Amanda Holden has said her debut album, titled Songs From My Heart, will draw inspiration from both the "darkest and happiest" times of her life.
The 49-year-old Britain's Got Talent judge will release the record, featuring 13 tracks from the world of musicals, on October 2 after the project was put on hold due to Covid-19.
The Olivier Award nominee will duet with Sheridan Smith on I Know Him So Well from Chess and sing solo on standards including Somewhere from West Side Story and I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables.
The idea for the album came about after Holden and her daughters, Lexi and Hollie, recorded The Greatest Showman's Tightrope for her husband, record producer Chris Hughes, to mark their 10th wedding anniversary in 2018.
Other tracks on the album include When She Loved Me from Toy Story were chosen because they reminded Holden of the ups and downs of motherhood.
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The TV personality, who also presents the Heart Breakfast show, said: "People think they know who I am because they see me being loud and outrageous on the television or radio.
"That is a part of me but really I'm all about my family.
"This album is all the songs I've loved in my life, sung for the people who mean the most to me.
"It's a very emotional album that everyone can relate to."
"I had a tape recorder as a little girl and would sing into it dreaming of this moment," she added.
