Jamelia finally feels "worthy of great love" after a "catastrophic" break-up left her single and pregnant

She told OK! magazine: "I've been single for two and a half years and my last relationship ended catastrophically.

"I'm at a point where I'm really happy, I've recovered from that experience and I thought, 'I'd love to go on a date!' ... "

She signed up to appear in reality TV show 'Celebs Go Dating' and she credits the series' panel of experts with helping her to change her thinking.

Jamelia added: "I realised that I was choosing men as the little girl that didn't get picked up by her dad, so many things were linked back to my childhood.

"I'm over that now and I know that I am worthy of great love. The [experts] have changed my life. My exes couldn't even talk to me now!"

The singer previously admitted she felt like her life was "over" after her break -up, telling the Daily Star newspaper: "When I was four-and-a-half months pregnant, my relationship broke down. Me and my daughters were abandoned.

"It was an unexpected life change that absolutely devastated us and changed everything. It was like a sledgehammer went through our lives. I thought it was the end of my life because my relationship had ended.

"The past two years of my life have been a car crash. I've had a really difficult, traumatic time. One of the things I never, ever wanted to be was a single mum."

She added: "I've had four daughters to keep afloat, keep alive. There are so many people who I thought would support me and help me and they just didn't. I had to tap into my resilience. It's been about surviving."