Eoghan Karl Christopher Quigg is a Northern Irish pop singer who finished third in the fifth series of the music talent contest The X Factor in 2008.
17 Facts About Eoghan Quigg
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Eoghan Quigg released an eponymous studio album in 2009, to strongly negative reviews.
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Eoghan Quigg competed in the Irish national selection for the chance to represent Ireland in 2014 at the Eurovision Song Contest but finished second.
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Eoghan Karl Christopher Quigg was born on 12 July 1992 and grew up in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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In 2008, Eoghan Quigg auditioned for the talent show The X Factor in front of judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole.
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On Big Band week Eoghan Quigg sang "L-O-V-E" and received a standing ovation from the judges and the crowd.
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Eoghan Quigg made it to the semi-finals and after performances of "Year 3000" and "Does Your Mother Know" was voted through to the final.
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Eoghan Quigg eventually finished third, with Alexandra Burke the winner, and JLS runners-up.
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Eoghan Quigg appeared at the Cheerios Childline Concert at the Dublin O2 in Dublin on 16 December 2008, among acts including Enrique Iglesias, Anastacia and Irish boy band Boyzone.
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On 15 January 2009 it was announced that Eoghan Quigg had landed a record deal with Syco's parent company Sony BMG.
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In February 2014, Eoghan Quigg was announced by RTE as one of the five acts that would compete to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, with the song "The Movie Song".
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Eoghan Quigg played a minor role in the BBC sitcom Dani's House, playing himself.
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Eoghan Quigg appeared as a guest on 22 December 2009 edition of Alan Carr: Chatty Man and featured as a guest on Harry Hill's TV Burp on 19 February 2011.
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Eoghan Quigg began an amateur football career in 2015, signing for Coagh United FC Eoghan Quigg later joined Portstewart FC in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League.
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Eoghan Quigg plays an active part in the lives of Cooper and Milla, Campbell's two children from a previous relationship.
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Eoghan Quigg had a hair transplant in 2020, travelling to Turkey to get the procedure done.
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Eoghan Quigg has maintained his singing career as a member of a wedding band called The Housem8s.