01/01/23 - Samantha Jade performing at the ''Arq'' club in Sydney Full show

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"Firestarter'' LDR remix

''Step Up'' Boogietraxx remix

New date

Samantha Jade will be performing at the ''Arq'' club in Sydney, on new year's eve.

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23/12/22 - Samantha Jade performing on Seven's ''Carols In The Domain'' in Sydney

''The First Noël'' (Christmas carol cover):

Group medley:

23/12/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on KIIS 97.3's ''Zach & Dom'' in Brisbane

22/12/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on KIIS 97.3's ''Zach & Dom'' in Brisbane

Seven's ''Carols In The Domain'' ad

17/12/22 - Samantha Jade filming for Seven's ''Carols In The Domain'' in Sydney

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Behind the scenes:

Red carpet:

Red carpet and interview:

Wishing ''Carols In The Domain'' a happy 40th birthday:

''The First Noël'' (Christmas carol cover):

Group medley:

Backstage:

16/12/22 - Samantha Jade at the dress rehearsal for Seven's ''Carols in The Domain'' in Sydney

14/12/22 - Samantha Jade rehearsing for Seven's ''Carols In The Domain'' in Sydney

New date

Samantha set to perform at Australia Day concert at Cronulla beach, on thursday january 26th 2023.

13/12/22 - Samantha Jade going shopping in Paddington

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12/12/22 - Samantha Jade on Hit 100.9's ''The Jimmy & Nath Show'' in Hobart

Audio:

''I'll Be Home For Christmas'' (Elvis Presley cover) acoustic and interview:

Video:

''I'll Be Home For Christmas'' (Elvis Presley cover) acoustic:

12/12/22 - Samantha Jade performing on Seven's ''Carols By Candlelight'' in Adelaide

''O Come All Ye Faithful'' (Christmas carol cover):

''Silver Bells'' (Bing Crosby and Carol Richards cover):

11/12/22 - Samantha Jade filming for Seven's ''Carols By Candlelight'' in Adelaide

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Rehearsals:

Backstage:

Performances:

''O Come Let Us Adore Him'' (Hillsong Worship cover):

Christmas group medley:

''Carols By Candlelight'' songbook

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09/12/22 - Samantha Jade on Seven's ''The Morning Show'' in Sydney

Behind the scenes:

Interview - ''Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas'' (Judy Garland cover):

09/12/22 - Samantha Jade on Seven's ''Sunrise'' in Sydney

Rehearsals:

''Let's Hear It For The Boy''  (Deniece Williams cover) and interview:

08/12/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on 97.3 Coast FM's ''Paul Voight'' in Mandurah

Promotional video for Seven's ''Carols In The Domain''

Promotional video for Seven's ''Carols By Candlelight''

05/12/22 - Samantha Jade on Seven's ''Sunrise'' in Sydney

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Interview and performances: ''Joy To The World'' and ''Silent Night'' (Christmas carols):

Seven's ''The Morning Show'' ad

02/12/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on Mix 102.3's ''The Ali Clarke Breakfast Show'' in Adelaide

02/12/22 - Samantha Jade performing at the end of year celebrations of ''Bloomberg'' at ''The Jackson'' restaurant in Sydney

''All I Want For Christmas Is You'' (Mariah Carey cover):

''Firestarter'':

Highlights:

02/12/22 - Samantha performing at the ''Hitch Advisory'' retail lawyer event at ''The Boathouse Rose Bay'' restaurant in Sydney

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''No Scrubs'' (TLC cover) - ''Crazy'' (Gnarls Barkley cover) - ''Bring It To Me'' (Sam Cooke cover):

01/12/22 - Samantha Jade performing at Mix 102.3's ''Under The Mixtletoe'' christmas event in Adelaide

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Highlights:

Samantha Jade takes us behind the song ''Sweet Spot'' from her EP ''Love.Sick Volume 1''

30/11/22 - Samantha Jade at the ''The Iconic'' gifting suite in ''Hinchcliff House'' in Sydney

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Samantha Jade takes us behind the song ''Big Blue Sky'' featuring Nick De La Hoyde from her EP ''Love.Sick Volume 1''

26/11/22 - Samantha Jade performing at ''The Court'' hotel's Beaufort street party in Perth

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Rehearsals:

''In The Morning'':

Clips:

''Check On It'' (Beyoncé cover) - ''Always'' - ''Sweet Talk'' - ''What You've Done To Me'' - ''Firestarter'' - ''Let's Hear It For The Boy'' (Deniece Williams cover) - ''Dancing On My Own'' (Robyn cover):

26/11/22 - ''The West Australian'' newspaper scan

26/11/22 - "The West Australian" newspaper photoshoot

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Behind the scenes:

25/11/22 - Samantha Jade, Alfie Arcuri and her father Kevin Gibbs arriving to ''The Court'' bar in Perth

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Samantha Jade takes us behind the song ''Love.Sick'' with Pastelle from her EP ''Love.Sick Volume 1''

"Love.Sick Volume 1" album audios

''Love.Sick'' with Pastelle:

''Dance Again'':

''When I Was Young'':

''Sweet Spot'':

''Nobody Does Me Better'':

 ''Let's Hear It For The Boy'' (Deniece Williams cover):

''Big Blue Skies'' featuring Nick De La Hoyde:

November 2022 - "Love.Sick Volume 1" EP promotional photoshoot

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''Love.Sick Volume 1'' EP cover art, scans and tracklist

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Tracklist:

1- ''Love.Sick'' with Pastelle

2- ''Dance Again''

3- ''When I Was Young''

4- ''Sweet Spot''

5- ''Nobody Does Me Better''

6- ''Let's Hear It For The Boy'' (Deniece Williams cover)

7- Big Blue Skies'' featuring Nick De La Hoyde

''Let's Hear It For The Boy'' Dario Xavier club remix

21/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on 90.9 Sea FM's ''Bianca, Ben & Lakey'' on the Gold Coast

21/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on 104.1 2Day FM's ''Hughesy, Ed & Erin'' in Sydney

Full audio:

Video:

17/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on Hit 100.9's ''Dan & Christie'' in Hobart

17/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on Hit WA's ''Allan & Carly'' in Perth

16/11/22 - Samantha Jade performing at an event for the brand ''Beverly Hills'' at the ''Little National'' hotel in Sydney

15/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on KIIS 106.5's ''Mitch To Midnight'' in Sydney

Samantha Jade to perform on Seven's "Carols By Candlelight''

Samantha Jade will perform on Seven's "Carols By Candlelight" in Adelaide, on sunday december 11th 2022.

14/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on KIIS 101.1's ''Jade & Lauren'' in Melbourne

12/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed for the website ''7News.com.au''

''I couldn’t leave the house’': ''The X Factor Australia'' winner Samantha Jade tells of traumatic ordeal.

''Talking about it, weirdly, made me feel less anxious, because you realise you’re not alone.''

It’s coming up to 10 years since Samantha Jade won ''The X Factor Australia'', the competition that launched her music career.

There have been many highs and lows since then, from the chart-topping success of the hit song ''Bounce'' to the devastating loss of her mum Jacqueline to cancer.

To mark the decade since she hit the spotlight, Samantha has a new EP called ''Love Sick'', which she describes as an album of light and shade and from which the single ''Let’s Hear It For The Boy'' has just been released:

''Love Sick'' is a blend of love songs and growth songs”, she told ''7News.com.au'' of the recording, which will be out on friday november 25th 2022, ''The thing i love most about music is it makes me feel the happiest and the saddest. Love songs are beautiful and bring nostalgia and happiness to your heart in the same way sad songs do. You can’t have light without having been in the dark.”

And Samantha Jade knows a little bit about the light and the dark.

''Love Sick'' was mostly written during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic - a time of intense anxiety for the artist (and millions of other people around the world.)

But COVID-19 wasn’t her first experience of anxiety, and her struggles have made her a passionate advocate of talking openly about mental health:

“Anxiety was something i knew about because it had been in my family, my mother and my grandmother had it, but i had never experienced it myself until just before COVID-19”, she explained, ''I was about to go on my first ever headlining tour, which for an artist is a really big deal, something you dream about your whole life. It was exciting, booking the dates and doing the band rehearsals. It was just so overwhelming, exciting, scary, but there were a few other emotions in there as well.''

'‘I couldn’t leave the house’'

''My mum had passed away a few years before, which was traumatic and i was thinking: ''Oh, i’m doing this and she’s not going to be there. There were just so many thoughts and i just got hit with such strong anxiety that i couldn’t leave the house.''

For a time, she didn’t talk about it with anyone.

When the time came to tour, Samantha went into ''robot mode'' just to get through it:

''I would go on stage, just do my show and come off and then, i couldn’t tell you one thing about it'', she said.

“I couldn’t remember it''

''One of my dancers was giving me massages and i was having to do these little meditation rituals before going on stage, just to be able to get through it.”

'‘You’re not alone’'

Somehow she did manage to get through the tour - and then realised she needed to reach out to others and talk about it:

“I started just talking to people in my team, found that others had gone through the same thing and i was like: ''Oh my God! Talking about it, weirdly, made me feel less anxious, because you realise you’re not alone.”

Then came the coronavirus - and the anxiety took on a different shade:

''COVID-19 was a very reflective, interesting time, because we were left with our own thoughts a lot'', she said, ''For many people, that was actually really terrifying. So many things i should have put time and effort into dealing with, I hadn’t and suddenly i was forced to sit in those feelings and process them, ''Sometimes it was really hard, but sometimes it was probably the best thing for me - so the record is really a reflection of that.''

Since then, she has maintained an ongoing conversation with her fans on Instagram too, discussing anxiety and how to cope with it.

So how does she find the balance between the highs and the lows?:

''Therapy!'', she laughed, ''I would never, ever think that’s a thing people shouldn’t do, because it’s helped me enormously. If you’re going to the gym, you should be going to therapy - you need to work on your mind, not just your body. I also have a great team around me who have been there since the beginning, since i won ''The X Factor Australia'' - my band, my dancers, my hair and makeup artist. My best friend is from school. My other best friends i’ve known since i was 19 and 21 and they’re my ''people''. They know, they get it, they understand my life and i am so grateful, because i wouldn’t get through anything without my people.''

Samantha will be in her hometown of Perth on friday november 25th 2022, the day ''Love Sick'' is released, to perform at the ''Pride Parade':

''This is going to be pretty next level, because i’ve felt pretty proud, as a Perth girl, to have won ''The X Factor Australia'', she said, ''The support i had from my hometown was absolutely crazy, so it just feels so full circle for me to be back there.''

Fan favourite

As for the new single ''Let’s Hear It For The Boy'', why did Samantha decide on a cover of the 1984 Deniece Williams pop hit?

Once again, it comes back to COVID-19.

During lockdown, like a lot of other artists, Samantha stayed connected to her fans by streaming at-home performances on her social media platforms:

“Literally every week, this song would come up (as a request)”, she said, ''I knew the chorus, but i didn’t really know the song that well, but i kept getting these messages on Instagram: ''We’d love for you to do this song’, that sort of thing and i thought: ''Okay, i really need to get around to doing this!''

''Let’s Hear It For The Boy'' is out now. ''Love Sick'' is released on friday november 25th 2022.

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11/11/22 - Samantha interviewed on KIIS 106.5's "Will And Woody" in Sydney

11/11/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on KIIS 106.5's ''Kyle And Jackie O'' in Sydney

''Let's Hear It For The Boy'' audio

November 2022 - ''Let's Hear It For The Boy'' single promotional photoshoot

''Let's Hear It For The Boy'' single cover art

Samantha Jade to perform on Seven's "Carols In The Domain"

Samantha Jade will perform on Seven's "Carols In The Domain" in Sydney, on december 17th 2022.

10/11/22 - Samantha Jade at the launch of Deni Todorovič's book ''Love This For You'' at ''The Butler Potts Point'' restaurant in Sydney

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09/11/22 - Samantha Jade at the launch of Disney+ Australia's ''Donna Hay Christmas'' in Sydney

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05/11/22 - Samantha Jade performing at ''Music Under The Stars'' show at Inverell's ''Campbell'' park

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''We Are Family'' (Sister Sledge cover):

''Who's Loving You'' (The Jackson 5 cover) - ''Can't Help Falling In Love'' (Elvis Presley cover) - ''I Will Survive'' (Gloria Gaynor cover) - ''Shake That'' featuring Pitbull - ''We Are Family'' (Sister Sledge cover) - ''Up!'':

05/11/22 - Samantha Jade performing at ''Music Under The Stars'' show at Inverell's ''Campbell'' park

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''Up!'':

31/10/22 - Samantha Jade featured on ''Woman's Day'' magazine

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31/10/22 - Samantha Jade interviewed on KIIS 106.5's ''Kyle And Jackie O'' in Sydney

26/10/22 - Samantha Jade and Pat Handlin at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney

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New performance announced

Samantha Jade will be performing at Mosman Council's ''Out & About'' concert series in Balmoral, on friday october 21rst 2022.

New performance announced

Samantha Jade will be performing a free concert at the ''Music Under The Stars'' show at Inverell's ''Campbell'' park, on saturday november 05th 2022.

YouTuber ThatSingerReactions reacting to Samantha Jade

YouTuber ThatSingerReactions (+130 000 subscribers on YouTube) reacted to Samantha Jade's performance of ''Heartless'' (Kanye West cover) on ''The X Factor Australia''.

02/10/22 - Samantha Jade performing at ''Mary's Poppin'' bar in Adelaide

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September 2022 - ''Love.Sick'' with Pastelle single promotional photoshoot

''Love.Sick'' with Pastelle single cover art and audio

Samantha Jade teases her new single "Love.Sick" with Pastelle

Samantha Jade will release her new single ''Love.Sick'' with Pastelle, on friday september 30th 2022.

24/09/22 - Samantha Jade performing at the ''Slay Pride After Party'' at ''The Warehouse'' in Brisbane

''Always'' - ''In The Morning''- ''What You've Done To Me'' - ''Firestarter'':

24/09/22 - Samantha Jade at ''Audi Centre Toowoomba Weetwood'' in Toowoomba

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22/09/22 - Samantha Jade performing at ''The Osborne '' bar in Melbourne

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Rehearsals:

''Bounce'' - ''What You've Done To Me'':

18/09/22 - Samantha Jade performing at ''Beresford Sundays'' club in Sydney

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Full show:

01- ''Bounce''.

02- ''Check On It'' (Beyoncé cover).

03- ''Soldier''.

04- ''Always''.

05- ''In The Morning''.

06- ''Sweet Talk''.

07- ''Dance Again''.

08- ''What You've Done To Me''.

09- ''Up!''.

10- ''Firestarter''.

11/09/22 - Samantha Jade performing at ''Poof Doof '' club in Sydney:

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Full show:

01- ''Bounce''.

02- ''Check On It'' (Beyoncé cover).

03- ''Soldier''.

04- ''Always''.

05- ''In The Morning''.

06- ''Sweet Talk''.

07- ''Dance Again''.

08- ''What You've Done To Me''.

09- ''Up!''.

10- ''Firestarter''.

Highlights:

Dayoung, member of the K-Pop girl group WJSN, covered and created a music video for ''Sweet Talk'' by Samantha Jade

Dayoung, member of the K-Pop girl group WJSN, covered ''Sweet Talk'' by Samantha Jade and also created a music video shared to her almost 300 000 followers on YouTube.

08/09/22 - Samantha Jade on 96.9 Nova FM's ''Kate, Tim And Joel'' in Sydney

Audio:

Video:

''Firestarter'' Lesnichiy & Delaud remix cover art, audio and video

Audio:

Video preview:

Flyer for the ''Love / Sick MIni Tour''

Flyer of a performance at ''Mary's Poppin'' bar in Adelaide

Samantha Jade will be performing at ''Mary's Poppin'' bar in Adelaide, on sunday october 02nd 2022, as part of the ''October Long Weekend'' event.

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Promotional videos for a performance at ''Audi Centre Toowoomba Weetwood'' in Toowoomba

Samantha Jade will be performing at ''Audi Centre Toowoomba Weetwood'' in Toowoomba, on saturday september 24th 2022.

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31/08/22 - Samantha Jade attending the premiere of ''Six'' the musical in Sydney

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Flyer of a performance at ''Beresford Sundays'' club in Sydney

Samantha Jade will be performing at ''Beresford Sundays'' club in Sydney, on sunday september 18th 2022.

28/08/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on Ten's ''The Masked Singer Australia'' Season 4 Episode 11

Flyer of a performance at ''The Court'' hotel's Beaufort street party in Perth

Samantha Jade will be performing at ''The Court'' hotel's Beaufort street party in Perth, on saturday november 26th 2022.

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23/08/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on Ten's ''The Masked Singer Australia'' Season 4 Episode 9

22/08/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on Ten's ''The Masked Singer Australia'' Season 4 Episode 8

22/08/22 - Instagram promotional photoshoot

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21/08/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on Ten's ''The Masked Singer Australia'' Season 4 Episode 7

Flyer of a performance at ''Poof Doof'' club in Sydney

Samantha Jade will be performing at ''Poof Doof'' club in Sydney, on saturday september 10th 2022.

Flyer of a performance at ''The Osborne'' bar in Melbourne

Samantha Jade will be performing at the ''Rock Citys Sports & Shorts'' party to kick off the ''GAYFL'' weekend at ''The Osborne'' bar in Melbourne, on saturday september 22nd 2022, as part of her new single launch tour.

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16/08/22 - Samantha Jade performing at an event hosted by "Hyundai" in Cairns:

"Always":

Highlights (00:20):

15/08/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on Ten's ''The Masked Singer Australia'' Season 4 Episode 5

14/08/22 - Samantha Jade performing on Seven's ''7NEWS Spotlight''

''I Honestly Love You'' (Olivia Newton-John cover) with Dami Im, Wendy Matthews, Katie Noonan:

Samantha Jade to perform a tribute performance to Olivia Newton-John on Channel Seven's ''7NEWS Spotlight''

Samantha Jade will join Wendy Matthews, Dami Im and Katie Noonan to perform a cover of ''I Honestly Love You'', as a tribute to the life of Olivia Newton-John, in a special event episode of Channel Seven's '' 7NEWS Spotlight'', set to air on sunday august 14th at 8.30 pm.

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11/08/22 - Samantha Jade performing on her Instagram story

''Hopelessly Devoted To You'' (Olivia Newton-John cover):

07/08/22 - Samantha Jade mentioned on Ten's ''The Masked Singer Australia'' Season 4 Episode 1

06/08/22 - ''Herald Sun'' newspaper scan

05/08/22 - "The Courier Mail" newspaper photoshoot