Carrie Grant

Carrie Grant (born Caroline Gray August 17 1965) is a British celebrity vocal coach and session singer. She is best known for her work on the television talent contests "Fame Academy", "Comic Relief does Fame Academy" and "Pop Idol", together with her husband and colleague David Grant. She is also personal voice coach to many successful pop stars.

Grant has had various roles in the entertainment industry, starting as a dancer on television and moving into presenting for children's television. She was a member of the singing trio Sweet Dreams, who entered the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "I'm Never Giving Up," which reached number 21 on the UK singles chart and gave them sixth placing in the contest. Grant later became one of the UK’s top session singers, working with artists such as Diana Ross, Roberta Flack, Rod Stewart, Lighthouse Family, Fatboy Slim and many others.

Carrie and David Grant then collaborated on their highly acclaimed gospel album "Watching and Waiting" which went on to win a MOBO Award as best gospel album for 1997.

This led to further work for Grant as vocal coach and producer, working with some of the UK’s top pop acts including Take That, S Club, and more recently Will Young, Atomic Kitten, Melanie C, Lemar, Charlotte Church and others throughout the US, Europe and the UK. In 2006 she appeared in the four part BBC TV series "The Sound of Musicals", which was filmed in 2005. In 2006 (broadcast 2007) she took part in the BBC2 reality series "Safari School" in which eight celebrities were trained in the skills of game rangers at the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa. Grant was the series champion, beating actor Jeremy Sheffield in the final test.

Since 1999 has also presented several BBC schools' radio programmes, including "Music Workshop", "The Song Tree" and "Something to Think About". With her husband David she has recently created Carrie and David's Popshop, a children's TV series broadcast on CBeebies from February 2008.

She is also a prominent member of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease, as she has had Crohn's Disease since she was twenty.

She and husband David have 3 daughters, one of which Olivia Grant, played Alice in series 5 of "The Story of Tracy Beaker" and went on to a small role in "EastEnders".

In 2008, Carrie Grant revealed the British votes at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, where the twelve points were given to Greece.

External links

* [http://www.carrieanddavidgrant.co.uk/ David and Carrie Grant's official web site]
* [http://www.carrieanddavidgrantfans.co.uk/ Carrie & David Grant's official fansite]
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