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Before joining McFly at the age of 15, Poynter was in a band named 'Ataiz'. In 2010, Dougie and three other people, including [[Motion In The Ocean]] and [[Radio:ACTIVE]] producer [[Jason Perry]], started a clothing line called 'Zukie' It was apparently named after Dougie's pet lizard. Dougie owns 30 per cent of the business. Also, in early 2011, it was confirmed that Dougie has started his own clothing range, by the name of 'Saint Kidd', a pirate-based company inspired by William Kidd. The range was set to launch in February. From November to December 2011, Dougie Poynter took part and won series 11 of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here on ITV1, after being strongly persuaded by a close friend and former winner Matt Willis, formerly of Busted. |
Before joining McFly at the age of 15, Poynter was in a band named 'Ataiz'. In 2010, Dougie and three other people, including [[Motion In The Ocean]] and [[Radio:ACTIVE]] producer [[Jason Perry]], started a clothing line called 'Zukie' It was apparently named after Dougie's pet lizard. Dougie owns 30 per cent of the business. Also, in early 2011, it was confirmed that Dougie has started his own clothing range, by the name of 'Saint Kidd', a pirate-based company inspired by William Kidd. The range was set to launch in February. From November to December 2011, Dougie Poynter took part and won series 11 of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here on ITV1, after being strongly persuaded by a close friend and former winner Matt Willis, formerly of Busted. |
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== I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!== |
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== Appearances == |
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Poynter won the 2011 series of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 11)|I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!]]'', beating fellow Essex man [[Mark Wright (television personality)|Mark Wright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/nov/09/im-a-celebrity-2011-contestants|title=I'm a Celebrity 2011 contestants: retro stars meet the TOWIE generation|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2011-11-09|date=2011-11-09}}</ref> |
Poynter won the 2011 series of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 11)|I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!]]'', beating fellow Essex man [[Mark Wright (television personality)|Mark Wright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/nov/09/im-a-celebrity-2011-contestants|title=I'm a Celebrity 2011 contestants: retro stars meet the TOWIE generation|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2011-11-09|date=2011-11-09}}</ref> |
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Dougie Poynter | |
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 Poynter in 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dougie Lee Poynter[1] |
| Genres | Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Island (2003-2007, 2010-present) Super Records (2008-present) |
| Website | McFly.com |
Dougie Lee Poynter(born 30 November 1987 in Corringham, Essex, England)[1] is an English musician and the bassist and vocalist for the pop rock band McFly. He won the 11th series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
McFly
Dougie is bassist of pop band McFly, also providing backing, and on occasion, lead vocals. He has co-writer credits on many of McFly's tracks, including the lead writer credit on their 2007 number one single "Transylvania." Poynter has called "Transylvania" his favourite song that he has written.[2] The youngest member of the band, Poynter was also the last to enter it when Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher, who already had been signed to a record deal with Island, held auditions for a bassist and drummer. Poynter was 15 when he was brought into the band.
Personal
Poynter dated Frankie Sandford of The Saturdays,[3][4][5][6][7] until the pair briefly split up in March 2010.[8] They reunited in April 2010,[9] but split up again in November of the same year. Poynter has stated that they will not be getting back together for the third time.[10] He spent some time in rehab following the split.[11]
Other work
Before joining McFly at the age of 15, Poynter was in a band named 'Ataiz'. In 2010, Dougie and three other people, including Motion In The Ocean and Radio:ACTIVE producer Jason Perry, started a clothing line called 'Zukie' It was apparently named after Dougie's pet lizard. Dougie owns 30 per cent of the business. Also, in early 2011, it was confirmed that Dougie has started his own clothing range, by the name of 'Saint Kidd', a pirate-based company inspired by William Kidd. The range was set to launch in February. From November to December 2011, Dougie Poynter took part and won series 11 of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here on ITV1, after being strongly persuaded by a close friend and former winner Matt Willis, formerly of Busted.
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Poynter won the 2011 series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, beating fellow Essex man Mark Wright.[12]
References
- ^ a b "GRO Birth Registration Index". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ^ "McFly answer your questions in their hilarious interview". SugarScape. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "Frankie Sandford saves her pop career with Saturdays". Metro. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "5 minutes with a… sex god: Dougie McFly". Daily Mirror. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Wilson, Benji (2010-01-30). "The Saturdays: Pop music's new high-flyers". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "McFly's Dougie: I follow Frankie". Metro. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ "The Saturdays' Frankie Sandford comes over all Lily Allen in suspender tights and leather hotpants for Christmas party". The Daily Mail. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ "McFly's Dougie confirms split". Digitalspy.
- ^ "Frankie Sandford: Dougie and I are living together again". Now Magazine.
- ^ "Frankie Sandford dumps Dougie Poynter for the second time in a year, before partying at Whisky Mist with a male model". Daily Mail. 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Poynter: 'Sandford death threats are out of control'". Ok! magazine. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "I'm a Celebrity 2011 contestants: retro stars meet the TOWIE generation". The Guardian. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
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