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'''Caroline Vanessa "Carrie" Grant''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (''née'' '''Gray''', born 17 August 1965) is an English [[vocal coach]],<ref name=danacentre>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3297995/Secrets-of-singing-revealed.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303161703/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3297995/Secrets-of-singing-revealed.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2011 |title=Secrets of singing revealed|access-date=8 November 2010|date=19 June 2007|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> television presenter and [[session singer]].
'''Caroline Vanessa Grant''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (''née'' '''Gray''', born 17 August 1965) is an English [[vocal coach]],<ref name=danacentre>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3297995/Secrets-of-singing-revealed.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303161703/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/3297995/Secrets-of-singing-revealed.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2011 |title=Secrets of singing revealed|access-date=8 November 2010|date=19 June 2007|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> television presenter and [[session singer]].


==Career==
==Career==
Grant is known for her work on the television talent contests ''[[Fame Academy]]'',<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/03/x-factor-chart-success |title=They've got the X Factor|access-date=8 November 2010|date=3 December 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> ''[[Comic Relief Does Fame Academy]]'', and ''[[Pop Idol]]'', and the children's television series ''[[Carrie and David's Popshop]]'', together with her husband and colleague [[David Grant (singer)|David Grant]].<ref name="ind_interview">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-carrie-grant-vocal-coach-and-session-singer-783547.html|title=The 5-minute Interview: Carrie Grant, vocal coach and session singer|last=Kinnear|first=Lucy|date=18 February 2008|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=28 January 2010}}</ref> She first came to fame as a singer in her own right with the pop group [[Sweet Dreams (1980s band)|Sweet Dreams]] in 1983, when they represented the United Kingdom at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1983|Eurovision Song Contest]] that year with the song "[[I'm Never Giving Up]]".<ref name=bbc2008>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7403021.stm|title=Talking Shop: Carrie Grant|access-date=8 November 2010|date=21 May 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> They finished in the top six. In [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008]], she was the spokesperson for the UK vote. In 2009, Carrie was featured in the tenth episode of the second series of ''[[Total Wipeout]]''.
Grant is known for her work on the television talent contests ''[[Fame Academy]]'',<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/03/x-factor-chart-success |title=They've got the X Factor|access-date=8 November 2010|date=3 December 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> ''[[Comic Relief Does Fame Academy]]'', and ''[[Pop Idol]]'', and the children's television series ''[[Carrie and David's Popshop]]'', together with her husband and colleague [[David Grant (singer)|David Grant]].<ref name="ind_interview">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-carrie-grant-vocal-coach-and-session-singer-783547.html|title=The 5-minute Interview: Carrie Grant, vocal coach and session singer|last=Kinnear|first=Lucy|date=18 February 2008|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=28 January 2010}}</ref> She first came to fame as a singer in her own right with the pop group [[Sweet Dreams (1980s band)|Sweet Dreams]] in 1983, when they represented the United Kingdom at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1983|Eurovision Song Contest]] that year with the song "[[I'm Never Giving Up]]".<ref name=bbc2008>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7403021.stm|title=Talking Shop: Carrie Grant|access-date=8 November 2010|date=21 May 2008|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> They finished in the top six. In [[Eurovision Song Contest 2008|2008]], she was the spokesperson for the UK vote. In 2009, Grant was featured in the tenth episode of the second series of ''[[Total Wipeout]]''.


Since 2010, Grant has been a regular reporter on [[BBC One]]'s magazine programme ''[[The One Show]]''. In 2012, she appeared on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] documentary, ''The Talent Show Story'' where she spoke about her time as a judge and coach. In May 2014, it was announced that Carrie would be head of the United Kingdom national jury in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2014]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27227652|title=Eurovision UK jury headed by vocal coach Carrie Grant|date=May 2014 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> In January 2018, Grant participated in ''[[And They're Off!]]'' in aid of [[Sport Relief]]. In 2020, Grant appeared in the [[Channel 4]] soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' as [[List of Hollyoaks characters (2020)#Zoe|Zoe]], alongside husband David and [[Tylan Grant|Tylan]], who regularly portrays [[Brooke Hathaway]] in the soap.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/hollyoaks-welcomes-two-very-special-guest-stars-610818/|title=Hollyoaks welcomes two very SPECIAL GUEST STARS!|work=[[What's on TV]]|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>
Since 2010, she has been a regular reporter on [[BBC One]]'s magazine programme ''[[The One Show]]''. In 2012, she appeared on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] documentary, ''The Talent Show Story'' where she spoke about her time as a judge and coach. In May 2014, it was announced that Grant would be head of the United Kingdom national jury in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2014]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27227652|title=Eurovision UK jury headed by vocal coach Carrie Grant|date=May 2014 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> In January 2018, Grant participated in ''[[And They're Off!]]'' in aid of [[Sport Relief]]. In 2020, she appeared in the [[Channel 4]] soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' as [[List of Hollyoaks characters (2020)#Zoe|Zoe]], alongside husband David and [[Tylan Grant|Tylan]], who regularly portrays [[Brooke Hathaway]] in the soap.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/hollyoaks-welcomes-two-very-special-guest-stars-610818/|title=Hollyoaks welcomes two very SPECIAL GUEST STARS!|work=[[What's on TV]]|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>


In 2023 Carrie was a guest on Channel 5's ''Eurovision: 30 Unforgettable Moments'' a chart countdown based on the song contest, with David, a regular music business talking head expert for Channel 5, joining her for the programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/5-goes-to-eurovision-greatest-hits/season-1/eurovision-greatest-moments|title=My5|website=www.channel5.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/eurovision-30-unforgettable-moments|title=My5|website=www.channel5.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23480062.eurovision-30-unforgettable-moments---bucks-fizz-lulu/|title=Bucks Fizz reminisce about their 1981 victory with Making Your Mind Up|date=5 May 2023|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref>
In 2023 she was a guest on Channel 5's ''Eurovision: 30 Unforgettable Moments'' a chart countdown based on the song contest, with David, a regular music business talking head expert for Channel 5, joining her for the programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/5-goes-to-eurovision-greatest-hits/season-1/eurovision-greatest-moments|title=My5|website=www.channel5.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/eurovision-30-unforgettable-moments|title=My5|website=www.channel5.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23480062.eurovision-30-unforgettable-moments---bucks-fizz-lulu/|title=Bucks Fizz reminisce about their 1981 victory with Making Your Mind Up|date=5 May 2023|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Carrie and her husband David have four children: [[Olive Gray|Olive]], [[Tylan Grant|Tylan]], Arlo and Nathan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/carrie-david-grant-tylan-hollyoaks-autism-children-spectrum-aspergers-1162962|title='We were on suicide watch as school traumatised our autistic kids,' say Carrie and David Grant|date=24 August 2021|website=inews.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11149383/Autism-and-girls-Why-we-urgently-need-to-talk-about-it.html|title='Too many suffer in silence': Why we urgently need to talk about autism and girls|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=9 October 2014 }}</ref> All of their children are [[neurodivergent]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2018042348049/carrie-grant-daughter-talia-grant-lands-hollyoaks-role/?viewas=amp|title=Carrie and David Grant's daughter Talia lands role in Hollyoaks – and she is making TV history|work=[[Hello Magazine]]|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref> and Carrie herself was diagnosed with [[autism spectrum|autism]] in January 2023.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Autism: In conversation with auticon |title=Carrie Grant MBE Talks Exclusively to auticon About Her Autism Diagnosis |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/carrie-grant-mbe-talks-exclusively-to-auticon-about/id1595836489?i=1000629169444 |website=[[Apple Podcasts]] |access-date=27 February 2024 |date=26 September 2023}}</ref> Carrie and David are both Christian, and run a church plant in their home.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carrie Grant: "This is extreme parenting" |url=https://www.womanalive.co.uk/home/carrie-grant-this-is-extreme-parenting/4598.article |website=Woman Alive |access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>
She and husband David have four children: [[Olive Gray|Olive]], [[Tylan Grant|Tylan]], Arlo and Nathan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/carrie-david-grant-tylan-hollyoaks-autism-children-spectrum-aspergers-1162962|title='We were on suicide watch as school traumatised our autistic kids,' say Carrie and David Grant|date=24 August 2021|website=inews.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11149383/Autism-and-girls-Why-we-urgently-need-to-talk-about-it.html|title='Too many suffer in silence': Why we urgently need to talk about autism and girls|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=9 October 2014 }}</ref> All of their children are [[neurodivergent]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2018042348049/carrie-grant-daughter-talia-grant-lands-hollyoaks-role/?viewas=amp|title=Carrie and David Grant's daughter Talia lands role in Hollyoaks – and she is making TV history|work=[[Hello Magazine]]|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref> and Grant herself was diagnosed with [[autism spectrum|autism]] in January 2023.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Autism: In conversation with auticon |title=Carrie Grant MBE Talks Exclusively to auticon About Her Autism Diagnosis |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/carrie-grant-mbe-talks-exclusively-to-auticon-about/id1595836489?i=1000629169444 |website=[[Apple Podcasts]] |access-date=27 February 2024 |date=26 September 2023}}</ref> Grant and David are both Christian, and run a church plant in their home.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carrie Grant: "This is extreme parenting" |url=https://www.womanalive.co.uk/home/carrie-grant-this-is-extreme-parenting/4598.article |website=Woman Alive |access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>


Grant has suffered from [[Crohn's disease]] since the age of 18<ref name=NHS>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/women4060/Pages/CarrieGrant.aspx |title='My life with Crohn's disease' |date=28 August 2010 |publisher=[[National Health Service]] }}</ref> and has been praised by science education charity [[Sense about Science]] for her efforts in raising the profile of the disease without making any scientifically unsound claims about available therapies.<ref name=senseaboutscience>{{cite web |url=http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/PDF/Celeb%20Audit%202008.pdf |title=Celebrities and Science Review 2008 |access-date=8 November 2010 |publisher=[[Sense about science]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117131256/http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/PDF/Celeb%20Audit%202008.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Grant has suffered from [[Crohn's disease]] since the age of 18<ref name=NHS>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/women4060/Pages/CarrieGrant.aspx |title='My life with Crohn's disease' |date=28 August 2010 |publisher=[[National Health Service]] }}</ref> and has been praised by science education charity [[Sense about Science]] for her efforts in raising the profile of the disease without making any scientifically unsound claims about available therapies.<ref name=senseaboutscience>{{cite web |url=http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/PDF/Celeb%20Audit%202008.pdf |title=Celebrities and Science Review 2008 |access-date=8 November 2010 |publisher=[[Sense about science]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117131256/http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/PDF/Celeb%20Audit%202008.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Latest revision as of 11:43, 27 April 2024

For the Hollywood actor, see Cary Grant.
Carrie Grant
MBE
Carrie Grant at the 2008 Red Bull Flugtag
Born
Caroline Vanessa Gray

(1965-08-17) 17 August 1965 (age 58)
Enfield, London, England
NationalityBritish
Occupations
Years active1983–present
SpouseDavid Grant
Children4, including Olive and Tylan

Caroline Vanessa Grant MBE (née Gray, born 17 August 1965) is an English vocal coach,[1] television presenter and session singer.

Career[edit]

Grant is known for her work on the television talent contests Fame Academy,[2] Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, and Pop Idol, and the children's television series Carrie and David's Popshop, together with her husband and colleague David Grant.[3] She first came to fame as a singer in her own right with the pop group Sweet Dreams in 1983, when they represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest that year with the song "I'm Never Giving Up".[4] They finished in the top six. In 2008, she was the spokesperson for the UK vote. In 2009, Grant was featured in the tenth episode of the second series of Total Wipeout.

Since 2010, she has been a regular reporter on BBC One's magazine programme The One Show. In 2012, she appeared on the ITV documentary, The Talent Show Story where she spoke about her time as a judge and coach. In May 2014, it was announced that Grant would be head of the United Kingdom national jury in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[5] In January 2018, Grant participated in And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief. In 2020, she appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Zoe, alongside husband David and Tylan, who regularly portrays Brooke Hathaway in the soap.[6]

In 2023 she was a guest on Channel 5's Eurovision: 30 Unforgettable Moments a chart countdown based on the song contest, with David, a regular music business talking head expert for Channel 5, joining her for the programme.[7][8][9]

Personal life[edit]

She and husband David have four children: Olive, Tylan, Arlo and Nathan.[10][11] All of their children are neurodivergent,[12] and Grant herself was diagnosed with autism in January 2023.[13] Grant and David are both Christian, and run a church plant in their home.[14]

Grant has suffered from Crohn's disease since the age of 18[15] and has been praised by science education charity Sense about Science for her efforts in raising the profile of the disease without making any scientifically unsound claims about available therapies.[16] She is a supporter of the Labour Party and addressed its conference in 2012, about why she valued the National Health Service.[17]

Grant is also Patient Lead at The College of Medicine[18] and has spoken at their conferences on involving patients in treatment choices.

Grant was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to music, media and charity.[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Secrets of singing revealed". The Daily Telegraph. 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  2. ^ "They've got the X Factor". The Guardian. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  3. ^ Kinnear, Lucy (18 February 2008). "The 5-minute Interview: Carrie Grant, vocal coach and session singer". The Independent. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Talking Shop: Carrie Grant". BBC. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Eurovision UK jury headed by vocal coach Carrie Grant". BBC News. May 2014.
  6. ^ "Hollyoaks welcomes two very SPECIAL GUEST STARS!". What's on TV. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ^ "My5". www.channel5.com.
  8. ^ "My5". www.channel5.com.
  9. ^ "Bucks Fizz reminisce about their 1981 victory with Making Your Mind Up". HeraldScotland. 5 May 2023.
  10. ^ "'We were on suicide watch as school traumatised our autistic kids,' say Carrie and David Grant". inews.co.uk. 24 August 2021.
  11. ^ "'Too many suffer in silence': Why we urgently need to talk about autism and girls". www.telegraph.co.uk. 9 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Carrie and David Grant's daughter Talia lands role in Hollyoaks – and she is making TV history". Hello Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. ^ Autism: In conversation with auticon (26 September 2023). "Carrie Grant MBE Talks Exclusively to auticon About Her Autism Diagnosis". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Carrie Grant: "This is extreme parenting"". Woman Alive. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  15. ^ "'My life with Crohn's disease'". National Health Service. 28 August 2010.
  16. ^ "Celebrities and Science Review 2008" (PDF). Sense about science. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  17. ^ Clare Horton (3 October 2012). "Today in healthcare: Wednesday 3 October". The Guardian.
  18. ^ "College leaders in specialist areas". 23 September 2016.
  19. ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B18.

External links[edit]

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