She later went on to sign a recording contract, released an album, and had a #2 UK single with "I Can't Break Down" in February 2003.
In the final, she was up against David Sneddon (who had entered the Academy at a later date after Naomi Roper pulled out due to illness) and Lemar Obika.
The Fame Academy Tour, which followed the series, gave Quinn her first major public performances outside a TV studio.
She played to a full-house at Music Live 2003 at the National Exhibition Centre and, in 2005, she supported Children in Need with a performance and sang at the switch-on of Christmas lights in Coventry.
[5] Quinn played the role of Beth in the 2007 live tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
Whilst she concentrated on smaller concerts in 2008, mainly in locations in London, Quinn was also the support act for Lulu at the Chichester Festivities in July 2008.
On 9 October 2007, she became engaged to Paul Stewart and they married on 6 December 2008, at the Sacred Heart Church in Irvinestown.