Shayne Thomas Ward was born on 16 October 1984 and is an English singer and actor.
39 Facts About Shayne Ward
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Shayne Ward rose to fame as the winner of the second series of The X Factor.
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Shayne Ward's prize, as winner, was a recording contract with Simon Cowell's Syco record label, which is co-owned by Sony Music.
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In November 2010, after a three-year hiatus, Shayne Ward released his third album, Obsession.
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Shayne Ward was born on 16 October 1984 in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England to Irish Traveller parents who settled in England.
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Shayne Ward attended St Peter's RC High School in Manchester.
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In early 2005, Shayne Ward auditioned for the second series of The X Factor in front of judges Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.
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Shayne Ward impressed all three judges and passed through to the next round.
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Shayne Ward quickly became the bookmakers' favourite to win the show, and after making it to the grand final, he defeated Cowell's duo Journey South and Osbourne's over-25 singer Andy Abraham and was crowned as the winner.
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Immediately after his victory on The X Factor, Shayne Ward signed a recording contract with Syco Music and his first single, "That's My Goal", was released in the UK on Wednesday, 21 December 2005.
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Shayne Ward won an Ivor Novello Award for being the Best Selling Single.
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Shayne Ward, his self-titled debut album was released on 17 April 2006.
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Walsh released a statement that he was confident Shayne Ward would be fine and would be back at work by the end of the month.
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Shayne Ward had a successful treatment and was indeed able to return to his singing career.
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Shayne Ward travelled to several places around the UK for book signings, which hundreds of people attended.
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The second single from Shayne Ward's album was announced as "Breathless", and was released on 19 November 2007.
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In May 2008, Shayne Ward embarked on his month-long UK tour, The Breathless Tour 2008.
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Shayne Ward made his stage debut at London's O2 Arena and visited his home town Manchester at the MEN Arena.
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Shayne Ward performed his complete show as a support act for Westlife's 2008 tour in front of a crowd of over 80,000 at Ireland's Croke Park.
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Shayne Ward played on the opening night at The O2, Dublin, at the Cheerios Childline concert on 16 December 2008.
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Shayne Ward began working on his third album in 2009 with producers RedOne and Taio Cruz.
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Shayne Ward's version was released on 7 November 2010 and reached number 12 in the UK and number 10 in Ireland.
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Shayne Ward performed at the Miss World Pageant, which was held in Sanya, China.
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Shayne Ward did his first television appearance in over two years, on Live from Studio Five the day after his X Factor appearance, where he performed his single.
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On 8 March 2011, Shayne Ward performed the title track from the album Obsession on The Alan Titchmarsh Show.
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Shayne Ward announced that he would return to the studio in September 2012, after the end of his contract with Rock of Ages.
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In February 2014, Shayne Ward released a version of "Falling Slowly" with Louise Dearman.
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In 2014, Shayne Ward joined the cast of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds for the final arena tour of that production, as the Artilleryman.
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On 19 September 2014, Shayne Ward announced was working on a new album with Mike Stock, with a then-projected release of February 2015 through PledgeMusic.
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Shayne Ward later postponed the release to April, with the video for the first single "My Heart Would Take You Back", due to be filmed on 25 February 2015 in London.
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Shayne Ward's contract was renewed the following year due to the character's popularity and he continued in the role for another two years.
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In early 2018, Shayne Ward announced that he was leaving the role.
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Shayne Ward made his last appearance as Aidan Connor on 7 May 2018, in a storyline highlighting male suicide.
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Shayne Ward has spoken of his significant weight gain during his time on the show.
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Shayne Ward revealed that he gained three stone and said that the tempting canteen food at Granada studios was partly to blame, although he was largely unconcerned by negative comments he received regarding this.
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In November 2022, it was announced that Shayne Ward would be releasing a compilation retrospective of his musical career to date, titled Anthology, which is due for release 9 December 2022.
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On 2 August 2016, Shayne Ward announced he and his partner were expecting their first child.
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On 3 December 2016, the pair welcomed their first child, a daughter named Willow May In December 2017, Shayne Ward announced his engagement to Austin.
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In September 2017, Shayne Ward spoke out about his noticeable weight gain since becoming a father and through TV's Loose Women appeared in a photo shoot, promoting body confidence for men, along with several other celebrities.