1. Anthony Cosmo Callea was born on 13 December 1982 and is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of Australian Idol.
34 Facts About Anthony Callea
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Anthony Callea has accumulated a string of awards, including an ARIA Music Award, Channel V Artist of the Year, Pop Republic Artist of the Year, MTV Viewers' Choice Award, Variety's Young Entertainer of the Year, an MO Award, and a Gospel Music Award.
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Anthony Callea is known for his powerful trained voice and his versatility in a range of genres in releases and live performances.
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In March 2013, it was announced Anthony Callea signed a record deal with ABC Music and would release his third studio album on 26 April 2013.
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On 5 August 2016, after three albums with ABC Music, Anthony Callea announced that he had re-signed with Sony Music Australia and released his sixth album Backbone in September 2016.
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Anthony Callea is the eldest child and first grandchild on both sides of the family.
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Anthony Callea started singing and performing at age five after telling his mother that he wanted to be a singer.
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Anthony Callea's mother sent him to a performing arts school and began vocal training with Liana Scali, with whom her remained until the age of 18.
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Anthony Callea was selected for the final 30 in the television series Australian Idol in 2004.
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The competition concluded in November 2004 with Anthony Callea finishing as runner-up to Casey Donovan.
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Anthony Callea's self-titled debut album debuted at number one in April 2005.
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In July 2005, Anthony Callea made an east coast of Australia tour adding dates along the way in 2005.
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In 2007, Anthony Callea was one of the professional voices on a Seven Network's weekly musical competition program, It Takes Two, in which celebrities from non-musical fields were teamed with professional singers to perform a duet each week.
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Anthony Callea was paired with radio DJ Jo Stanley and finished in second place.
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In 2008, Anthony Callea again performed, this time with ironwoman Candice Falzon.
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In September 2007, in his first musical production, Anthony Callea played a supporting role in Dead Man Walking, the true story of Sister Helen Prejean, an unconventional nun, who accompanies murderer Joe de Rocher to his death by execution.
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In November 2007, Anthony Callea played the lead role Mark Cohen in the Perth production of the rock musical Rent.
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In mid 2008, Anthony Callea took the role of Boq in the Melbourne premiere of the Broadway musical Wicked.
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In November 2008, Anthony Callea flew to New York to record a musical theatre album, but lacked passion and decided against recording it.
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Shortly after, Anthony Callea was released from his contract with Sony BMG.
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In October 2011, Anthony Callea released was released the single "Oh Oh Oh Oh", independently.
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In March 2013, Anthony Callea announced the release of his third studio album Thirty on ABC Music.
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In July 2013, Anthony Callea was cast as Johnny Casino in the Australian production of Grease.
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In November 2013, Anthony Callea released the Christmas album, This Is Christmas with duets with the National Boys Choir and husband Tim Campbell.
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In January 2016, Anthony Callea was revealed as a contestant on season 2 of I'm a Celebrity.
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Anthony Callea described his time in the jungle as one of the best experiences of his life and hoped that it bought more awareness to his chosen charity Lifeline.
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In September 2016, Anthony Callea released his fifth studio album Backbone, which debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts.
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In September 2017, Anthony Callea released his sixth studio albumARIA Number 1 Hits in Symphony which debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts.
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Late in 2017, Anthony Callea had written a song and was preparing to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, before being advised this wouldn't be the case, days before Jessica Mauboy was announced in December 2017.
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In October 2020, Anthony Callea was announced as a competing celebrity contestant on the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia which aired in early 2021.
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Anthony Callea went on the show supporting the Children's Cancer Foundation, and raised $20k for them before he was "fired" in task 4.
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In 2021 Anthony Callea toured Australia on the Together Again tour.
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On 30 September 2022, Anthony Callea released "Heaven" and announced the forthcoming release of studio album, Forty Love, which was released on 21 October 2022.
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On 18 August 2014, Campbell and Anthony Callea announced their engagement.