She initially performed her own composition called "Colours" to judges Simon Cowell, Nicki Chapman, Neil Fox and record producer Pete Waterman.
Taking his advice, Ribbons then wowed the panel with a rendition of "Hero" by Mariah Carey, a performance that moved Waterman to tears.
She won her heat by a landslide with a version of "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, receiving over half of the total votes cast for her group.
At this juncture Ribbons was named amongst the favourites to win, but was voted out by viewers a few weeks before Will Young was crowned winner on 9 February 2002, ultimately finishing in 6th place.
[1] After supporting Liberty X on tour, her first two singles "Blink"[2] and "A Little Bit" (a cover of a Jessica Simpson song) were both UK top-20 hits.
After supporting Blue on their "One Love" Tour Telstar decided that a totally fresh, new track had to be released something guaranteed to succeed.
The track list included her self-written Pop Idol audition song "Colours", among the following: According to the forthcoming album information on the official artwork of the "Blink" single, this unreleased debut was originally titled Levitate.