Luke Friend was born on 30 April 1996 and is an English singer and former student from Teignmouth in Devon.
14 Facts About Luke Friend
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Luke Friend started his career in 2013 after winning TeenStar and appearing as a contestant and later a finalist on tenth series of The X Factor and later placed third on the show.
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Luke Friend was born in Leeds and grew up in the Chapel Allerton area of the city.
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Luke Friend used to live in Shipley, Bradford, where he attended Shipley CofE Primary and Beckfoot School, before moving to Devon when he was 13.
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In July 2013, Friend won TeenStar 2013, defeating Sam Wilde in the final.
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That same year, Luke Friend auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor in front of judges Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne.
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In week 6, Luke Friend was in the bottom two with Sam Callahan, but was saved after Walsh refused to vote and then Scherzinger and Barlow voted to send Callahan home leaving Osbourne's vote unnecessary but stated that she would have saved Luke Friend.
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Luke Friend was saved by the public vote and advanced to the semi-final.
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On 19 January 2014, Luke Friend won "Rising Star of 2014" in the Best of 2013 awards.
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Luke Friend signed a deal with RCA Records and on 15 October 2014, a lyric video for a new song "Take On the World" was posted on his official YouTube page.
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Luke Friend has toured Britain on his sold-out 'Hole in My Heart Tour' in Totnes, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and London.
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On 8 April 2016, Luke Friend posted on social media a photograph of himself signing a contract with the caption "It's official I signed to @BMG time to show the world my music, a new chapter".
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Luke Friend announced via a Facebook live stream in March 2016 that he is working with new management, TCB, and that new music is likely to be released later in 2016.
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Luke Friend was picked to play the part of St Jimmy in the 2019 UK tour of the musical American Idiot.