Brooke Scullion

Irish musical artist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIrish musical artist
PlacesIreland
isSinger Songwriter
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Female
Genres:Pop music
Birth31 March 1999, Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Age25 years
Star signAries
Education
Magee College
The details

Biography

Brooke Scullion, known professionally as Brooke, is an Irish singer. She was a contestant on series 9 of The Voice UK, finishing in third place. She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "That's Rich".

Early life

Scullion was born on 31 March 1999 in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She was involved in both the performing arts and sports from a young age. In secondary school, she performed in several musical productions including Fame, Mamma Mia!, and Sister Act. She played on the senior camogie team at Wolfe Tones GAC.

She was a drama student at Ulster University at Magee.

Career

The Voice UK

In 2020, she auditioned for the ninth series of The Voice UK. In the blind auditions, she earned chair turns from all four coaches and chose Meghan Trainor to be her coach. She finished in third place.

SongOriginal artist(s)Notes
Blind Audition"Bruises"Lewis CapaldiFour-chair turn, joined Team Meghan
Battle"Water Under the Bridge"AdeleWon against Jordan Phillips
Knockout"Stay"Rihanna feat. Mikky EkkoWon against Beryl McCormack and Oli Ross
Semi-final"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"Mark Ronson feat. Miley CyrusAdvanced to the final
Final"Edge of Seventeen"Stevie Nicks
"Giant"Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone ManDuet with Ella Eyre

Eurovision Song Contest 2022

In January 2022, Brooke was announced as one of six finalists competing in Eurosong 2022, the national final for Ireland to decide its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. With her song "That's Rich", Brooke won Eurosong 2022 with twenty-eight points. She won by four points over "Ashes of Yesterday" by Janet Grogan and "Yeah, We're Gonna Get Out of It" by Miles Graham. She received twelve points each from the international jury and televote, and four points from the jury in the studio. She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy and performed in position 10 in the second semi-final on 12 May. However, Scullion failed to qualify for the final.

Dancing with the Stars

From January to March 2023, Scullion was a contestant in the sixth series of Dancing with the Stars. She was originally partnered with Maurizio Benenato, however, in week 3, Benenato had to leave the show citing personal reasons. Scullion's partner since then was Robert Rowiński. She received 25 points in week one, a record score for week one of the show. In week 8 of the competition, she received the first 30 of the series. Scullion and Rowiński eventually reached the final, finishing as joint runners-up to Carl Mullan and Emily Barker.

Personal life

Outside of singing, Brooke works as a personal assistant to an estate agent in Toome, County Antrim.

Discography

Extended Plays

  • Chaotic Heart (2022)

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
IRE
"Attention"2020Chaotic Heart
"That's Rich"202254
"Tongues"
"Heartbreaker"
"Come Alive"2023Non-album singles
"Being Alone"
"Overload"
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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