Joshua Saunders caught up with Stacey Solomon in Birmingham to speak about her career so far and what the future holds for the artist who's yet to debut her own music.
Since leaving the X-Factor in 2009 has been one of the busiest stars in showbiz. Crowned Queen of the Jungle in I'm a Celebrity Get Me Outta Here, co-hosting Sing If You Can with Keith Lemon as well as other presenting positions for Sky. In between having her second son, Leighton, and becoming the new face of Iceland, taking over from Coleen Nolan. And this September premiering new ITV show Top Dog Model and a new album... then if that wasn't enough, planning a wedding scheduled for next year.
JS: First of all, welcome back to Birmingham Stacey...Stacey Solomon: Probably about the seventh time I've been. I love Birmingham people are really friendly. You know when you come outside of London because everyone says hello. Birmininum [sic] here I am...
JS: You rose to fame through the X-Factor, did you ever expect you'd make it this far?
Stacey Solomon: No I never thought I'd even make it through the auditions of X-Factor.
JS: If you could summarise your journey since the X Factor in a few words what would they be?
Stacey Solomon: Time of my life. I don't know how else to put it, I'm a very lucky girl.
JS: A lot of celebrities after finishing TV talent shows fizzle out, what's your secret to staying around?
Stacey Solomon: I don't know. Just being normal I suppose.
JS: You've got your first studio album coming out in September, how are you feeling about it?
Stacey Solomon: I can't wait I'm so so excited. It's so lovely to have worked on something for so long. I'm so passionate about it and put lots of hard work into it. So I can't wait to see how it goes...
JS: What can your fans expect from it?
Stacey Solomon: It's very chilled out, live-lounge and acoustic. Then there are some fun floaty numbers on it, so I'm extremely excited.
JS: You've been quite busy since the X-Factor with other side projects is music still your priority?
Stacey Solomon: I love music, I really love music. But I really enjoy presenting I wouldn't like to choose between the two I absolutely love them both and am lucky enough at the moment to be doing both. so I'm just going to enjoy it.
JS: Now imagine Stacey Solomon ten years in the future... where is she and what will she be doing?
Stacey Solomon: I'll be 32 that's all i know for sure... I hope I'll still be releasing music, but I'll have to tell you in ten years. But I'm doing my dream job, definitely, by far, I never in a million years thought I'd be able to do stuff like this. This is 100% my dream job.
JS: You're soon to be married how's the planning for that going?
