It's My Time, specifically written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Diane Warren for the the Eurovision Song Contest.
Jade finished 5th in the final of Eurovision.
Jade Ewen went to Brampton Manor comprehensive school in Newham and the famous Sylvia Young school.
Jade Ewen gained ten A and B grades in her GCSEs, and turned down a scholarship at a dance college in Epsom to focus instead on singing as well as to be able to be close to her parents.
Jade Ewen's father Trevor, who is Sicilian, is blind and her mother Carol, who has Jamaican roots, is partially blind and deaf.
Jade Ewen has appeared in Mr Harvey Lights A Candle, The Bill and Casualty.
Before Your Country Needs You, Jade Ewen spent two-and-a-half years in a girl band called Trinity Stone, but the record label decided not to release a single at the last minute.
Jade Ewen had a similar experience when she became a solo artist, signed to Sony BMG.
In 2009, Jade Ewen became part of The Sugarbabes.
