Tulisa

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tulisa

• Tulisa belongs to a musically inclined family. Her father, Steve Contostavlos (Plato), a Greek Cypriot, was the keyboardist of the British rock band Mungo Jerry. Her mother, Anne Byrne, an Irish singer, was part of the band Jeep with her sisters.

• Her mother suffered from bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder and was admitted for treatment when Tulisa was five years old.

• At age 12, she joined the musical band Lickle Rinsers Crew (now known as N-Dubz). The other members were her cousin Dino (now popular as singer Dappy) and Fazer.

  

• According to her, her uncle Byron Contostavlos (bassist of the rock band Mungo Jerry) was instrumental in her joining the music band and in its success in later years.

• Some of the songs released by the band Lickle Rinsers Crew (LRC) are Bad Man Riddim and Life Is Getting Sicker by the Day.

• The trio later changed their band name to NW1 and then to N-Dubz. Some of their early hit songs include Everyday Of My Life (2005), which was played on the music television channel Channel U (UK), and Better Not Waste My Time (which was number one on Channel U’s charts).

• The group’s first album, Uncle B (2008), was a tribute to its manager, Byron Contostavlos, who passed away in 2007.

• In 2011, she became a judge on the reality television music competition The X Factor (season 8). She was the youngest judge and mentored the band Little Mix, which later won the competition that season.

  

• In 2011, she launched the perfume, The Female Boss, and a fashion line called TFB by Tulisa in 2012.

• In 2012, she published an autobiographical book, Honest: My Story So Far and in it she mentioned her life with her mother and other major life incidents.

  

• In 2014, the documentary based on Tulisa’s life until then, was released as a television film, Tulisa: The Price of Fame on BBC Three.

• In 2016, she was a guest prankster on the hidden camera sketch series Off Their Rockers.

• In 2024, she appeared as a contestant on the reality show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! She was the third eliminated from the show.

  

• She suffered from Bell’s Palsy (a temporary facial paralysis condition) which according to her, was caused by a horse riding accident.

• She often mentions her pet pit bull Narla as her best friend and in 2024 she adopted a trained family protection German shepherd named Keizer.