Biography from the Blackpool programme : Lisa Waddingham is 17 years old and comes from Tamworth in Staffordshire. She begun her professional career at the age of 10, appearing in the first UK tour of Annie at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Later she trained at the Walsall Academy of Dance before transferring to the Arts Educational School on the Musical Theatre course. Her television work includes Journey into the Shadows, Les Grils, Boon and Lizzie's Pictures.