Shayne Ward
Shayne Ward
Shayne Thomas Ward is an English singer and actor, who rose to fame as the winner of the second series of The X Factor. His debut single, "That's My Goal", was released in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2005 and became the last number one of 2005 on the UK Singles Chart and that year's Christmas number one. It sold 313,000 copies on its first day of sales, making it the third fastest-selling single of all time in the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth16 October 1984
CityTameside, England
Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers.
Once I got in the public eye there was no going back.
What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.
Yes, I adore the fact that girls like me.
You judge people as you meet them.
I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.
If somebody tells me I'm famous I say, 'I'm not.' I can't see myself as famous and I don't think I'll ever call myself famous. I definitely don't feel famous.
Have you any idea what it's like to live under the same roof as four women? Armageddon is the best word for it.
I would never have been discovered without the X Factor. I was just doing the working men's clubs and I loved doing that. That was the life for me at that time. I never expected to be noticed doing that, that's why I went for X Factor by myself.
I love a challenge, and I think it's when people least expect you to do something that you often do your best.