Jade Thirlwall

Thirlwall performing on The Confetti Tour, 2022

**Jade Amelia Thirlwall** (born December 26, 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. She's a member of one of the best selling girl group, Little Mix.

## Early life

Thirlwall was born and raised in the Laygate area of South Shields, Tyne and Wear, north-east of England.
Thirlwall was born to parents Norma Badwi and James Thirlwall and has an older brother named Karl. She is of Egyptian and Yemenite descent from her mother's side and of English descent from her father's side. During her teenage years she attended performing arts college at South Tyneside, where she studied a range of courses.

## Career

### 2008—2011: The X-Factor U.K & Debut with Little Mix

In 2008, Jade auditioned for The X-Factor but she was eliminated on the show’s bootcamp stage. In 2010 she returned and auditioned again for The X-Factor but she failed. Thirwall came back for a third attempt in 2011, auditioning with the song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, and earned four "yes" votes and went through to bootcamp. After she failed the first bootcamp challenge in 2010, Thirlwall was then placed in a three-piece group named "Orion" alongside Leigh-Anne Pinnock. Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson were in another group called "Faux Pas". Both groups were eliminated and called back by the judges and later formed into the four-piece group Rhythmix, and they progressed to judges' houses. They were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos.
On October 28, 2011, it was announced that their official group name would be named Little Mix. On December 11, 2011, the group won the eighth season of The X-Factor U.K. and debuted on the same day and they released their first debut remake single “Cannonball” originally sung by Damien Rice. Their first debut single debuted on the charts in the U.K, U.S, Australia and in other countries in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.
The group took a hiatus in May 2022, ten years after their debut.

### 2022—present: Solo career

On 10 March 2022, Thirlwall signed a solo deal with RCA Records.

## Personal life

Between 2016 to 2019, Thirlwall was in a relationship with Jed Elliott, a member of the English rock band The Struts. Since 2020, she has been dating British singer Jordan Stephens. The pair started dating in May 2020 and were first spotted together at a Black Trans Lives Matter rally in central London.

## References

1. ↑ Exclusive: Little Mix Singer Jade Thirlwall on Why She Is Proud of Her Arab Heritage
2. ↑ BBC Sounds – No Country For Young Women – Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall on growing up mixed-race in Tyneside
3. ↑ No place like home for Little Mix stars
4. ↑ Teachers back X Factor's Jade and Perrie
5. ↑ Jade Thirlwall – X Factor Audition 2008 – Before Little Mix – SO CUTE
6. ↑ 12 facts to make you fall in love with Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall
7. ↑ Jade Thirlwall 2011 X-Factor Audition
8. ↑ X Factor finalists Rhythmix in legal trouble with charity over name
9. ↑ X Factor: Tulisa Planning Duet With Little Mix? MTV UK
10. ↑ Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall to Start Solo Career, Signs Record Deal With RCA
11. ↑ Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall has 'split' from her boyfriend of three years
12. ↑ Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall shows off large rarely-seen tattoo in holiday snaps
13. ↑ Jade Thirlwall Confirms Jordan Stephens Relationship As She Gushes Over His 'Love of Drag Culture'
14. ↑ "Little Mix claim X Factor crown", BBC News, 11 December 2011. (in en-GB)
15. ↑ Styled to Rock Season 1 (en).
16. ↑ Katy Perry, Cheryl Cole and Little Mix lined up for Styled to Rock fashion series (en).
17. ↑ "Little Mix Tease Upcoming 'Glory Days: The Documentary' on Twitter" (in en). *Billboard*. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8015091/little-mix-glory-days-documentary-poster. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
18. ↑ Little Mix star Jesy Nelson's documentary makes for heartbreaking but important viewing (en-GB) (12 September 2019).
19. ↑ Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall set for battle of the girl bands as judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK (en).
20. ↑ "Celebrity Gogglebox: Little Mix confirmed for new six-part series – CBBC Newsround", BBC. (in en-GB)
21. ↑ Little Mix's YouTube Cooking Series!.
22. ↑ Alan Carr's Celebrity Re-Play 2019 line up and first look (en) (30 December 2019).
23. ↑ BBC Three – How's Your Head, Hun?, Series 1, Do One Thing, How's your head, Jade Thirlwall? (en-GB). BBC.
24. ↑ 'Served! With Jade Thirlwall': What's It About And When Is It Released? Everything We Know About Little Mix Star's New MTV Drag Queen Show (en).
25. ↑ Little Mix's new talent show start dates confirmed!.
26. ↑ Kanter, Jake (20 April 2020). 'One World: Together at Home' Peaks With 6M Viewers in the UK As Little Mix & Tom Jones Perform (en-US).
27. ↑ Little Mix, to host and perform at the 2020 MTV EMA's!.
28. ↑ Anne-Marie's YouTube Documentary: Trailer, Release Date & Celebrity Guests Including Little Mix.
29. ↑ Little Mix Announce LM5:The Tour Film!.
30. ↑ Chicken Shop Date on YouTube.
31. ↑ Little Mix fans 'in tears' as Jade Thirlwall includes Jesy Nelson in Celebrity Bake Off showstopper challenge (en) (31 March 2021).
32. ↑ Since September: The Empty Seats Tour to launch exclusively on BBC YouTube channel today. BBC.
33. ↑ Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power. BBC.
34. ↑ The return of 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks': "It was chaos" (en-GB) (16 September 2021).
35. ↑ Brocklehurst, Harrison (12 January 2022). Here’s everything we know so far about RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK Versus The World (en).
36. ↑ "Mood, review: Nicôle Lecky's supercharged millennial polemic is gripping and grimy", *The Daily Telegraph*.

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