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Australian musician and actress from Perth

Chantelle Barry (born 18 March 1980) is an Australian musician and actress from Perth, best known for being in the original line-up of girl groupBardot before leaving the group suddenly under controversial circumstances.

Career

Music

In 1999, Barry auditioned for the first series of the Australian version of the talent show Popstars, competing against over 2,500 hopefuls who turned up to auditions around the country which required both singing and dancing experience.

After a series of elimination rounds Barry, along with Belinda Chapple, Sophie Monk, Sally Polihronas and Katie Underwood were chosen to form a group and moved in together in Sydney to work on their debut single "Poison".

However after only a few weeks Barry was asked to resign from the nascent, still-unnamed girl group after stealing money from Sophie Monk, but the reason for her departure was not revealed at the time.^[1] She first c