1. Benjamin Edward Stephen Adams was born on 22 November 1981 and is a British singer and songwriter from Ascot, England.
14 Facts About Ben Adams
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Ben Adams represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 along with Gaute Ormasen as a part of pop band Subwoolfer.
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Ben Adams is known as the lead singer of the British-Norwegian boy band A1.
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Ben Adams later attended Bedales School, leaving aged 16, after completing his GCSEs, to join Charterhouse School.
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Ben Adams was a member of four-piece boyband a1, who won a Brit Award in 2001 for Best Newcomer and had two number one singles on the UK singles chart, "Take On Me" and "Same Old Brand New You", before separating in 2002.
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Whilst in the boyband, Ben Adams scooped a Smash Hits Poll Winners Party Award for Most Fanciable Male in 2001.
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Ben Adams was gunged during the Gunge Day episode of Live and Kicking in 2000.
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When he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2009, it was revealed that Ben Adams had worked on songs for X Factor winner, Alexandra Burke.
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In 2009, Ben Adams was a participant on the sixth series of the Channel 4 reality TV series Celebrity Big Brother, and reached the finale finishing in fifth place after the public vote, behind Coolio, Verne Troyer, Terry Christian and eventual winner Ulrika Jonsson.
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In 2017 Ben Adams announced plans to release his second recorded album 1981 and released und a steady stream of singles presumably from the album.
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In October 2017 Ben Adams took a leading role in the touring version of Flashdance the Musical, starring as Nick Hurley alongside Joanne Clifton.
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In 2019, Ben Adams released a duet with Morissette, "This Is Christmas".
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Ben Adams represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 along with Gaute Ormasen as a part of pop band Subwoolfer.
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In September 2021, Ben Adams revealed he had become a father for the first time.