Colin Heywood, also known as Daniel James, is a singer, actor and television presenter. He competed in A Song For Europe 1986 with "No Easy Way to Love" to represent the

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in the

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, but lost to

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with "

Runner in the Night "Runner in the Night", written by Maureen Darbyshire and composed by Brian Wade, was the 's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed by the sextet Ryder, led by Maynard Williams. Song information Ryder won the right to perform at Ber ...

". He appeared in the 1987 horror film ''

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'', hosted "But First This" and was, under the alias of "Daniel James", one half of

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. Daniel has recently appeared in an Age U.K. advertisement. Daniel recently released a podcast for the Stock Aitken Waterman Show, where he talks about music and being part of Yell!, his first meeting with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and releasing Safety In Numbers, as well as being signed by Simon Cowell.

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