| Carolynne Poole | |
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| Birth name | Carolynne Good |
| Born | 5 August 1980 |
| Origin | Leeds, England |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Associated acts | Alex Parks, Alistair Griffin, Peter Brame, James Fox, Louise Griffiths. |
| Notable instruments | |
| Vocals | |
Carolynne Poole (born Carolynne Good on 5 August 1980 in Leeds) is an English singer-songwriter and a founding member of the Carolynne Good Band, based in Leeds and London, and best known for finishing in third place in the second series of Fame Academy.[1] In 2011, she was a contestant on The X Factor and made it to the "judges' houses" stage of the competition but did not get any further.
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Poole's early musical influences included The Eagles, U2, The Carpenters, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. At the age of 14, Poole joined and fronted a 5-piece country band, with which she toured the UK. At 18, Poole moved to London to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, and in 1998 she got down to the final 15 in auditions for S Club 7, along with Pop Idol contestant Zoe Birkett. In 2001 she signed her first publishing contact with BMG Music Publishing. For the following year, Poole developed her songwriting talents in the UK and Europe. Also writing for other recording artists, most of her time was split between London and Stockholm, writing and recording with different song writers and producers.
In 2003, Poole appeared in the second series of the BBC's singing competition Fame Academy, in which she reached the final.[2] A song she co-wrote with fellow contestants Alex Parks and James Fox titled "Not Your Average Kind of Girl", was included on Parks' 2003 debut album Introduction, which reached number 5 in the UK Top 40 Album charts and has since been classified double platinum in the UK, and gold in six other countries including Italy, Greece, Germany, and Australia.
Poole spent 2004 writing songs, and in 2005 she toured the UK with Tony Christie. Under the wing of Christie's Amarillo Music, she co-wrote new material and formed the Carolynne Good Band in 2005 with songwriter/bassist Don Rogers, drummer Sean Fitzgerald, guitarists Alex Rogers and Alex Sharman from the London-based band Starling, and keyboard player Maki. The band described their sound as "a mixture of classic singer-songwriter melodies with a country flavour".
On Monday 6 June 2011, Poole participated in the Manchester auditions of the eighth series of The X Factor. After a standing ovation by the studio audience, Good progressed to the next stage of the competition, with plaudits from the X Factor judges. She was told by Tulisa Contostavlos "I can see you in the final!" [3] She has since progressed through the bootcamp stage of the process, and went through to the judges homes stage, where Louis Walsh was be her mentor in the Over 25s category. However she failed to progress through to the live shows.
Since 2005, Poole has appeared on stage in pantomime and has also acted in short films. In August 2008, she began shooting her first feature film playing 'Frankie' in 'The Last Days of Edgar Harding', and played the role of Sue in Bill Kenwright's UK Tour of Dreamboats and Petticotes in 2010.
During her tenure in Fame Academy, she briefly dated fellow contestant Peter Brame. In February 2008 she announced her engagement to professional footballer David Poole,[4] whom she married on 3 June that year.
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