Rosie Ribbons

Rosemary "Rosie" Ribbons (born July 22, 1983) is an Australian-born, UK-raised singer. In the early 1980s, her Welsh father, Ronald, visited Australia to see his parents who had emigrated there. He met and married Rosie's mother Carol, and the family moved to Pontardawe near Swansea when Rosie was four.

Rosie reportedly wanted to be a pop singer ever since she was eight years old. A big fan of Mariah Carey, she learned to mimick her singing, and also started to write her own songs. She lost interest during her final school year, passing only two GCSEs, English and Drama.

Pop Idol

Bored with a supermarket job, Rosie auditioned for ITV1's talent show Pop Idol. She performed her own song called "Colours" and wowed the judges Simon Cowell, Nicki Chapman, Neil Fox and especially record producer Pete Waterman, who cried during the performance. Rosie made it through to the final 10 of the show but was voted out by viewers a few weeks before Will Young was crowned winner on February 9, 2002, ultimately finishing in 6th place.

Although she didn't win, Telstar Records signed her to a five album deal, reportedly worth £1,000,000. After supporting Blue and Liberty X on tour, her first two singles "Blink" and "A Little Bit" (covered by Jessica Simpson) were both UK top-20 hits, but due to Telstar's financial problems her contract was subsequently terminated.

Even though this million-pound deal was terminated a promotional version of Rosie's debut album did surface called Misbehaving and had the following tracklist:

"Good Thing" (4:00)
"A Little Bit" (3:59)
"Blink" (3:11)
"Deadly Sin" (3:28)
"Heaven" (3:51)
"Coming Up for Air" (3:44)
"Trusted" (3:50)
"No Space to Rent" (3:32)
"Even Angels" (3:48)
"Ain't That the Way" (4:04)
"Colours" (4:05)

The album was originally titled Levitate and on the official artwork of the "Blink" single it states the forthcoming album to be Levitate,

After Telstar

In 2005 it was confirmed that Rosie had returned to the studio to work on her new album to return to the music industry. 3 tracks had been confirmed to appear on the new album, "Nothing's Changed", "Butterfly Kisses" and "If Only The World Could Smile." Clips can be heard on her official myspace. Rosie has also recorded a version of "Groove Is in the Heart", a sample of which can also be heard on her official myspace.

Australian Idol

In 2007, now living in Dubbo, Australia, Rosie auditioned for Australian Idol. She was accepted into the Top 100, and made it to the Top 24. She performed in the 4th Semi-Finals Wednesday 29th August 2007. Rosie performed R.E.M's Everybody Hurts. She was the last contestant to perform on the night. The judges critiqued her performance negatively with Marcia calling her on the licks, Kyle commenting that Rosie looks in her late 20 rather than her early 20s and Dicko telling her that she needs to find her identity. On 30 August 2007, Ribbons did not make the final 12, nor was she chosen to come back as a wild card, therefore she was officially eliminated.

Discography

Singles

Single	Month	Year	Country	Chart
"Blink"	Nov	2002	UK	#12
"A Little Bit"	Jan	2003	UK	#19
"Good Thing"	March	2003	UK
"Heaven / Groove Is in the Heart"	April	2003	UK
"Groove Is in the Heart / Naked"	May	2003	UK

Albums

Album	Year	Country	Chart
Misbehaving	2002	UK		Rosie Ribbons	2008	Australia	TBA

A blank box indicates wasn't released

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