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Antony Costa Profile |
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Birth Date: June 23, 1981
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Birth Place: Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
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Birth Name: Antony Daniel Costa
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Antony Daniel Costa (born 23 June 1981 in Edgware,
Middlesex, England) is a British singer and occasional actor
Costa is a former member of the British boyband Blue. He
attended Hendon School in North-West London. He is Greek
Cypriot on his father's side and Jewish on his mother's; he
has a sister called Natalie and a brother called Louis. His
ex-fiancée Lucy Bolster gave birth to his first child Emilie
on 10 March 2004 at 1.15 AM GMT. Emilie weighed 6 pounds 8
ounces at birth.
In 2004, Costa, along with singer Peter Andre, was given the
opportunity to meet with Prime Minister Tony Blair at the
celebrations on the arrival of ten new members into the
European Union which also included Cyprus. He was a
contestant on the 2005 series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out
of Here! and was evicted from the programme on 3 December
2005 after 14 days.
Costa released his first solo single called, "Do You Ever
Think of Me" in February 2006. The single made its debut at
#19 on the UK Singles Chart. He went on to compete in the
2006 Making Your Mind Up programme to find a competitor to
represent the UK in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, but
did not win the honour, with "It's a Beautiful Thing".
Costa's debut album, Heart Full of Soul was released on 3
July 2006 in the UK and Ireland. The album failed to chart,
and since that, he has been dropped by his record label,
Globe Records UK, due to the disappointing chart positions.
From 10 April 2006, Costa played the lead role of Mickey
Johnstone in the London production of the long-running
musical Blood Brothers, directed and produced by Bill
Kenwright; his contract ran to February 2007. From March,
Costa then toured the UK in the 10th anniversary tour of
Boogie Nights. He's also doing modeling for Giorgio Armani
which is due to be showcased in late 2008.
In November 2006, it was announced that Costa and his
longterm girlfriend, Adele Silva, had separated as she is in
Yorkshire, filming the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, while he is
down in London.
Antony Costa will be doing his first solo-UK tour in
February and March 2008, performing songs from his
debut-album, along with new songs, some of them to be
included on his second album, to be released sometime in
2008.
His UK tour has 18 dates, and it will start on February 16,
2008 at The Brindley, in Runcorn, England; and will finish
on March 26, 2008 in Barrow in Furness, England. |
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Other Information |
Former member of boyband Blue, with Duncan James , Lee Ryan
and Simon Webbe are also in the band.
Attended Hendon School in North West London, where he
excelled at Drama, and appeared in the school productions of
Cabaret and Stags and Hens. Harry Potter star, Harry
Melling, currently attends this school.
Has a sister named Natalie and a brother named Louis.
His ex-fiancée Lucy Bolster gave birth to his first child
Emilie on March 10, 2004 at 1.15 am. Emilie weighed 6 pounds
8 ounces at birth.
His father is a Greek from Cyprus, and one day his family
packed everything and shipped off to Cyprus. |
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since February 4, 2008