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Calvin Goldspink Profile |
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Birth Date: January 24, 1989
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Birth Place: Scotland, UK
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Birth Name: Calvin Goldspink
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Calvin Goldspink (born January 24, 1989) is an English actor
and former child pop star. He first came to notice as a
member of the juvenile pop band S Club Juniors (the band
changed its name to S Club 8 after S Club 7 split up). After
being born in Great Yarmouth, he moved with his family to
Aberdeen. For three years running, Goldspink won the
Popjustice readers' poll award for "Most Inappropriately
Fanciable Popstar". He attended Cults Academy in Aberdeen.
At the age of 12 he auditioned for the chance to perform
onstage with the hugely successful S Club 7. Chosen from
12,000 hopefuls live on the BBC, the band were originally
only supposed to be supporting S Club 7 on their Carnival
tour but after such an incredible public response the band
"S Club Juniors" were formed and had instant chart success
with their first single One Step Closer reaching #2 in the
UK charts.
He was part of an 8-piece pop band signed to Simon Fuller's
19 Management and Universal Records subsidy Polydor. As S
Club Juniors, the band had four top 10 singles and a
platinum top 5 album Together and in 2003 had a tour of
their own "S Club United Tour" performing their infectious
blend of pop music and slick dance routines to sold-out
arenas across the UK and Ireland. To top the year off, the
Juniors won "best newcomer" at the Disney Channel Kids
Awards.
After having been in the music industry for almost 2 years,
and after the disbandment of S Club 7, the band was re-named
"S Club 8" and it had another hit album Sundown which
produced three further top 20 singles, proving its staying
power with a minor UK following.
In 2004 the band spent 3 months in Barcelona, Spain, filming
a children’s BBC television programme I Dream which was
about a group of kids winning a place at a secret stage
school where they all played themselves and starred
alongside Christopher Lloyd. Calvin said, "It was an amazing
experience to be filming a show with one of my idols; Back
to The Future is one of my all time favourite movies." The
show was an instant hit in the UK, and is now on screens
across Europe and Australia. An album, Welcome to Avalon
Heights was released to accompany the series, along with a
duet from Frankie and Calvin, "Dreaming" which was to be
their last single.
Calvin will start recording his first solo album in LA this
winter, after filming 'Life is Wild' |
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Other Information |
1 of 8 in British band S Club 8. Band was originally named S
Club Juniors but after the senior band S Club split they
were renamed S Club 8.
Finds dance routines hard and has to practise extra hard
with fellow band member Hannah Richings.
Has a younger brother, Jamie. |
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since December 4, 2007