Roberta Howett is an Irish singer who finished in ninth place in the first UK series of television talent show The X Factor

The X Factor (UK)

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 in 2004.

The X Factor: 2004

Howett successfully auditioned for the first series of The X Factor in 2004 and made it to "bootcamp", "judges' houses" and the live shows, but was eliminated on the first live show.

The X Factor Performances

• Last 9 - Superstar
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   by The Carpenters
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   (Eliminated)

Solo career

After years of writing and recording, Howett was finally ready to release her debut material in the UK & Ireland, although she stated she would mainly promote it in Ireland. She announced on Irish Radio that she would release three singles in Ireland, before finally releasing her debut album.

On Friday 26 February 2010, her debut single titled Beautiful Lies

Beautiful Lies (song)

Beautiful Lies is the debut single by Irish-English singer Roberta Howett. It was released 26 February, 2010. It debuted at no.23 in Ireland on Thursday 4 March 2010.- Chart Performance :...

 was finally released in Ireland

Ireland

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. On Thursday 4 March 2010, Beautiful Lies

Beautiful Lies

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 became Howett's first Top 40 single debuting at Number #23 in the Irish Singles Chart.

In July 2011, Howett appeared as a backing singer for Niall Breslin

Niall Breslin

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.

Albums

Year	Album details	Chart peak positions	Sales
		IRE Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...
2011	TBA Released: 2011 Genre: pop Pop music Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop... , soul Soul Music Soul Music is the sixteenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1994. Like many of Pratchett's novels it introduces an element of modern society into the magical and vaguely late medieval, early modern world of the Discworld, in this case Rock and Roll music and stardom, with... Label: Format:digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	TBA	TBA

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions	Album
		IRE Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
2010	"Beautiful Lies Beautiful Lies (song) Beautiful Lies is the debut single by Irish-English singer Roberta Howett. It was released 26 February, 2010. It debuted at no.23 in Ireland on Thursday 4 March 2010.- Chart Performance :... "	23	TBA

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