Everything you need to know about Hollie Steel.

• Age: 10 years at the time of the audition which was screened in April 2009.
• Year of birth: 1998
• Age Hollie began singing: 6 years
• Previous productions: Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat
• Place of residence: Accrington, Lancashire.
• Parents: Jason Steel (aged 38) and  Nina Steel (aged 37). They are both audiologists working in the NHS.
• Siblings: Brother Joshua, aged 15. Joshua wants to be a stage actor in the West End.

Interesting fact: When Hollie was 4, she contracted pneumonia. The condition was very serious and she was lucky to escape without having part of her lung removed when it filled with fluid. She underwent surgery to drain the lung, and thus preserve its function.