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Javine Dionne Hylton (born 27 December 1981), often known mononymously as Javine, is an English former singer and songwriter. She gained recognition on ITV's and represented the UK at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv with "Touch My Fire". Javine's cover version of "You've Got a Friend" was the theme music to in 2004.
From a young age, she had a passion for dance: "I didn't like singing. I started stage school at 10, because at my normal school, there were always fights. So I thought, what do I want to do? I want to dance."
For two years, Hylton played Nala in a production of The Lion King in London's West End. Following the end of the run, she began writing songs and pursuing a career in music.
She auditioned for ITV Network's , a reality television talent show in which young hopefuls sought to be picked for a place in a new manufactured group.
She was one of the last six contenders for a place in the girl group, but she lost out on a spot in what later became the chart-topping group Girls Aloud. She instead embarked on a solo singing career.
Hylton's debut album, Surrender, was released after her third single in the summer of 2004. In spite of securing a songwriting partnership with Eg White, and record producers Stargate, along with the singles performing relatively well, her debut album only just managed to get into the UK Albums Chart and as a result she was dropped by her record label in late 2004, despite the moderate success of the album's singles that were released on their own.
Hylton featured on Richard X's 2003 album Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1. Her collaboration with him, "You Used To", was due to be released as a single, but it was cancelled.
In late 2003, she became an opening act for American rapper Nelly on the UK leg of his international tour.
In October 2013, Hylton teamed up with DJs WAWA and M.A.R.K to release the track "Never". The song was met with widespread acclaim. Digital Spy called it an "uptempo club number", while in an 8/10 review Popjustice labelled it a "belter".
In a 2006 Christmas edition of Never Mind the Buzzcocks with Simon Amstell, the show was dedicated to the birthdays of both Jesus and Hylton, on account of her birthday being two days after Christmas. In 2007, she took part in BBC Three's Celebrity Scissorhands.
In 2008, she was the first celebrity eliminated from The Underdog Show. In 2009, she made an uncredited guest appearance on the television show Skins.
In 2010, she appeared on Celebrity Come Dine with Me and came second overall. In 2012, Hylton was due to star as 'Lucretia MacEvil' in the UK touring production of Disco Inferno; however the tour was cancelled. In the same year, Javine was a contestant on Celebrity Masterchef until being eliminated along with Cheryl Baker.
In March 2006, Hylton pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol and was banned from driving for 18 months.
| + List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications |
| 2003 ! scope="row" | "Real Things" | 23 | Surrender | |||
| 2004 ! scope="row" | "Best of My Love" | 49 | ||||
| 2005 ! scope="row" | "Touch My Fire" | 32 | rowspan="2" | |||
| 2011 ! scope="row" | "Child of Desire" | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||
| 2003 ! scope="row" | "You Used To" (with Richard X) | — | Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 | |
| 2006 ! scope="row" | "Don't Let the Morning Come" (with Soul Avengerz) | 89 | rowspan="2" | |
| 2013 ! scope="row" | "Never" (with Wawa & M.A.R.K) | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||
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