{"id":31249,"date":"2023-03-19T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1801212"},"modified":"2023-03-20T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:56:39","slug":"who-is-jesy-nelson-meet-the-great-celebrity-bake-off-2023-contestant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-jesy-nelson-meet-the-great-celebrity-bake-off-2023-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Jesy Nelson? Meet the Great Celebrity Bake Off 2023 contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesy will be putting down the mic and picking up a rolling pin for Celebrity Bake Off. <\/p>

By Grace Henry\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 19 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Jesy Nelson is trying her hand at baking this March, as she takes to the kitchen for The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Sunday 19th March, the former Little Mix star will enter the famous Bake Off tent along with three other celebs from the Great Celebrity Bake Off 2023 line-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The line-up was announced back in February<\/a>, with Murder in Successville\u2019s Tom Davis, Starstruck\u2019s Rose Matafeo, Noughts + Crosses star Judi Love, Dragons Den\u2019s Deborah Meaden and Taskmaster<\/a>\u2018s Mike Wozniak confirmed to be taking part.<\/p>\n

So, will Jesy\u2019s baking skills be as good as her vocals?<\/div>\n
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Read on for everything you need to know about Jesy Nelson as she takes part in Celebrity Bake Off.<\/div>\n

Who is Jesy Nelson?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Jesy Nelson<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Age<\/strong>: 31<\/p>\n

Job<\/strong>: Singer<\/p>\n

Instagram<\/strong>:\u00a0@jesynelson<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter<\/strong>: n\/a<\/p>\n

Jesy Nelson is a singer, who rose to fame when she appeared on The X Factor in 2011. While she auditioned as a solo act, she was eventually grouped with three other contestants \u2013 Leigh-Ann Pinnock, Perrie Edwards, and Jade Thirlwall. The quartet eventually became know as Little Mix, and went on to make history as the first ever group to win the ITV show. As a group, they released six albums.<\/p>\n

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BANBURY, ENGLAND \u2013 NOVEMBER 06: Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall attend the launch of the PrettyLittleThing x Little Mix collection at Aynhoe Park House on November 6, 2019 in Banbury, England. (Photo by David M. Benett\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

In 2019, the singer presented the BBC Three documentary Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out in 2019, where she opened up about the impact of online trolling.<\/p>\n

A year later, Jesy decided to go solo, revealing that being in Little Mix had taken a toll on her mental health. In 2021, she released her first solo single, Boyz.<\/p>

Who will Jesy Nelson be competing against?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jesy Nelson will compete against actor David Schwimmer,\u00a0comedian and actress Rose Matafeo, and actor Tom Davis.<\/p>\n

At the end of the episode, one contestant will be named Star Baker.<\/p>\n

The new series of Great Celebrity Bake Off will start on Sunday 19th March, and will see Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith returning to judge the bakes. As usual, Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas will present, however, this will be Lucas\u2019 last season, after he stepped back from the show due to scheduling conflicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFarewell Bake Off! It\u2019s been a delicious experience and I can\u2019t imagine a more fun way of spending my summers, but it\u2019s become clear to me that I can\u2019t present both \u2018Fantasy Football League\u2019 and \u2018Bake Off\u2019 alongside all my other projects,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>