Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed the unlikely origin of the name of her band, N-Dubz. The 36-year-old shot to fame with the band, which she joined at the age of 11, later going on to a solo career and a stint as a judge on the X Factor.

Tulisa's cousin, Costadinos Contostavlos (known as his stage name Dappy), was the lead singer of N-Dubz. After the band went on a hiatus in 2011, Dappy embarked on a solo career which saw him enter the charts with his single titled 'No Regrets'.

Dubz, but she nearly quit the group just before they "made it". The 36-year-old singer, who is part of the 'I Need You' hitmakers alongside her cousin Dappy and their friend Fazer, admitted Dappy's father,

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star Tulisa Contostavlos shot to fame with her cousin, Dappy, and rapper, Fazer, in award-winning hip hop trio, N-Dubz

Tulisa was initially freed of the condition in the years after her diagnosis, but her Bell's palsy flared back up again in 2022, an experience she previously branded 'scary'. It was then that she made the decision to have her facial filler dissolved and re-injected in other areas of the face in order to balance out the swelling.

Tulisa Contostavlos has return to our screens on I'm a Celebrity 2024. We look at her life from N-Dubz to X Factor, as well as her drugs trial.

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