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Liz McClarnon
Background information
Birth name	Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon
Born	10 April 1981 (1981-04-10) (age 28)
Origin	Liverpool, England
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer, Dancer
Years active	1999 – present
Labels	All Around the World (EMI)/Hollywood Records
Associated acts	Atomic Kitten
Website	http://www.lizmcclarnon.com/

Elizabeth "Liz" McClarnon (born 10 April 1981, Liverpool) is an English pop singer, dancer and member of the group Atomic Kitten. She is now also a celebrity cook and television presenter.

Atomic Kitten

In 1997, whilst still in secondary school, McLarnon's music teacher arranged for her to take part in an audition with musician Andy McCluskey, who was aiming to create a new girl group. The group became Atomic Kitten, who released their first record in 1999.

McClarnon is the only original member of the initial line-up of Atomic Kitten (Heidi Range was replaced by Natasha Hamilton in 1998, and Kerry Katona was replaced by Jenny Frost in 2001).

Atomic Kitten have sold over 10 million albums and singles around the world.^[1] Although the trio no longer record together as a group, they occasionally reform for one-off performances.

Atomic Kitten had three number one singles, Whole Again, Eternal Flame, and The Tide Is High. They all went on to sell over one million copies around the world.

Atomic kitten subsequently went on to have two number one albums, Right Now, and Feels So Good, both being certified double-platinum in the UK alone, for sales of over 600,000 copies.

Solo career

Following Atomic Kitten, McClarnon was signed to All Around the World Records. She released her first solo single, a cover of Barbra Streisand's 1980 hit "Woman in Love", on 13 February 2006. The track was produced by Graham Stack along with Robin Gibb (of the Bee Gees), who also originally co-wrote the song^[2] and whom McLarnon accompanied on his 2005 tour.^[3]

A video was released to promote the song featuring McClarnon in a Manhattan apartment, but it was actually filmed in McClarnon's home town of Liverpool. It was decided to release the single as a double A-side with a cover of Jackie Wilson's "I Get the Sweetest Feeling". The single peaked at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart and, after more than six months on release, it peaked at number 16 in the Spanish charts on 22 October 2006.^[4] Also prior to her solo release, McLarnon appeared in the video for "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" with the FHM Hot 100, which charted at number 10 in the UK.

Since her first release, McClarnon has gone onto release one more single called "Don't It Make You Happy". The song was recorded in her bid to be selected for the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest and McLarnon performed the track on the BBC's pre-Eurovision TV show Making Your Mind Up on 17 March 2007. However, she was unsuccessful and the single failed to chart.

McLarnon also recorded a single entitled "Lately", with friend Jaime Jay for the Global One Music Project. The same song has been recorded by different artists all around the world in different languages, and in addition to English, McLarnon also recorded French and Spanish versions. The single was due to be released 18 May 2009, and although McLarnon and Jay had been promoting the single on a number of radio and TV shows, the release was postponed indefinitely.^[5]

Since then, McLarnon has continued recording her debut album. She parted ways with her old management company in April 2008, and is now managed by her ex-marketing manager, Scott Richardson at Belta CM. Her album has been cited for release sometime in 2009.^{[citation needed]}.

On 3 August 2009, McClarnon signed to 3 Beat Records, a subsidiary of All Around the World (through Universal Music). Her first single on the new label, "Not In Love", is due to be released in November, and is a track she has written herself, influenced by Kylie Minogue's electro and club tunes. McLarnon performed the track at the Midlands Festival in 2009.

Liz McClarnon has recently announced on her official website, that her single, "Not In Love", will be due for a march release, whilst her album will be released around May.

Television appearances

In August 2003, McClarnon presented a BBC programme about pensioners being forced out of their homes.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, she appeared in the ITV reality TV show, Celebrity Love Island, in which she finished second.

On 25 July 2008, McClarnon was named "Celebrity Masterchef Champion". Since then she has gone onto hold a regular position on Market Kitchen on UKTV Food, commenting on recent cookery books. She also appeared on four episodes of LK Today teaching a new and simple recipe on each episode as well as being interviewed on the show. McLarnon also created a pasta dish for Pizza Hut which came out in January 2009. She has confirmed that she is currently completing her own cookery book.

On 29 October 2008, McLarnon debuted as a presenter on the National Lottery. She was also at the 2009 Brit Award nominations event, at hand to update viewers.

In 2009, McLarnon took part in Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, where she was participating on Ant's team throughout the series.

McLarnon has also been a guest panelist on shows such as The Wright Stuff, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Shooting Stars and will soon appear on All Star Family Fortunes.

McLarnon is currently presenting the BBC3 show Hotter Than My Daughter which first aired on 4th February 2010.

In 2010 she was a celebrity guest team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound, Joe Swash and Sara Cox on Watch.

Other work

McClarnon is an ambassador for the charity Youth Music.^[6]

Personal life

McLarnon lives in London, but often travels back to Liverpool to see family and friends. She is also a Everton F.C. fan.

Discography

Albums

Singles

DVDs

See also

• Atomic Kitten
• Natasha Hamilton
• Jenny Frost

References

External links

• Liz McClarnon Official Site
• Liz McClarnon Fansite
• Liz McClarnon at MySpace
• Liz McClarnon at the Internet Movie Database