Brooke Scullion, known professionally as Brooke, is a singer from

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. She was a contestant on

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of ''The Voice UK'', finishing in third place. She represented

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in the

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with the song " That's Rich".

Early life

Scullion was born on 31 March 1999 in

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. She was involved in both the performing arts and sports from a young age. In secondary school, she performed in several musical productions including ''Fame'', ''Mamma Mia!'', and ''Sister Act''. She played on the senior

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team at Wolfe Tones GAC. She was a drama student at Ulster University at Magee.

Career

''The Voice UK''

In 2020, she auditioned for the ninth series of ''

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''. In the blind auditions, she earned chair turns from all four coaches and chose

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to be her coach. She finished in third place.

Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Eurovision 2022 - Semi-final 2 - Ireland - Brooke

In January 2022, Brooke was announced as one of six finalists competing in Eurosong 2022, the national final for

to decide its representative for the

. With her song " That's Rich", Brooke won Eurosong 2022 with twenty-eight points. She won by four points over "Ashes of Yesterday" by Janet Grogan and "Yeah, We're Gonna Get Out of It" by Miles Graham. She received twelve points each from the international jury and televote, and four points from the jury in the studio. She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in

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, Italy and performed in position 10 in the second semi-final on 12 May. However, Scullion failed to qualify for the final.

''Dancing with the Stars''

From January to March 2023, Scullion was a contestant in the sixth series of ''

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''. She was originally partnered with Maurizio Benenato, however, in week 3, Benenato had to leave the show citing personal reasons. Scullion's partner since then was Robert Rowiński. She received 25 points in week one, a record score for week one of the show. In week 8 of the competition, she received the first 30 of the series. Scullion and Rowiński eventually reached the final, finishing as joint runners-up to Carl Mullan and Emily Barker.

Personal life

Outside of singing, Brooke works as a personal assistant to an estate agent in

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Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

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