Antony Costa

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Antony Costa

Background information
Birth name	Antony Daniel Costa
Also known as	Ant
Born	June 23, 1981
Origin	Edgware, Middlesex, England
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actor
Associated acts	Blue

Antony Daniel Costa (born 23 June 1981 in Edgware, Middlesex, England) is a British singer.

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 as a sister called Natalie and a brother called Louis.

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, peaking at #328 in the UK Album Chart and #536 in Ireland. He has since been dropped by his record label, Globe Records UK, due to these disappointing chart positions.

Since 10 April 2006, Costa has been playing 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 runs to February 2007. From March, Antony will be touring the UK in the 10th anniversary tour of Boogie Nights.

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, and it was getting to the point when they were hardly ever seeing each other.

Last year he was in "Blood Brothes" in theatre, he work in a musical group in London. Now, he is in a tour with "Boogie Nights", his last performance. GILA92

1 Discography
- 1.1 Albums
- 1.2 Singles
2 External links

[edit] Discography

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[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Chart positions																		Label
Year	Album	UK	IRL	AUS	GER	AUT	FRA	HOL	SUI	ITA	ISR	CHN	JPN	NOR	SUE	DIN	BEL	PTG	GRE	Label
2006	"Heart Full Of Soul"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Globe Records UK
2007	Re-Edition "Heart Full Of Soul"	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	Polydor Records UK

[edit] Singles

Year	Album	Chart positions																		Label
Year	Album	UK	IRL	AUS	GER	AUT	FRA	HOL	SUI	ITA	ISR	CHN	JPN	NOR	SUE	DIN	BEL	PTG	GRE	Label
2006	"Do You Ever Think Of Me"	19[1]	20	—	10	8	11	20	—	12	10	10	11	20	—	—	23	—	30	Globe Records UK
2007	"Half the World Away"	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	Polydor Records UK