In 2014, Flack won the twelfth series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and was praised for achieving a record perfect score in the final.

On 15 February 2020, aged 40, Flack was found dead at her home in North East London; in August, a coroner's inquest recorded a verdict of suicide.

Jody, the elder twin by six minutes, was originally supposed to be called Caroline, but her mother decided the name did not suit her.

[6] In 2002, Flack gained her break on television playing a version of Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee Bubbles on the sketch show Bo' Selecta!.

She then presented the International Pepsi Chart Show, and Fash FC which followed footballer John Fashanu managing an amateur team.

[13] Flack hosted the CBBC coverage of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy in March 2007,[14] commenting on the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with Paddy O'Connell.

Judge Bruno Tonioli described Flack as a "golden sex goddess" in her cha-cha-cha performance, while Darcey Bussell said their showdance reminded her of "watching a beautiful contemporary ballet".

[41] Flack had been due to present a reality series about cosmetic surgery called The Surjury on Channel 4, but it was cancelled following her death in February 2020.

[43] Flack had long-term mental health issues, attempting suicide and self-harming on various occasions as a young presenter and actress.

She was known not to take the criticism that came with fame well, and TV producer Anna Blue said that "she just wasn't emotionally wired to deal with all the problems that came with being famous".

[48] She was briefly engaged to the reality TV personality Andrew Brady in 2018,[42] and dated the rugby player Danny Cipriani in 2019.

[51] Police found Flack covered in blood when they arrived, and they reported that she admitted that she had struck Burton (saying "I did it, I whacked him round the head like that"), before warning them she would kill herself.

[54] It was later reported that Flack was glad for the break from her hosting role as she was experiencing "personal issues" and had been suffering from an emotional breakdown for "a very long time".

[2][3][71][72] As a result of her death, a scheduled Love Island highlights episode on ITV2 was cancelled and E4 pulled a Love Island sketch on the 10th season of Robot Chicken involving Bitch Pudding (a recurring female character of the show) and Diane Kruger voicing Caroline Flack out of respect.

[73][74] The next episode of Love Island to air showed a tribute to Flack along with advertisements for the support charity Samaritans.

[77][78] Following Flack's death, British Labour politician Lisa Nandy blamed social media networks for failing to prevent harassment and bullying, saying: "In no other area of life would we allow private companies to police themselves.

Several other British politicians, including Keir Starmer, Grant Shapps, Daisy Cooper, Matt Hancock, Nadine Dorries and Kate Osamor criticised the coverage of Flack in press outlets and on social media; Cooper said: "In Britain we have trial by courts and not trial by media for a reason.

"[79] Flack's friend Stephanie Davis set up a petition to establish new laws for "safeguarding celebrities and people in the public eye", which attracted over half a million signatures in a week.

[83] At the 2020 Brit Awards, a few days after Flack's death, singer Harry Styles wore a black ribbon on his jacket as a tribute to her.

[85] In February 2021, on the anniversary of her death, a mural of Flack was painted by artist Scott Wilcock on a wall in Wigan as a tribute.

[112] It has been confirmed by Simon & Schuster that Flack had been working on another book before her death, which blended aspects of self-help with her personal recollections on maintaining good mental health.