| Kitty Brucknell | |
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| Birth Date | 15 November 1984 |
| Age | 41 |
| Hometown | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Occupation | Former tribute act Singer |
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| Category | Over 25s |
| Mentor | Louis Walsh |
| Placement | 7/16 |
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Kimberley Dayle Edwards (born 15 November 1984), formerly known professionally as Kitty Brucknell, is an English singer. She participated in Series 8 of The X Factor UK as part of the Over 25s category mentored by Louis Walsh.
Due to the eliminations of Jonjo Kerr, Sami Brookes and Johnny Robinson, Brucknell was the only act left in her category. She was eliminated from the competition in Week 6, finishing in 7th place after losing the sing-off to Misha B.
The X Factor[]
In 2011, Kimberley (then known as Kitty Brucknell) auditioned for the eighth series of The X Factor in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland and Tulisa. In her audition, she sang "The Edge of Glory" and all four judges voted to send her through to the "bootcamp" stage. She performed "You Got the Love" and "Feeling Good" at bootcamp, and made it through to judges' houses. After performing "Beautiful Disaster", Walsh put her through to the live shows in his Over 25s category alongside Johnny Robinson, Sami Brookes and Jonjo Kerr.
Brucknell was in the final showdown three times during the show: in weeks 3 (with Sami Brookes), 5 (with Johnny Robinson) and 6 (with Misha B). In week 3, she was saved by a majority vote from the judges. Voting statistics revealed that Brookes received more votes than Brucknell meaning if the result went to deadlock, Brookes would have been saved and Brucknell would've been sent home. In week 5, she fell in the bottom three and was saved by a majority vote from the judges. However, Robinson received more votes than Brucknell which meant that if the result went to deadlock, Robinson would have been saved and Brucknell would've been sent home. Brucknell was finally sent home in week 6 only after Walsh voted to save her. However, voting statistics revealed that Brucknell received more votes than Misha B meaning if the result went to deadlock, Brucknell would have been saved and sent through to week 7, while Misha B would've been sent home.
Performances[]
| Episode | Theme | Song | Result |
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| Audition | Free choice | "The Edge of Glory" | Advanced |
| Bootcamp 1 | Group performance | "You Got the Love" | Advanced |
| Bootcamp 2 | Solo performance | "Feeling Good" | Advanced |
| Judges' houses | Free choice | "Beautiful Disaster" | Advanced |
| Week 1 | Britain vs. America | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Saved |
| Week 2 | Love and heartbreak | "It's Oh So Quiet" | Safe (10th) |
| Week 3 | Rock | "Live and Let Die" | Bottom Two (11th) |
| Save Me songs | "The Edge of Glory" | Saved | |
| Week 4 | Halloween | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Safe (4th) |
| Week 5 | Club classics | "Like a Prayer" | Bottom Three (8th) |
| Save Me songs | "Beautiful Disaster" | Saved | |
| Week 6 | Lady Gaga vs. Queen | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Bottom Two (6th) |
| Save Me songs | "Over the Rainbow" | Eliminated (7th) |
Post The X Factor[]
2012–present: Glamour and Damage[]
Following the X Factor Live Tour 2012, Edwards began teasing the release of her track "Red Shoes". Brucknell returned to The X Factor in 2013 when she performed alongside other former contestants such as Rylan Clark, Jedward, Wagner, 2 Shoes, Diva Fever and Johnny Robinson at the final in Wembley Arena. In January 2013, she went on her first tour which was dubbed the "Glamour and Damage" Tour. She performed "The Damage is Done" from her then forthcoming album Glamour and Damage. She featured on a single which was released in Germany entitled "No Tomorrow".
In August, she shared one of her original tracks "Chains", which garnered a lot of interest from major online blogs, even with a mention from Brian May of Queen. On 4 May, Kitty announced that her debut single "Glitter in the Sky" would be released on 19 October 2014. Her debut album Glamour and Damage was launched on Pledge Music where it is available to pre-order along with many other exclusives. Within the two weeks of its launch, she had successfully reached over 25% of her goal. On 2 August, she successfully reached 100% of her goal. Her debut album, Glamour and Damage was released on 1 November 2014 through Pledge Music.
She attempted to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Yearning". The song was written by Kitty with Dai Smith and Allyson Summerhayes (also known as 'The Elements'). Kitty's Eurovision attempt was on behalf of escnews.org who were reportedly acting as her management team during the Eurovision season 2015. On 25 November 2014, it was revealed that Kitty was not one of the nine acts selected by SRF that moved on to the live auditions held in Zürich and was eliminated. She was later shortlisted for the Moldovan national final with her songs "Yearning" and "Remix". On 17 January 2015, it was announced that "Remix" had advanced to the semi-final stage held in February. She was eliminated from the competition during the first semi-final on 24 February 2015.
She revealed in an interview that the reason why she is not attempting to represent the UK is because the BBC felt it was a conflict of interest for a former X Factor contestant to be promoted by them given their involvement with the Eurovision and the fact that they already have their own singing contest, The Voice UK, although former X Factor contestant Andy Abraham represented the UK in 2008.
Kitty took the ESC News’ Track of the Year 2015 title with her Moldovan National Final entry "Yearning", with 71% of the votes.
She also co-owns an international talent agency called Rockstars Agency, LLC, representing talent in the US, Canada and UK for online content creation and live-streaming, primarily with TikTok influencers and Bigo Live creators, working with celebrities such as Perez Hilton and Sam Asghari.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
| Album title | Album details |
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| Glamour and Damage |
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Live albums[]
| Album title | Album details |
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| The Glamour and Damage 2013 Live Tour |
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Singles[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart position | Album | ||||||
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| UK Indie Breakers | |||||||||
| 2014 | "Glitter in the Sky" | 9 | Glamour and Damage | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
As featured artist[]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| UK [1] |
IRE [2] |
SCO [3] | |||||||
| 2011 | "Wishing on a Star" (as part of The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction) |
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| 2013 | "No Tomorrow" (Davis Redfield featuring Kitty Brucknell) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Trivia[]
- In Week 3, Sami Brookes received more votes than Brucknell which meant if the result went to deadlock, Brookes would have been saved.
- In Week 5, Johnny Robinson received more votes than Brucknell which meant if the result went to deadlock, Robinson would have been saved.
- In Week 6, Brucknell received more votes than Misha B which meant if the result went to deadlock, Brucknell would have been saved.
| UK Series 8 Finalists | |||
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| Amelia Lily • Craig Colton • Frankie Cocozza • James Michael • Janet Devlin • Johnny Robinson • Jonjo Kerr • Kitty Brucknell • Little Mix • Marcus Collins • Misha B • Nu Vibe • Sami Brookes • Sophie Habibis • The Risk • 2 Shoes | |||