Samantha Jade

Samantha Jade Gibbs (born 18 April 1987) is an Australian singer and songwriter.

She has written tracks for artists including JoJo and Ashley Tisdale.

In 2002, Jade's friend sent her demo to a record producer in Los Angeles, California, who then decided to send Jade and her family to Hollywood for a meeting.

The following year, they moved to Los Angeles.

In 2004, she signed with US record label Jive Records and began recording a few demo tracks.

That year, a song she co-wrote, "Secret Love", was recorded by JoJo for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Shark Tale.

In 2006, Jade recorded the title track "Step Up" for the 2006 dance film Step Up.

The song was written by Diane Warren and produced by rapper Wyclef Jean.

The single which had little promotion appeared for one week on the Billboard Pop 100 peaking at number 92.

In 2007, Jade released her follow-up single "Turn Around".

It was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on 14 August 2007, as the lead single from Jade's debut album, My Name is Samantha Jade.

In 2007 Jade co-wrote and sang back-up vocals on the track "Positivity" on Ashley Tisdale's debut album Headstrong.

The following year, Jade co-wrote and sang back-up vocals on the song "Can't Walk Away" on Tiffany Evans' album Tiffany Evans.

Jade was later dropped from Jive Records and attempted to continue to work on music independently with American record label Affinity West Entertainment.

The film was released in 2009.

Jade notably recorded a track the following year with David Guetta and Laidback Luke for David Guetta's fourth studio album One Love which was released in August.

The track did not make the final track listing but is featured as a bonus track on certain international releases.

In July 2009 Jade released her third single, "Secret", in Australia, which failed to chart.

The official music video for the single was directed by Valerie Babayan.

The video for "Secret" shows her narrowing down an old lover so she can confront them about their "Secret".

In 2010, Jade made her acting debut in the film Beneath the Blue, a sequel to Eye of the Dolphin.

In 2010, Jade relocated to Perth and began working at her father's mining factory counting stock.

In 2012, Jade won the fourth season of The X Factor Australia, the first woman to win the Australian series.

She subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released her winner's single "What You've Done to Me", which debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Samantha Jade Gibbs was born in Perth, Western Australia.

Her father, Kevin Gibbs is of Anglo-Indian descent, while her mother, Jacqueline Deans Gibbs is of Scottish descent.

Upon initial release, "Turn Around" debuted and peaked at number 83 on the ARIA Singles Chart, but upon Jade winning the fourth season of The X Factor in 2012, the song re-entered and peaked at number 53.

After three years with the label, My Name is Samantha Jade was never released.

Jade recorded the controversial Golden Touch album for the label which would later result in issues regarding the release of the album, as it wasn't released until 2012.

In a final attempt to return to the music industry, Jade successfully auditioned for the fourth season of The X Factor in 2012, singing The Script's "Breakeven", during which judge Guy Sebastian notably teared up.

Jade progressed to the super boot camp stage of the competition, where she sang "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" by Lenny Kravitz and "No Air" by Jordin Sparks.

She then advanced to the home visits round as part of the Over 25s category, which was mentored by Sebastian.

He later selected Jade, along with Justin Standley and Nathaniel Willemse, for the live finals—a series of ten weekly live shows in which contestants are progressively eliminated by public vote.

For the first live performance show on 17 September 2012, she sang Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" and received praise from all four judges.

Keating said "I'm going to get in trouble for saying this but that was better than Katy Perry", while Sebastian added that "Every singer in the country just literally went 'Oh my gosh'."

However, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Adil Memon but was saved after Keating, Bassingthwaighte, and Sebastian all opted to eliminate Memon.

In the fifth week, Jade fell into the bottom two alongside Angel Tupai.

Her mother died on 8 June 2014 after a short battle with cancer.

Jade began modeling at the age of four and at age nine she won a talent show after singing "Amazing Grace".

She attended Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School in Kiara and Hampton Senior High School in Morley.