Joelle Hadjia

Joelle Hadjia (born 7 November 1990 in Sydney) is an Australian singer best known simply as Joelle and for competing in the fourth season of The X Factor Australia as part of the duo Good Question and in the fifth season as a solo singer.

Early life

Joelle Hadjia is from Sydney. She was a student at the University of Western Sydney.

Career

She originally tried to kickstart her career in LA when she was 19 and was signed to a small independent label. Hadjia released her first single entitled "Thought It Was You" which was produced by Sergio 'Don Dolla' Selim. She was released from her contract with the label. Following the disbandment of Good Question, Hadjia announced that she would return to her solo career.

2012–2013: The X Factor Australia

After Kristina Adesuwa discovered Hadjia on YouTube, they formed a duo called Good Question. The duo auditioned for the fourth season of The X Factor Australia, singing "Wild Ones" by American rapper Flo Rida and Sia Furler, where they got four yeses. On the first day of super bootcamp, they performed "Back for Good" by the British pop group Take That. On 25 August 2012, Good Question performed "Get Yourself Back Home" by Gym Class Heroes on the talk show Weekend Sunrise.

Joelle

Joelle (also known as Joelle Amery and missjoelley; born between 1998–1999) is an English schoolgirl and pop singer from London, England. At the age of 14, she first appeared live on UK national television on the Lorraine show as an alopecia campaigner and subsequently appeared on ABC News in the United States. Joelle is also a Young Person's Ambassador for the UK charity, Alopecia UK.

Joelle was born 14 weeks prematurely, weighing 1.5 lbs and having a dismal prognosis. Alopecia was yet another medical trial for her. Before she came to accept and even embrace her condition, Joelle maintained a daily routine that included getting up at 6am to spend an hour applying false eyelashes and drawing on her eyebrows before she went to school.

Joelle's TV appearances followed the extensive press coverage that she received internationally in relation to pictures of her posing bald with her mother, Michelle Grayson. The pictures of Joelle were taken by celebrity fashion photographer Dave Wise. During the Lorraine show, Joelle told Kate Garraway about her childhood experiences coping with alopecia universalis, a rare hair loss condition with an incidence of .0005% (1 in 200,000) that has afflicted Joelle since she was 8 years old. As part of the interview, Joelle sang the lyrical excerpt "And you can turn on the morning TV and wish it was you instead of me", from her homemade music video "Big in L.A.", an amateur music video production created by her and her family, using their compact pocket holiday camera while on vacation in Los Angeles.

Joelle (given name)

Joelle is a feminine given name, and may refer to:

  • Joelle Carter (born 1972), American actress
  • Joelle Franzmann (born 1978), German triathlete
  • Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer
  • Joelle ten Damme (born 1988), Dutch actress, singer, dancer and producer
  • See also

  • Joel (given name)
  • Joëlle (given name)
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