Sam Nixon

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For the character of the same name from TV show The Bill, see Samantha Nixon.

Sam Nixon (born 21 March 1986) in Monk Bretton, Barnsley, is a UK pop singer and television presenter. He came third on the Pop Idol television series in 2003. He was a catering student from Barnsley College in South Yorkshire, England. He attended Holgate School, Barnsley from 1997 to 2002, where he formed a band Fareview with friends.

Nixon and fellow Pop Idol finalist Mark Rhodes had a #1 hit in the United Kingdom with their cover of With a Little Help from My Friends, originally performed by The Beatles. Their second single 'The Sun Has Come Your Way' debuted in the UK top 40 at #19, however they were dropped from their record deal after this release.

Nixon began a television presenting career, co-hosting Top of the Pops Reloaded, before forming a presentational double-act on the BAFTA winning CBBC show Level Up, with Mark Rhodes, which started on the 3 April 2006 (and ended on 1 September 2006). Their new children's Saturday morning show, TMi, started on BBC Two on 16 September, with the series finishing on 3 February 2007. TMi has been recommissioned for a second series to start in September 2007. Sam & Mark's new show Do Something Different started on BBC Two on 2 April 2007 and will be broadcast during the school Easter and summer Holidays.

Nixon's current project that started at the beginning of the Easter holidays 2007 is called Do Something Different where he returns with Mark Rhodes and Ayesha Asantewaa to get 1 million children to try something new.

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[edit] Pop Idol 2 Performances

[edit] Discography

Singles

  • With A Little Help From My Friends - Sam & Mark (February 2004)
  • The Sun Has Come Your Way - Sam & Mark (May 2004)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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