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Gareth Gates
About Gareth:
Gareth was born on 12 July 1984 at Bradford's St. Lukes Hospital . He was the first child born to Wendy Broadbent and Paul Gates who later went on to have 3 more children all girls. Gareths birth was then officially registered two weeks later on the 28th July. His first home was a flat above a parade of shops in Holme Wood, Bradford. He then moved to a second home where his family still lives in East Bowling, Bradford with his 3 sisters, 2 foster sisters and foster brother. 
Gareths later attended Lower Fields primary school , where he found his singing talent."I auditioned to be a brother in Joseph. I didn't realize I could sing untill then!! The teachers were as shocked as I was!! "After that Gareth stared in loads of school musicals and concerts. Gareth then attended Dudley hill school. Gareth then moved to Dixon City Technology College in September 1995 and studied English, Music and Art for his A Levels.
Detailed Biography:
 Age: 17
DOB: 12/07/84
Status: Single
Lives: Bradford
Siblings: Three sisters and three foster sisters.
Likes: Singing, playing the guitar and piano, Britney Spears and Rachel Stevens.
Fave Band: Westlife
Fave Solo singer: Robbie Williams.
Other Info: Runner Up in Pop Idol 2002 Had two number one hits - Unchained Melody and Anyone of Us - Stupid Mistake Received a £1 million pound contract from Simon Cowell.
We first saw Gareth at the audition for Pop Idol held in Manchester. Gareth was there to audition with his sister, Nicola. He blew the judges away with his performance of Flying Without Wings and was then asked back to the London date, unfortunately Nicola was not asked back.
Gareth managed to get through to the the final fifty and then got through to the final round when over 800,000 people voted for him. He got through the the final round of Pop Idol and to everyones disbelief did not win! He lost by half a million votes, Simon Cowell was there to offer him a £1 million record contract!
Gareth comes from a working class family from Bradford. His mum, Wendy fosters children and his Dad, Paul is a postman. Gareth has suffered from a stammer since he could talk and is currently undergoing speech therapy. Before Pop Idol Gareth was studying for his A Levels, which he has since had to give up. During the heats for Pop Idol he was offered a place at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester to study opera. When he was younger he used to be a member of a church choir which performed for the queen!
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Gareth Gates During a Concert!
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Favourites: Sport: Football
Film: Gladiator
Food: Steak
School Subject: Music
Colour: Blue
Solo Singer: Robbie Williams
Band: Westlife
Song: "Flying Without Wings" - Westlife
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G Gates
NEWS AND GOSSIP Here's the scoop...
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Gareth's debut album enters at number 2!
'Thank you all so much!' is the message from Gareth who last night celebrated the success of his debut album, What My Heart Wants To Say which entered the chart at number 2 despite the tough competition.
With sales of over 100,000 copies in just a week, Gareth was celebrating at a private party with friends and family last night.
Gareth's current single Long & Winding Road/Suspicious Minds spends another week inside the top 20 at number 18 this week. Gareth's next single will be the dreamy album title track, What My Heart Wants To Say which is very personal to Gareth. | |
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Gareth Gates
Gareth Paul Gates was born on the 12th July 1984 which makes him under the star-sign of Cancer. He lives with his family in Bradford, mother Wendy, dad Paul, sister Nicola and there are also foster children within the family. Now that his career is about to step up a place it is most likely that he will be moving to London. Gareth doesn't drive as yet.
He has no girlfriend at present, has had lots of friends who are girls but his ideal girlfriend would be Britney Spears or Rachael Stevens from S-Club 7 with whom he recently sang a duet in the Pop Idol Special screened on the 23rd February (see my News page for photographs).
One of his favourite performers is Robbie Williams, he regards Robbie as an all-round entertainer. He was once on Steps to the Stars on TV where he met Claire and H from Steps. Gareth also loves Westlife, he sang one of their songs, Flying Without Wings, at his audition. It is believed he will join them as part of their tour during 2002.
Gareth is very musically talented. Apart from his obvious vocal talents he can play the drums, the piano and is a classically trained guitarist.
Gareth has said all along that if becoming successful through Pop Idol he would like to help the homeless, hungry and those suffering. He said that if he was not successful on Pop Idol he would most likely return to music but in the form of opera at which he is trained and he already has a place at a music college.
When asked to describe himself in three words he replied determined, hardworking and friendly. His saddest moment during the whole Pop Idol experience was when Zoe lost out and he was powerless to stop the tears from coming on her exit from the show. Zoe had been with him from the beginning and they had become very close friends. Her father also suffers with a stammer and Zoe had been helping Gareth overcome his difficulties. His happiest moment was winning his heat with 63% of the votes and he was ecstatic about the "battle bus" used in the final week of campaigning up to the final.
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Gareth P Gates
What my heart wants to say Highest Chart Position: 5
Released : 28th Oct 2002
Label : RCA
Gareth Gates' debut album boasts a massive 16 tracks & packs in over an hour of music. Although a runner-up in Pop Idol, Gareth has found massive success with his heartfelt ballads & cover versions of classic soul hits.
Tracklisting:
1. Unchained Melody
2. Anyone of Us
3. Sentimental
4. Suspicious Minds
5. Downtown
6. What My Heart Wants To Say
7. Good Thing
8. Too Serious Too Soon
9. It Ain’t Obvious
10. With You all The Time
11. I’ve Got No Self Control
12. Tell Me One More Time
13. Alive
14. One and Ever Love
15. Walk On By
16. That’s When You Know
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Gareth Gates Autobiography: Right from the Start
I think that this book is very interesting, especially if you are an avid Gareth fan. It is packed full of never before seen photos and his view on things like fame, girls and thoughts on his forth-coming album. a must for all fans, and even people who are purely interested a great present.
It is packed with fantastic new photos of Gareth and even has an exclusive poster on the reverse of the book jacket!
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Gareth Gates In Person!
Gareth Gates Live
Gareth Gates recorded live in concert. The tracklist includes: 'Unchained Melody', 'Yesterday', 'What My Heart Wants To Say', 'That's When You Know', 'Anyone Of Us', 'No Self Control', 'Suspicious Minds', 'Sentimental', 'The Way You Make Me Feel', 'It Ain't Obvious', 'Long And Winding Road' and 'Let's Stay Together'. |
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Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates was born12th July 1984 to Paul and Wendy Gates. He sang for the Queen when he was 12 and can play the the piano, the guitar, and the drums.
Well known for his stammer, Gareth Gates seems to have been adopted by many mums and adored by their daughters ever since he appeared on the Pop Idol series.
Despite the fact that he did not win the Pop Idol crown he has moved on to be even
more popular than Will Young who actually did win.
He has sung in a charity song with The Kumars, and has signed a number of promotional deals, including Pepsi and Wella hair products.
It is apparent that Gareth Gates has a musical talent, and being so young this can only grow into something very big in the coming years and there's no doubt he will have fans aplenty.
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Sensational Gareth Gates shot to fame through the ITV Series Pop Idol. Born on 12th July 1984 in Bradford, England, Gareth's influences are Robbie Williams and Westlife. His favourite female performer is Britney Spears. But as his performances Pop Idol demonstrated, he's capable of performing a huge range of styles of music. While some expected Gareth's stammer to hold him back, the British public got behind him and pushed him to the exciting final of the show where he gave the eventual winner, Will Young, a real run for his money. But even as the final show drew to a close, it was clear that Gareth who was narrowly beaten, would be every bit as successful as Will.
Gareth, who is certainly determined and hard working, released 'Unchained Melody' weeks after the finale of Pop Idol and immediately knocked Will off the UK number one slot. Several weeks later it was still the most popular song around; and there are bags more hits where that came from. Good looking thanks to his brown eyes and that dark hair that he's so obsessed with. Add a natural ability to perform any song brilliantly, and Gareth is here to stay.
Let's face it, much of the world has recently heard of Gareth for the first time, but it definitely won't be the last! The music industry has many copies but very few originals. Gareth's success to date is based on the performance of some great cover versions performed with respect for the original artist, yet benefiting from a unique quality that only Gareth Gates could add. |
Date of Birth: 12/07/1984
Birthplace: Bradford UK
Height: 6' 1" | | |
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