Jolan (singer)

Jolan
Birth name	Jolan Gidney-Craigen
Born	(1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 Bolton, England
Genres	Rock, Soul
Occupation(s)	Singer–songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2014, 2016–present
Associated acts	Ricky Wilson

Jolan Gidney-Craigen (born 12 November 1993), mononymously known as Jolan, is an English singer. He is best known for placing second in the fifth series of The Voice UK.

Early life

Jolan Gidney-Craigen was born on 12 November 1993 in Bolton, England. His mother died in 2014, which convinced him to re-audition for The Voice UK in 2016. He calls his grandparents "Granny and Grampa".

Career

2014–16: The Voice UK

Jolan had previously performed a blind audition in the third series of The Voice UK, singing Labrinth and Emeli Sandé's Beneath Your Beautiful but failed to make any of the coaches turn for him and he was therefore eliminated straight away. In 2016, he auditioned again, performing Terence Trent D'Arby's Wishing Well. Three out of the four coaches - Boy George, Paloma Faith and Ricky Wilson - turned for him and he elected to join Team Ricky. He went on to reach the final where he was defeated by Kevin Simm, who was also on Wilson's team.

The Voice UK 2016 performances and results
Show	Song choice	Result
Audition	"Wishing Well"	Advanced; joined Ricky Wilson's team
Battle Rounds	"Beat Surrender" (against Efe Udugba)	Won the battle; advanced
Knockouts	"Never Tear Us Apart"	Advanced
Live Show 1	"Yes"	Advanced
Live Show 2	"Purple Rain"	Advanced
	"The Power of Love" (with Ricky Wilson and Kevin Simm)
Live Show 3	"Heard It Through The Grapevine"	Runner-up
	"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Ricky Wilson)
	"All You Good Friends"

2016–: Later career

Following The Voice UK, Jolan announced that he would be continuing his music career and had gone out to find a record label.