Andy Boulton

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Andy Boulton

Personal information
Nickname	X-Factor
Date of birth	February 25, 1973 (1973-02-25) (age 35)
Place of birth	, England
Home town	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Darts information
Playing darts since
Darts	-
Walk-on music	"We Will Rock You" by 5ive and Queen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2004 to present
PDC	2005
Current World Ranking	22 (BDO) 55 (WDF)
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16 2008
World Masters	Last 16 2006
PDC Majors - Best Performances
UK Open	Last 96 2005
Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances
Infobox last updated on: April 13, 2008.

Andy Boulton (born February 25, 1973) is an English darts player currently playing for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed X-Factor due to his love of karaoke. He uses the song We Will Rock You by 5ive and Queen as his walk-on music.

Boulton made his televised debut in the PDC UK Open where stating at the Preliminary round, he reached the third round, with Waiter Sergio Bongiovanni amongst his victims. He was drawn against rising star Colin Osborne and lost 5-1. It was Boulton's only event to date with the PDC.

Boulton played in the 2006 Winmau World Masters, beating three previous opponents before beating Tony O'Shea in the last 32 stage. He evantually lost to Martin Adams in the last 16 stage. He then played at the 2008 Lakeside World Championship, causing a big upset in the first round, beating Martin Atkins before losing to Ted Hankey.