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3 unusual facts about Westlife


Fran Cosgrave

Fran Cosgrave (born 30 December 1977) is an Irish nightclub owner, famous for appearing on reality television programmes and being the former Westlife bodyguard.

Nat Sakdatorn

In 2007, Sakdatorn auditioned for the fourth season of True Academy Fantasia, singing Clash's ละครรักแท้, Savage Garden's I Want You, the winner of first season Phacharapon Junteang's Sound EFX and Westlife's cover version of Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life.

St. John's GAA

Probably the most famous player to have donned the famous light blue shirt is Shane Filan of Westlife, who has worn the shirt with pride down through the years.


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2007 Meteor Awards

Westlife won the Best Irish Pop Act for the seventh year in a row, beating Best Irish Female winner Luan Parle.

Ain't That a Kick in the Head?

The song has been recorded by many performers, including Wolfgang Parker, Robbie Williams, David Slater, Westlife, Ray Quinn, and Hazell Dean.

D-Side

They have had three Top 10 singles in the UK, and have supported Blue, Westlife and numerous other bands on tour during 2003 and 2004, as well as being involved in Charity events such as Soccer Magic, Soccer 6, Children in Need and ChildLine.

Declan Galbraith

His first recording was "Walking in the Air", which was released on a special Christmas Hits album, also featuring songs by Westlife, Elton John and Elvis Presley.

Hot Animation

In 2000, the theme tune was released as a single, Can We Fix It? with an accompanying promo produced at HOT, which beat Kylie Minogue's "Please Stay", Eminem's Stan and Westlife's "What Makes a Man" to become the Christmas number-one single.

John Klass

In 2002, John released a single recorded in London by producer Richard Niles, whose credit lines include Sir Paul McCartney, Westlife and Mariah Carey.

Lucy Holmes

Holmes has performed with many celebrities as a backing vocalist, including Delta Goodrem, Westlife, UK star James Morrison, Jon Stevens, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, David Campbell, Marina Prior and with Guy Sebastian at the Australian Open Men's Tennis Finals.

Mark Feehily

Mark has spoken to The Boston Globe of his embarrassment about Westlife's Rat Pack-tribute album, Allow Us to Be Frank; he blamed Westlife's label for forcing them to record it after Robbie Williams had success with this type of music.

Marlay Park

During the Summer the park holds many concerts and events, some of the more popular artists have been : Foo Fighters, Green Day, Muse, The Killers, Westlife, Van Morrison, Sting, David Gray, Meat Loaf, UB40, The Waterboys, R.E.M., Oasis, Coldplay, The Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx, Underworld, Metallica and many others.

Sephira

Other celebrities with whom they have appeared on TV are Michael Bublé, Westlife, Kanye West, Alison Moyet, Tom Baxter, Katherine Jenkins, Brian Kennedy, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Andrea Corr and Paul Harrington.

Shelley Preston

After leaving Bucks Fizz in 1990, Preston made a career as a backing vocalist, touring and appearing with Jason Donovan, INXS, Brian May, Michael Bolton, Go West, Beverley Craven, Alexander O’Neal, Luther Vandross, Donny Osmond, Blue, Westlife, Alison Moyet, Tom Jones, David Hasselhoff, Errol Brown and Belinda Carlisle (she still occasionally performs with Carlisle).

Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

Guests on the show have included celebrities demonstrating their enthusiasm for Strictly Come Dancing, including Ronni Ancona, Michael Ball, John Barrowman, Jason Donovan, Miranda Hart, Jamelia, Marian Keyes, Lulu, McFly, Lee Mead, Meat Loaf, Pauline Quirke, The Spice Girls, Rod Stewart, Westlife, Barbara Windsor, Billy Zane and Tom Ellis.

Triple 8

The group were promoted as the British equivalent of 'N Sync, and rivals to manufactured boy bands, such as Westlife and A1.

We Should Be Lovers

It was released on 19 February 2011 and went on to become the most played Irish song on radio that year, beating rivals Westlife, The Script and Snow Patrol.


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