Grant is known for her work on the television talent contests "Fame Academy", "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy", and "Pop Idol", and the children's television series "Carrie and David's Popshop", together with her husband and colleague David Grant. She first came to fame as a singer in her own right with the pop group Sweet Dreams in 1983, when they represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest that year with the song "I'm Never Giving Up". They finished in the top six. In 2009, Grant was featured in the tenth episode of the second series of "Total Wipeout".