Chanelle Jade Hayes (born 11 November 1987 in Styal, Cheshire, England) is a singer and ex-British reality television contestant. Chanelle was a student at North-East-Wakefield College, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, studying Spanish, Music & English before becoming famous by appearing on the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother in 2007 when she was 19 years old.