Welsh singer Jessica Garlick, born in 1981 made her first steps into showbusiness when she was 16. At that age she won the Welsh finale for the tv-show Star For A Night. The same year she also featured at Michael Barrymore's My kind of Music.
In 2002 she was among the last ten contestants for the famous reality show Pop Idol, the show that made Gareth Gates and Will Young into international stars. Jessica Garlick wasn't unnoticed either, as the BBC invited her to sing Come back, one of the songs for A song for Europe, the British selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The audience selected her to represent the United Kingdom and she put her country back at the top with a third place.
Later that year she was involved in a campaign to help kids stop smoking.