Jay Aston was a member of the British pop group Bucks Fizz from 1981 to 1985.
24 Facts About Jay Aston
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Jay Aston was the youngest member of the group's original line-up, aged 19 when they won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Jay Aston was born in Purley, Surrey, and came from a theatrical family.
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Jay Aston's father was a comedian, while her mother had been a dancer before becoming her husband's straight man.
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Jay Aston herself trained as a dancer, singer and actress at the Italia Conti School of Speech and Drama and performed on stage many times in her teens, mainly as a dancer.
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Jay Aston was named "Miss Purley" in 1978 and competed in the subsequent Miss England contest, in which she was unplaced.
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Jay Aston was, along with Baker, one of the four members of Bucks Fizz when they were formed in 1981 to compete in that year's Eurovision Song Contest.
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Jay Aston became known for her love of physical exercise, and released a keep-fit album in early 1984 called Shape Up and Dance.
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Jay Aston was the victim of an attack while out jogging, but fought off the attacker and recovered from the incident.
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Jay Aston became the subject of many newspaper headlines on her sudden departure where it emerged that she had had an affair with the group's producer, Andy Hill, who was the husband of Bucks Fizz creator Nichola Martin.
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Jay Aston's brother had married Shakespear's Sister star Marcella Detroit who encouraged her to record new songs.
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In 1993 Jay Aston released a single, "Naked Phoenix", and recorded an album of songs.
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Jay Aston was played by one female and three male performers.
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The life of Jay Aston was told through an outrageous parody, and was described in review as "hilariously over the top".
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Jay Aston appeared alone on the National Lottery to promote the album.
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In May 2013, Jay Aston appeared on the second series of UK singing talent show The Voice, singing Muse's "Time is Running Out", but was not chosen by any of the judges.
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In 2008, Jay Aston was cast as Claudia Brite in the film The Last Days of Edgar Harding which was shot in August 2008 and screened in 2010.
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Jay Aston married guitarist Dave Colquhoun in August 1999 in Greenwich, London.
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Jay Aston continues to teach dance and performance at her performing arts school in Kent.
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Jay Aston was diagnosed with mouth cancer in June 2018.
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In January 2021, Jay Aston announced that she had been diagnosed with Covid-19 but recovered.
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In 2022, Jay Aston revealed that her daughter Josie had been diagnosed and was battling Meningitis.
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Jay Aston later revealed that her daughter was recovering, although it 'would be slow'.
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On 27 August 2019, the Brexit Party announced that Jay Aston would be standing as its candidate in the London constituency of Kensington, at the time held by the Labour Party.