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	'''Niki Evans''' (born 13 December 1972) is a British singer. She is best known for her appearance in the ] of '']'' in 2007. She is currently appearing as Mrs Johnstone in the current UK national tour of '']''.		'''Niki Evans''' (born 13 December 1972) is a British singer. She is best known for her appearance in the ] of '']'' in 2007. She is currently appearing as Mrs Johnstone in the current UK national tour of '']''.<ref>http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/x-factor-star-niki-evans-71308</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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Niki Evans
Born	(1972-12-13) 13 December 1972 (age 52) Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Pop, house, electronic, Soul
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Gotham, Rollover, RCA

Website	www.niki-evans.com

Musical artist

Niki Evans (born 13 December 1972) is a British singer. She is best known for her appearance in the fourth UK series of The X Factor in 2007. She is currently appearing as Mrs Johnstone in the current UK national tour of Blood Brothers.

Biography

Pre X Factor

Niki Evans has sung with bands since the age of 12. At the age of 16 she was signed to Libido Records, an offshoot of Pete Waterman's PWL label. "Of R Timez", a single released with Ball Parc Playerz, did not achieve chart success.

1990 – Toured as a solo singer with pop stars Sonia, Lonnie Gordon, Big Fun and Yell!.
1992 – Married and settled down in Tamworth, Staffordshire with husband Darren. They had two sons.
1999 – Made her first TV appearance on the BBC's Star for a Night, hosted by Jane McDonald. Following this she was approached by songwriters Stunt Masters to record a song to front a Mars chocolate TV advertising campaign.
2007 – Working as a catering manager at Polesworth International Language College in Tamworth. After her father's death she used an X Factor application form found in his personal files – and passed the audition to win a place in the live finals.

The X Factor

Evans was selected for the final phase of the competition as one of three contestants in the Over 25s category mentored by competition judge Louis Walsh. The others in this category were Beverley Trotman and Daniel de Bourg. Her performance of "Nothing Compares 2 U" in the first week of the live shows brought a standing ovation from the audience and acclaim from the four judges. Judge Sharon Osbourne told Evans that she was "in a class of her own". Each week Evans took on new challenges, both singing and performing, and was never placed in the bottom two, until she was eliminated at the semi-final stage.

X Factor performances

Round	Song choice	Theme (if any)	Result
Week 1	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Number One Hits	Safe
Week 2	"My Heart Will Go On"	Songs from the movies	Safe
Week 3	"All That Jazz"	Big band	Safe
Week 4	"Because of You"	21st century hits	Safe
Week 5	"Hot Stuff"	Disco	Safe
Week 6	"The Power of Love"	Love songs	Safe
Week 7	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Best of British	Safe
Week 7	"Fields of Gold"	Best of British	Safe
Week 8	"Songbird"	Contestant's choice	Eliminated
Week 8	"One Moment in Time"	Mentor's choice	Eliminated

Post X Factor

Since appearing on The X Factor and the subsequent X Factor arena tour, Niki Evans has sung with John Barrowman at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham and alongside Kim Wilde and Heather Small in Dubai. She appeared as a special guest of Jasper Carrott on his Christmas Rock With Laughter show at the NEC. Other appearances on TV include spots on LK Today with Lorraine Kelly and ITV’s This Morning with Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton.

August 2008 – Signed to artist management specialists, Liz Hobbs Group.
September 2008 – Successful audition for the lead part of Mrs Johnstone in the West End musical Blood Brothers.
October 2008 – Debut solo single "Love Me No More" scheduled for release by London-based Rollover Records on 27 October (download only).
October 2008 – Evans joined the Blood Brothers touring company to play Mrs Johnstone for two weeks at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
November 2008 – Blood Brothers West End début at the Phoenix Theatre on 3 November. Evans will be with the show until 28 March 2009.
April 27, 2009 - Evans rejoins the West End cast of Blood Brothers until the end of September.
2009-2010 - A new single 'I Feel Love', a cover of Donna Summer's 1977 hit is due for release 21 September 2009 and an album to follow in the autumn and Niki will touring early 2010. She promoted her new single with a live appearance in The Bentall Centre in Kingston-upon-Thames.
December 2009 - January 2010 - Appearing in pantomime as The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at The Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton. She released her debut album By Request on iTunes in December 2009.
April 2010 - Evans rejoins the West End cast of Blood Brothers.

In 2012, Evans joined the UK tour of Legally Blonde the Musical in the role of Paulette.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Chart peak positions		Certifications
Year	Album details	UK	IRE	Certifications
2009	By Request Released: December 14, 2009 Label: Gotham Records Format: CD, digital download	-	-

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions		Album
Year	Song	UK	IRE	Album
2008	"Love Me No More"	-	-	Non-album single
2009	"I Feel Love"	-	-	By Request
2010	"Championees"	-	-	Non-album single
2010	"Walk In The Silence"	-	-	TBA

References

External links

Official website
Niki Evans Official Forum
An interview with Niki Evans talking about her role in BLOOD BROTHERS - todoMUSICALES.com
Niki Evans at IMDb

The X Factor (UK)

Series

Main	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Special	Battle of the Stars Celebrity The Band

Winners

Main	Steve Brookstein Shayne Ward Leona Lewis Leon Jackson Alexandra Burke Joe McElderry Matt Cardle Little Mix James Arthur Sam Bailey Ben Haenow Louisa Johnson Matt Terry Rak-Su Dalton Harris
Special	Lucy Benjamin Megan McKenna RLY

Other contestants

Series 1	G4 Tabby Callaghan Rowetta Satchell Roberta Howett
Series 2	Andy Abraham Journey South Brenda Edwards Chico Slimani The Conway Sisters Maria Lawson
Series 3	Ray Quinn Ben Mills The MacDonald Brothers Kerry McGregor
Series 4	Rhydian Roberts Same Difference Hope Daniel de Bourg
Series 5	JLS Eoghan Quigg Diana Vickers Ruth Lorenzo Laura White
Series 6	Olly Murs Stacey Solomon Jedward Lucie Jones Rachel Adedeji
Series 7	Rebecca Ferguson One Direction Cher Lloyd Mary Byrne Katie Waissel Aiden Grimshaw Belle Amie
Series 8	Marcus Collins Amelia Lily Misha B Janet Devlin Kitty Brucknell Frankie Cocozza
Series 9	Jahméne Douglas Christopher Maloney Union J Rylan Clark Ella Henderson Lucy Spraggan Carolynne Poole
Series 10	Nicholas McDonald Luke Friend Rough Copy Kingsland Road Tamera Foster
Series 11	Fleur East Andrea Faustini Lauren Platt Stereo Kicks Stevi Ritchie Only the Young Jake Quickenden Chloe Jasmine Blonde Electra
Series 12	Reggie 'n' Bollie 4th Impact Seann Miley Moore
Series 13	Saara Aalto 5 After Midnight Emily Middlemas Honey G Four of Diamonds
Series 14	Grace Davies Alisah Bonaobra Spencer Sutherland
Series 15	Scarlett Lee Brendan Murray Janice Robinson Olatunji Yearwood

Singles

Winners singles	"Against All Odds" "That's My Goal" "A Moment Like This" "When You Believe" "Hallelujah" "The Climb" "When We Collide" "Cannonball" "Impossible" "Skyscraper" "Something I Need" "Forever Young" "When Christmas Comes Around" "Dimelo" "The Power of Love"
Charity singles	"Hero" "You Are Not Alone" "Heroes" "Wishing on a Star"

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