Brenda Hammond (b. 1974)

Brenda Claudina Susan Edwards is an English singer, actress, television personality and presenter. In 2005, she finished in fourth place on the second series of The X Factor. Since 2019, she has been a weekly panellist on the ITV daytime chat show Loose Women. In October 2020, Edwards, Charlene White, Judi Love and Kéllé Bryan became the first all black panel in the show's 25-year history; they have featured several times together.
In January 2021, she became a presenter on the BBC One programme Songs of Praise.