Donald Clark Osmond was born on December 9,1957 and is an American singer, dancer, actor, television host and former teen idol.
49 Facts About Donny Osmond
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Donny Osmond first gained fame performing with four of his elder brothers as the Osmonds, earning several top ten hits and gold albums.
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Donny Osmond successfully competed on two reality TV shows, winning season 9 of Dancing with the Stars and being named runner-up for season 1 of The Masked Singer.
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Donny Osmond hosted the game show Pyramid from 2002 to 2004.
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Donny Osmond was born on December 9,1957 in Ogden, Utah, as the seventh child of Olive May and George Virl Donny Osmond.
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Donny Osmond is the brother of Alan, Jay, Jimmy, Merrill, Wayne, Marie, Tom, and Virl Osmond.
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Alan, Jay, Merrill, Wayne, and Donny were members of the popular singing group the Osmonds.
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Donny Osmond was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah along with his siblings.
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Andy Williams' father, Jay Emerson Williams, saw the Donny Osmond Brothers perform on a Disneyland televised special as a barbershop quartet.
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The Donny Osmond Brothers proved themselves quickly as an asset to the program, and soon became regulars on the show and quickly gained popularity.
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In 1963, Donny Osmond made his debut on the show at the age of five singing "You Are My Sunshine".
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Donny Osmond became a teen idol in the early 1970s as a solo singer, while continuing to sing with his older brothers.
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Donny Osmond was one of the biggest "Cover Boy" pop stars for Tiger Beat magazine and 16 magazine in the early 1970s.
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Donny Osmond's first solo hit was a cover of Roy Orbison's 1958 recording of "Sweet and Innocent", which peaked at No 7 in the US in 1971.
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Donny Osmond made an unlikely appearance as one of several celebrities and unknowns auditioning to sing for guitarist Jeff Beck in the video for Beck's 1985 single "Ambitious," which was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich.
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Donny Osmond spent several years as a performer, before hiring the services of music and entertainment guru Steven Machat, who got Osmond together with English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel to see whether Machat and Gabriel could turn Osmond's image into a contemporary young pop act.
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Donny Osmond was the guest vocalist on Dweezil Zappa's star-studded version of the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" which appeared on Zappa's 1991 album Confessions.
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Donny Osmond sang "No One Has To Be Alone", which was heard at the end of the film The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water.
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Donny Osmond sang "I'll Make a Man Out of You" for Disney's Mulan.
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Donny Osmond enlisted Stevie Wonder to play harmonica on the track "My Cherie Amour".
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Donny Osmond earned "Best Singer" for a second time in the Las Vegas Review-Journals Best of Las Vegas Awards in 2013.
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Donny Osmond reprised hosting for a British version of Pyramid on Challenge in 2007.
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Donny Osmond is one of two game show hosts to host two different versions of the same game show in different countries; the other being Howie Mandel for Deal or No Deal.
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Donny Osmond returned to ABC as host of The Great American Dream Vote, a primetime reality-game show that debuted in March 2007.
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Donny Osmond hosted the daytime British version of the game show Identity on BBC Two in 2007.
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Donny Osmond appeared on Entertainment Tonight as a commentator covering the ABC show Dancing with the Stars during his sister Marie's run as a contestant on the 5th season of the American version of the show in 2007.
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Donny Osmond is mentioned in the lyrics of Alice Cooper's song "Department of Youth" on the album Welcome to My Nightmare.
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Donny Osmond is featured in the song "Start the Par-dee" with Lil Yachty, written as a promotion for Chef Boyardee's throwback recipe ravioli.
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Donny Osmond replaced another former teen idol, David Cassidy, who left the show while it was on its pre-Broadway tour.
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Donny Osmond found success in musical theater through much of the 1990s when he starred as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for over 2,000 performances beginning in July 1992 in the Elgin Theatre's Toronto production.
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In 1997, Donny Osmond left his starring role in the tour to participate with his family in the cast of the Hill Cumorah Pageant.
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Donny Osmond returned to Broadway on 19 September 2006 as Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
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On 29 July 2007, Donny Osmond played Gaston again for the final performance of Beauty and the Beast.
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Donny Osmond has done guest spots on numerous other television shows such as Friends, Diagnosis: Murder, and Hannah Montana.
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Donny Osmond appeared in a Pepsi Twist commercial during the Super Bowl with his sister, Marie, and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
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In 1998, Donny Osmond was chosen as the singing voice of Shang in Disney's Mulan.
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Donny Osmond remarked in an interview that his movie appearance on College Road Trip and upcoming appearances on two Disney Channel shows would mean that he would be coming full circle since he and his family were discovered by Walt Disney.
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The song is a parody of Chamillionaire's "Ridin'"; Donny Osmond's role is analogous to that of Krayzie Bone's role in the original video.
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Donny Osmond was a guest on Kevin Nealon's web series on YouTube, Hiking with Kevin, in March 2019.
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Donny Osmond participated in the show to prove he was a better dancer than his sister.
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Donny Osmond danced a Jive the following week which was guest judged by Baz Luhrmann.
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Donny Osmond scored 25 and was scored second place, called first to be safe.
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Reviews from Allmusic noted that while Donny Osmond remained a gifted singer, a series of creative missteps in the late 1970s led to his virtually disappearing from the public eye during the 1980s.
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Donny Osmond was described in the 1980s as having an "unhip image", and he said he was embarrassed that the Osmond name was not considered cool.
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On 8 May 1978, Donny Osmond married Debra of Billings, Montana, in the Salt Lake Temple.
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Donny Osmond commented on his opposition to same-sex marriage after the 2008 Proposition 8 in California.
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The LDS Church were one of many groups that supported Proposition 8, and Donny Osmond stated that he opposes same-sex marriage but that he does not condemn homosexuality.
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Donny Osmond believes that homosexuals should be accepted in the LDS Church if they remain celibate.
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Donny Osmond has talked about the experience of growing up with his brothers and their use of sign language when performing together.