Christopher Franklin (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian

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and former sailor for the Royal Australian Navy. He is most famous for performing the song " Bloke" (a bogan-style parody of Meredith Brooks' song "

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"), which was certified platinum, reached No. 1 on the ARIA Charts, and was the twelfth-biggest-selling single in Australia in 2000.ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2000
He lives in

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Early life

Franklin was born in Sydney, and he lived from age 3 to 5 on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. As a young adult, he spent eight years in the Royal Australian Navy as a chef, and he was one of seven chosen to cook for

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during her visit to Australia in the 1980s. After this, Franklin quit the navy to take ten years off to travel Australia.

Entertainment career

Comedy career

Franklin has been performing comedy since October 1997. His accomplishments include: * PBS Radio Golden Stom Award for Best Up & Coming Comedian * National Triple J Raw Comedy winner for Best New Comedian * Grand Finalist National Green Faces competition in Canberra * Third prize — The Comedy Hotel Sydney's "Night of Nights" Franklin has performed with numerous musicians and comedians, including Jimeoin, Steady Eddy, Garry Who,

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, and Mr Methane. During 2001, Franklin toured extensively with Steady Eddy in their live show ''Guess Who's Pissed''. Franklin has also toured with The Radiators across Australia. In 2006, a DVD was released called ''Let Bogans Be Bogans''; it contains Chris Franklin's stand-up routine and video clips of his parody songs.

Music

Franklin's first CD single, " Bloke", a parody of Meredith Brooks' song "

", was released on 31 January 2000 through EMI Music Australia. The song reached number fifteen on the charts in its first week in and subsequently achieved number-one and platinum status with more than 120,000 sales. "Bloke" was the third-highest-selling single by an Australian artist of that year. The song was nominated in two categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 2000; namely, "Best Comedy Release" and "Highest Selling Single". Franklin released a second single entitled "Mullet Head", a parody of the hit single "Gimme Head" by The Radiators, who perform live on the single. "Mullet Head" was nominated for "Best Comedy Release" at the ARIA Music Awards of 2001.2001 Aria Nominations
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", which peaked at number 26 on the ARIA charts. On 7 April 2020, Franklin released the single "Stay the F*** at Home" with

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Albums

Singles

Television

Franklin has also appeared on television, including: * ''Hit & Run'' (Comedy Channel) * '' Good News Week'' * '' Live and Kicking'' (Channel 7 Melb) * ''Recovery'' * ''ABC Raw Comedy Special'' * Channel 31 (Melb) * ''

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'' (''Fat Pizza'') (SBS) * '' Housos'' (SBS) * '' The Footy Show'' (NRL) (Nine Network) * '' The Footy Show'' (AFL) (Nine Network) * ''Headliners'' (Foxtel) * '' Bogan Hunters'' ( 7mate)

Radio

Franklin is a regular guest on Zinc 100.7's ''Rockshow with Wildy''.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

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