Jessie Stride’s reality show past revealed as it emerges the Traitors star previously auditioned for The X Factor
The Faithful is a budding singerThe Traitors isn’t Jessie Stride’s first reality show rodeo, as she has previously taken part in The X Factor.
Jessie’s main profession is a hairdresser but is has emerged she is a very keen singer as well.
In fact, TVGuide can reveal Jessie’s initial career goal was to become a successful pop star.
Jessie – who has a stutter – was so set on making it happen that she auditioned for The X Factor.
The Traitors’ Jessie: X Factor past
Jessie, 28, tried her luck on The X Factor in 2016. She auditioned for the ITV1 show in a bid to impress judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Nicole Scherzinger.
The Traitors star, who is a Faithful in this year’s series, even penned her own song for the audition.
Jessie’s audition came 15 after Gareth Gates found fame on The X Factor’s predecessor, Pop Idol. Gareth also has a stutter but found it vanished completely while singing.
Jessie also finds this is the case when she is singing. Her stutter, which affects her speech, disappears when she opens her mouth to belt out a tune.
In 2017, Jessie spoke out about her X Factor audition. It came after she had enrolled with The McGuire Programme, which offers alternative therapy to people with a stutter.
Gareth Gates had previous enrolled in a course with the same organisation to overcome his stutter.
Jessie said at the time: “‘I started singing and writing songs from the age of eight. I could never understand why, but when I sang I wouldn’t stutter.
“My mum would come upstairs to my room and listen to me sing. Sometimes, when I couldn’t tell her about my day, I would sing it.”
She added: “When my speech started to come back I thought, ‘I’m going to turn this around and make a positive out of what’s happened’. So I wrote this song called Control and even auditioned for The X Factor in May 2016.”
Jessie got through two rounds of X Factor auditions before she was eliminated from the competition.
Jessie Stride’s singing career
Traitors star Jessie, who hails from Hull, has a profile on the website Casting Now.
Describing herself, she says: “Singer/song writer. Self taught on the piano from the age of 12.
“I’ve also been playing the ukulele for 3 years. I like to describe my music style as fun and quirky. Victoria Wood and Lucy Spraggan are big inspirations.”
Jessie also has her own YouTube channel. She has uploaded several videos of herself singing while playing along with her ukulele.
The channel also includes a video for Jessie’s song Control, which was inspired by her stammer.
Commenting on Jessie’s videos, one follower said: “I’m crying I love your voice!! I’m not even kidding!” Another person added: “Omg you sing like an angel.”
Someone else has simply described Jessie’s voice as “amazing”.
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