Zoe Birkett Biography

Zoe Birkett (born on 16 June, 1985, in Consett, County Durham) was one of the youngest contestants on the ITV show, "Pop Idol", being only 16 at the time. Zoe had had hopes of being a musician for quite some time, as she even auditioned to be in S Club 7, and ended up in the final 12. She did a lot better in the first season of "Pop Idol" however, as she ended in fourth place behind Will Young, Gareth Gates and Darius Danesh, hence being the highest placed female on the show.

During the programme, she performed such songs as Whitney Houston's 'One Moment in Time', 'I Will Always Love You' and 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody'; Aretha Franklin's 'I Say a Little Prayer'; ABBA's 'Thank You for the Music' and Judy Garland's 'Get Happy'.

After the show, Zoe joined forces with "Pop Idol" winners, Will Young and Gareth Gates, on tour as their warm-up act. She performed three songs for Pop Idol: The Big Band Album.

In 2003 Zoe got a record deal with 19 Management and released one single "Treat Me Like a Lady" on January 13, 2003. The track was co-written by "Pop Idol" contestant Sarah Whatmore, but only reached Number 12 in the UK singles chart however this quickly drifted down the chart and faded, she has not since released any further singles. Soon after Zoe was dumped by the record label. She has not released another record: she finished school and went to university.

In August 2005 The Sun reported that runner up in the second series of "Pop Idol" Mark Rhodes proposed to her a week before. However, they have now split.

Zoe appeared in Robert C Kelly's production of 'In Town Tonight' at the Glasgow Kings Theatre. Then went on to star in Panto in her home town of Darlington along with Big Brother star Anthony Hutton. She has more recently toured the country with 'What A Feeling'- a tribute to musicals such as Saturday Night Fever, Fame, Flashdance, Grease and many more - with Noel Sullivan and 80s pop sensation Sinitta. In October 2006, she and Noel both jetted off to Las Vegas to host a show called Cover Girls in the famous Golden Nugget Casino. She now lives in Darlington.