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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.
| Song | Original artist(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Audition | "Bruises" | Lewis Capaldi | Four-chair turn, joined Team Meghan |
| Battle | "Water Under the Bridge" | Adele | Won against Jordan Phillips |
| Knockout | "Stay" | Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko | Won against Beryl McCormack and Oli Ross |
| Semi-final | "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" | Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus | Advanced to the final |
| Final | "Edge of Seventeen" | Stevie Nicks | |
| "Giant" | Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man | Duet 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
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRE | |||
| "Attention" | 2020 | — | Chaotic Heart |
| "That's Rich" | 2022 | 54 | |
| "Tongues" | — | ||
| "Heartbreaker" | — | ||
| "Come Alive" | 2023 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Being Alone" | — | ||
| "Overload" | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||