Precious was established in late 1998 by friends
Sophie McDonnell and
Jenny Frost. A set of auditions saw the remaining members join:
Anya Lahiri, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Louise Rose. Rose took up lead vocals. In March 1999, Precious was voted in to
represent the UK at the
Eurovision Song Contest in
Jerusalem in May 1999. Their song "
Say It Again" proved popular and the group signed with
EMI to release the song as a single on 17 May. It debuted at No. 6 in the
UK singles chart. In the Eurovision Song Contest, Precious did not carry off the grand prix with "Say It Again", sharing the 12th position. Precious went on to put together their debut self-titled album, working with songwriters and producers such as
Cutfather and Joe and Chris Porter. On 20 March 2000 they released their second single "Rewind", which reached No. 11 in the UK. Precious released their third single, "It's Gonna Be My Way", on 26 June 2000 and it reached No. 27. Their final single was "New Beginning". The song failed to make an impact on the UK Singles Chart; it reached No. 50, becoming their only single not to reach the top 40. The group's self-titled debut album was released 20 November 2000 but failed to chart and the group was dropped by their label. McDonnell later began presenting for
BBC TV and
Radio including their
CBBC brand, Frost replaced
Kerry Katona in the group
Atomic Kitten, and Lahiri returned to her modelling activities. Lahiri was one of the
FHM Pit Girls in 2003, and she started a career as an actress, performing in films like
The Grooming with
Jacqueline Bisset and
Nature Unleashed: Tornado with
Daniel Bernhardt, and as a personal trainer. Lead singer Rose has worked with a number of other acts including
D'Influence on the song "32 Flavours" in 2002, and Italian producers
DB Boulevard on the song "Believe" which reached #8 in Spain and #12 in Italy. She has also become an actress; her credits include the 2008 mini-series
Diamonds. Clark-Sternberg has since become a session singer. ==Discography==