[2][3] Sarah Whatmore rose to fame in the first series of the British television show Pop Idol.
Simon Fuller signed her to RCA Records including a worldwide management deal with 19 Entertainment.
[4] Whatmore was writing for fellow Pop Idol alumni, and spent time working on her debut album, Living Proof.
Turning down the opportunity to become a backing singer for Kylie Minogue to concentrate on her own solo career, Whatmore spent the next five years honing her craft.
During the years she wrote more than two hundred songs with various collaborators including Greg Fitzgerald and Peter John Vettese.