Edele Lynch

Status: Housemate - Entered CBB14 on Day 1

Series: Celebrity Big Brother Summer 2014 - CBB14

EDELE LYNCH

Edele Lynch is an Irish singer songwriter, best known as one quarter of Irish girl group B*Witched, of which her twin sister Keavy is also a member.

She is also the younger sister of Boyzone’s Shane Lynch.

B*Witched were initially active between 1998 and 2002, before reforming in 2012 for the TV show The Big Reunion, which saw former bands reunite and perform their old material at a

The band achieved success in both Europe and the US with eight Top 20 singles and four number ones during their four-year period of stardom. They toured America performing alongside N Sync and Britney Spears.

Being an all girl band, without the shared lead vocals, caused tension within the group which also played a part in the breaking of the band.

The falling out between Edele and other band member Sinead, who had been best friends for 10 years, caused both Keavy and Edele to cut ties with their former band mate and split

After the original split from the band, Edele joined the songwriting/production team Xenomania, where she co-wrote “Some Kind of Miracle” for Girls Aloud debut album, and “Buster”, “Situation’s Heavy” and “Twisted” for the Sugababes third album.

Edele met husband Michael Barrett in 2005 after being setup on a blind date and got married a year later. They have three children together.