Jo was born on 29 April 1979 at Romford in England. Jo's first big break was when she was 12 someone pushed her up to sing the Locomotion and everyone said she was good. After that she always went on the karoake. She then started singing in clubs and worked in a Country and Western Restaurant in Essex. And she even had a top 40 hit with a band in Germany. Then at aged 20 she joined the pop group S Club 7.