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Josh James Dubovie[1] (born 27 November 1990) is a British singer. He will represent the UK at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Oslo, Norway in May, performing "That Sounds Good to Me", written by writers and producers Mike Stock and Pete Waterman of Stock Aitken Waterman.
Early life
Dubovie, from Laindon,[2] performed with StageAbility, an after-school stage club from age nine. At age 15 he played Enjolras in a school production of Les Miserables with the Essex Group. For this role he saw a vocal coach as he had no previous experience of singing.[3] He attended The Billericay School and studied for A levels in Music Technology, Drama and English Literature.[4] In 2008 he won the Blues Idol competition, and has also won Voice of St Lukes contest and Billericay's Got Talent.[5] Prior to auditioning for Your Country Needs You, he applied for a part on E4 TV series Skins 3rd series and was short-listed for the role of Freddie McClair[6], the role eventually being awarded to Luke Pasqualino. Dubovie has also auditioned for series six of The X Factor, but was rejected. He later auditioned for series four of Britain's Got Talent, and received a rejection letter the day after winning Your Country Needs You.[7]
When Josh left school his father, Richard, decided to manage him and has got him the majority of his professional work.[8]. His agent is Annie Sullivan, the wife of Gary Sullivan, the founder of StageAbility though he has also been represented by the Up In Smoke Theatre Company Ltd since 2007 ..[9].
Eurovision
On 12 March 2010, Dubovie won Eurovision: Your Country Needs You! with "That Sounds Good to Me". He said, "The minute I heard the song I thought it was a definite winner, I'm so happy I'm going to sing it in Oslo."[10] and "I really believe I can go on to win the Eurovision Song Contest for us." He sang "Too Many Broken Hearts" by Jason Donovan to get into the final three chosen by Waterman, and he also took part in the ABBA medley with the others[11]. After that performance Waterman described his voice as "perfect", while suggesting more "excitement" should be added to his dancing and Tonioli told him he had "an incredible talent."[12] Neil Fox on the other hand, a former, fellow judge with Waterman on two series of Pop Idol, described the performance a few days later as "An average song and an average singer".[13]
Representing a "big four" country, Dubovie will be automatically qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on 29 May 2010. He will perform at position 12 out of the 25 entries.
References
- ^ "Civil registry search results". findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/5059899.Basildon_s_Josh_Dubovie_wins_through_to_Eurovision_final/
- ^ "Your Country Needs You... Josh!". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ "Official Josh Dubovie Myspace". Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ Phillips, Chris (27 February 2009). "Josh's a sing star". echo-news.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.italiansubs.net/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_smf%26Itemid%3D26%26topic%3D27919.0&ei=vIaeS5-nE5bKjAfj9MHGCA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBAQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dskinslife%2Bdubovie%26hl%3Den
- ^ Holland, Laura (14 March 2010). "JOSH DUBOVIE STILL ON A HIGH". express.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "United Kingdom - "That Sounds Good to Me" performed by Josh Dubovie". BBC. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Eurovision hope Josh Dubovie gets stage school backing". BBC. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Your Country Needs You... Josh is the Winner!". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/contestants/ycny_2010/contestant_josh.shtml
- ^ "Singer picked for UK Eurovision bid". mirror.co.uk. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "Fox: 'Eurovision show was shambles'". digitalspy.co.uk. 15 March 2010.