In 2003, Abz Love released his debut solo album Abstract Theory, which earned him a further three top-ten hits.
15 Facts About Abz Love
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Abz Love was raised on a council estate in Hackney, East London where he was brought up until he left home at 16 to join boyband Five.
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Abz Love won a scholarship to attend the Italia Conti Stage School where he studied acting.
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Abz Love changed his name to Abs in order avoid confusion with bandmate Ritchie Neville.
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Abz Love has since stated on ITV2's The Big Reunion that he "did not want the band to split and wanted to continue", saying "It felt like they were taking something away from me".
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Abz Love later changed the spelling of his name to Abz.
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In episode 4, Abz Love gave the audience a tour of his vegetable garden and showed off his "curly carrots", which subsequently trended on Twitter.
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Abz Love entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on 22 August 2013.
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Whilst in the house, Abz Love confessed in the diary room that he has Asperger syndrome, a mild form of autism.
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On 8 September 2015, Abz Love put his Brit Award for Best Pop Act 2000 up for auction on eBay.
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The bidding started at 99p and Abz Love constructed a tongue-in-cheek item description to go with the award.
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Abz Love was reportedly made several offers to end the auction early, but turned them down believing that the 1 million bid was real.
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In January 2016, Abz Love released his first solo single in over a decade, a comedy track called "Cockadoodledoo" with the hope of raising money for his farming project.
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On 27 October 2021, Channel 4 announced Abz Love would be taking part in the tenth series of Celebs Go Dating, alongside Ulrika Jonsson, Ryan-Mark Parsons, Miles Nazaire, Chloe Brockett, Nikita Jasmine, Marty McKenna and Jessika Power.
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In October 2014 Abz Love bought a dilapidated smallholding in Carmarthenshire, Wales.