Jacob "Jake" Quickenden (born 3 September 1988) is an English singer, footballer and reality television personality. He was a contestant on the

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and eleventh series of ''

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'' in 2012 and 2014, before being runner-up in series 14 of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in December 2014.

Football career

Quickenden plays

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, mainly as a winger or

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. He began his football career as a youth player for

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

but suffered a broken leg, ending his chances with his hometown club. Following recovery he was offered trials in Australia with Bentleigh Greens and

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, eventually playing professionally in Australia for two years. He then returned to England and went on to play for

Frickley Athletic Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Westfield Lane. History Although the club itself claims it was formed in 1910, the team was activ ...

in the Evo-Stik

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, Premier Division. Most recently he played for Lincolnshire club Bottesford Town in the

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. In 2015, he was rumoured to have been offered the opportunity to play for

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, but denied it. He joined

Ossett Town Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire. History Ossett Town AFC were formed in 1936 when, during a public meeting, the Mayor of the Borough of Ossett charged John Carter, a former ...

in 2017.

Media career

Quickenden began his media career by appearing on the talent show ''

''. After his 2012 departure, he has made a number of other media appearances since, including working as a presenter on the

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channel. His current work includes advertising products on social media as an

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. Between May and July 2022 the Advertising Standards Agency reprimanded Quickenden for failing to disclose commercial relationships with advertisers on his channels, including his

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account.

''The X Factor''

In 2012, Quickenden auditioned for the ninth series of ''

'', where he sang "

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" and received four yesses from the judges. At bootcamp, along with fellow contestants

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and Robbie Hance, he sang "

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". The judges decided to put him through to judges' houses where he was in the Boys category along with Burridge,

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Rylan Clark Ross Richard Clark (born 25 October 1988), known professionally as Rylan, is an English broadcaster and model. He finished in fifth place on the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012, and the following year, he won the eleventh series of ...

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, and the series' eventual winner

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and their mentor was

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. Quickenden sang " Back for Good" in front of Scherzinger and her guest,

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. The next day, Scherzinger decided not to put Quickenden through to the live shows, choosing Clark, Douglas, and Arthur instead. In 2014, Quickenden once again auditioned for the eleventh series of ''The X Factor'', where he sang " All of Me", but was stopped and asked to perform his second song, " Say Something". Quickenden received positive comments from the judges for his second song and gave him four yeses to proceed to the next round. In the arena audition, he performed " Who You Are" by

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. Quickenden received good comments from the judges. Head judge

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commented that he was not a big fan of previous contestants returning since there was usually a reason for them being sent home, but said that he was not judging in the 2012 series and that Quickenden should not have been eliminated. The judges decided to put Quickenden through to bootcamp. He was again in the "Boys" category with

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as his mentor. In the six-chair challenge of bootcamp, Quickenden sang " A Thousand Years" and his mentor gave him a chair and proceeded to the next round. At judges' houses, he sang "

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" and was put through to the live shows along with Andrea Faustini and Paul Akister. On 27 October, Quickenden landed in the bottom two in week 3 against Only the Young and was eliminated, with only his mentor Mel B voting to save him.

''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''

Beginning on 20 November 2014, Quickenden took part in 14th series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', entering the jungle on Day 5 of the competition with former politician

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. Jake finished the show as runner-up to

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racer Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty.

''Dancing on Ice''

Quickenden was a contestant in the 10th series of ''

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'', where he was partnered with professional German figure skater

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. On 11 March 2018, he and Bauer won the competition over

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and Max Evans.

Filmography

Theatre

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

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