Reigan Derry

Reigan Elisse Derry (born 19 September 1988), also known mononymously as Reigan, is an Australian singer and songwriter. Derry rose to fame after placing eleventh on the fourth season of Australian Idol in 2006. The following year, she became a member of the Australian pop duo Scarlett Belle, who disbanded in 2011. Three years later, Derry became the tenth contestant eliminated on the sixth season of The X Factor Australia. She subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia and released her debut extended play, All of the Pieces, in December 2014. Currently Reigan works as a club singer for various agencies in Sydney and on the Gold Coast.

Early life Reigan Elisse Derry was born on 19 September 1988 in Maida Vale, Western Australia. Derry began singing at an early age and took on classical lessons at the age of fourteen. She was a student at Perth Modern School, where she completed a music scholarship majoring in voice. Reigan is of Anglo Burmese ancestry.

Career 2006–2011: Scarlett Belle At the age of eighteen, and after a brief stint on Australian Idol, Reigan relocated from Maida Vale to Sydney to pursue a pop career with Australian girl group, Scarlett Belle. Based between Los Angeles and Sydney, Scarlett Belle began to work on their debut album with Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, JR Rotem, Nate Dogg and StarGate, as well as Australian producers Rudy Sandapa and Israel Cruz. However, in 2008, Scarlett Belle were dropped from Def Jam Recordings and founding member Hayley Aitken left the group, leaving Derry and fellow member Tamara Jaber as a duo. They later signed with Sony Music Australia and released their debut single "Closure" in June 2010, which peaked at number 38 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Scarlett Belle released their second single in August 2010, a cover of Cruz's 2009 song "Freak Tonight". Featuring guest vocal appearances from Cruz and rapper Miracle, the song peaked at number 29 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In May 2011, it was announced that Scarlett Belle had disbanded to pursue their solo careers.

2012-13: "With You" In August 2013, Reigan Derry featured on the song "With You" by OLIC.

2014–2016: The X factor, All of the Pieces and December

Reigan Derry was a 26-year who auditioned for The X Factor singing "Someone like You" by Adele and progressed to the super bootcamp round of the competition. For the first challenge of bootcamp, Derry was placed into a group with two other contestants from her category to perform a song together for the judges. Derry made it to the second bootcamp challenge, where she performed a ballad version of "Numb" by Linkin Park to the judges and a live audience of one thousand. She then progressed to the home visits round in Las Vegas and performed "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars in front of her mentor Redfoo and guest mentor Nicole Scherzinger. Redfoo later selected Derry for the live shows. Derry was in the bottom two for the first time in week eight, with Jason Heerah, another act in the Over 25s category, but was saved after the judges' vote went to deadlock and Heerah was eliminated. After the eliminations of Rochelle Pitt in week six and Heerah in week eight, Derry became the last remaining contestant in Redfoo's category. Derry was in the bottom two again in week ten, this time with Marlisa Punzalan, but was eliminated after the judges' vote went to deadlock and she received the fewest public votes.

On 29 October 2014, it was announced that Derry had received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. Derry's debut extended play, All of the Pieces, was released on 12 December 2014 and features studio recordings of selected songs she performed on The X Factor. The EP's title track was serviced to Australian radio stations on 27 November 2014 as Derry's debut solo single, and debuted at number 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart. On 2 October 2015, she released "Always Know My Truth" as the album's second single, which did not chart. She worked on the album for nine months in Australia, Sweden and the UK with several songwriters, including Jake Gosling, Adam Argyle, Jon Hume, Trinity and David Ryan Harris. In March 2016, it was speculated that Derry had been dropped by record company Sony Music, along with other X Factor finalists Nathaniel Willemse, Marlisa Punzalan and Dean Ray.

Performances on The X Factor

Free choice "Someone like You" Adele

Through to super bootcamp

Group performance "N/A" N/A Through to super bootcamp 2

Solo performance "Numb" Linkin Park Through to home visits

Free choice "Locked Out of Heaven" Bruno Mars Through to live shows

Judges' Choice "Unconditionally" Katy Perry 13 Safe

Legends "Toxic" Britney Spears 5 Safe

Decades Challenge "Chandelier" Sia 9 Safe

Top 10 Hits "Stay with Me" Sam Smith 4 Safe

Latest and Greatest "Bang Bang" Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj 9 Safe (3rd)

Rock "Boys in Town" Divinyls 5 Safe

Judges' Challenge "Dog Days Are Over" Florence + the Machine 3 Safe

Power and Passion "Burn for You" John Farnham 3 Bottom two (5th) Final Showdown "Stay" Rihanna 2 Safe

"Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna 10

"Creep" Radiohead 3

Power and Passion This cover version, which reached number 16 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number one on the ARIA Club Tracks chart. However, as the vocal was only supposed to be for demo purposes, Reigan alleged that the New Zealand-born producer had used her cover without her consent or any written agreement between the two artists and that she had received no royalties from the hit record. This dispute was later settled between the two artists in 2022, and she has since been credited on the track across all platforms.

In 2023, Reigan was selected to sing the Australian National Anthem at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit.

Reigan is one of the featured vocalists in the Ministry of Sound Classical 2024 and 2025 Australian National Tours

Artistry Aside from singing, Derry also plays the guitar and piano. Reigan includes a variety of singers and musician's as her musical influences.

Discography Extended plays + List of extended plays Title Album details All of the Pieces Released: 12 December 2014 (Australia) Label: Sony Music Australia Format: Digital download All Day I Dream (with Double Touch) Released: 9 December 2022 Label: All Day I Dream Format: Digital download

Singles