Kian Egan

Kian Egan
Kian Egan
Background information
Birth name	Kian John Francis Egan
Born	(1980-04-29) 29 April 1980 Sligo, Ireland
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, drums, piano, guitar
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Syco (1999–2012) Sony (2000–2012) Warner Music Group (2014–present)
Associated acts	Westlife, Wonderland, Jodi Albert
Website	Official website

Kian John Francis Egan (born 29 April 1980) is an Irish musician, best known as a former member of the boy band Westlife. He is currently a coach on The Voice of Ireland and was crowned King of the Jungle on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2013.

Career

Music

Not only was he in Westlife, but also a pop group called IOYOU with fellow Westlife members Mark Feehily and Shane Filan, as well as Graham Keighron, Michael "Miggles" Garrett and Derrick Lacey.

Aside from being a member of Irish boy band Westlife, Kian, (during a year long hiatus from the group on 2008) launched a new venture along with Louis Walsh to put together and co-manage girlband, Wonderland, their debut album reached number 6 in Ireland and number 8 in the UK; just 4 months later, however, they were dropped by Mercury Records. It was announced that Kian Egan was signed to Rhino Records of Universal Music and his debut album will be released on March 17.

Television

He is one of the four coaches on The Voice of Ireland.^[1] However, his dreams of winning the show went to tatters as he threw his lot in with Jim Devine, a Northern Irishman. This immediately put him at a disadvantage to the other contestants as, ahead of the final, people in Northern Ireland could not download his single, the tally of which contributed to his vote. Egan was left fuming and in need of support from Sharon Corr as he expressed his opinion on the unfairness of it all and had "huge rows" about it but to no avail.^[2][3]

In June, Kian announced in an interview with the Sunday Life that he was "looking at doing a TV show in the next few weeks with Sky on surfing". Later reports suggested that the show would be eight episodes long and would broadcast on Sky1 later in the year.^[4]

In July 2012, Kian presented This Morning's Hub on a regular basis, standing in for regular hosts, later in the year, in October, Kian began giving weekly reports on This Morning about the remaining contestants in the ninth series of The X Factor. Kian reported every Friday morning, before the competition's live shows that weekend.

On 21 October 2012 Kian became a co-presenter of the new revamped version of Surprise Surprise He did not return for the next series the following year.

Kian took part in the thirteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! which began on 17 November. On 8 December 2013, he was crowned King of the Jungle.^[5]

Guest appearances

• Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong (31 October 2008) - Guest
• Lorraine (15 November 2010, 7 March 2011) - Guest
• Celebrity Juice (23 December 2010, 5 April 2012) - Panellist
• Loose Women (14 November 2011) - Guest
• Daybreak (9 November 2012) - Guest
• Fake Reaction (24 January 2013) - Guest
• 8 Out of 10 Cats (8 February 2013) - Panellist
• Your Face Sounds Familiar (27 July 2013) - Guest judge
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (19 December 2013) - Contestant with Rebecca Adlington, won £2,500 for North West Hospice in Sligo and LAP Research UK
• The Cube: Celebrity Special (2014) - Contestant

Personal life

Egan, left, with wife Jodi Albert

Egan was born to Patricia and Kevin (d. 2009). He is the fifth of 7 children. He attended Summerhill College secondary school in Sligo, where he met fellow band members Mark Feehily and Shane Filan.

Egan married English actress/singer Jodi Albert on 8 May 2009. Egan's father was unhappy with their partnership but still tried to attend the marriage ceremony after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, and died shortly after. On 31 July 2011 the couple announced they were expecting their first child.^[6] Westlife's official Facebook page announced that Albert had given birth to a baby boy named Koa at 18:10 on 20 December 2011. The family live in Strandhill, County Sligo.^[7]

In his free time, he enjoys surfing.^[8] Egan spoke of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa but said he would not go after Thierry Henry knocked out the Republic of Ireland national football team with his hand in Paris.^[9]

References

External links

• Official Website
• Kian Egan at the Internet Movie Database
• Westlife's Official Website
• One Breathe Westlife
• Westlife Forever - fansite
• - I'm A Clebrity Facebook Fan Page