Patrick James Donoghue is an Irish musician and recording artist with

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. Originally from

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, Donoghue was a checkout worker at

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who rose to fame with winning

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of the talent show ''

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'', becoming the fourth consecutive male to win the title, as well as the first ever champion under new coach Una Foden of

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. Months after his success, he revealed to the public that he had changed his stage name to Patrick James, as he felt it suited him more as an artist.

In ''The Voice of Ireland''

Patrick Donoghue auditioned for series 4 of ''The Voice of Ireland'' singing "

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" from

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turning all four chairs. He also was the first auditionee selected. He chose to be part of Team Una Foden. In the Battles round, he was paired with fellow contestant Kieran McKillop co-singing " You Give Me Something" and moved to Knockouts round singing "

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" and was safe. In the quarter finals, he performed "

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" and in the semi-final "

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" in both instances being saved by the public. In the Finals, he performed "Man in The Mirror" and a repetition of "

" and was crowned ''The Voice of Ireland 2015'' on 26 April. The cover was then released on iTunes.

Career

After win, he announced he was going to use the name Patrick James. His debut single "

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", a cover of

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, premiered on ''The Anton Savage Show'' on

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on 17 June 2015. This was seen as an important change for ''The Voice of Ireland'', as past winners were criticised for waiting too long for their release, alongside an album. The single was then released for digital download on 17 July. The song was promoted with a performance on ''

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'' on 11 July 2015. Patrick says that he would like to release an album, but that the album's release depends on the success of "Redemption Days". He has stated that if he releases an album, he would definitely include a collaboration with ''The Voice'' coach

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on it. With the song being a commercial failure, the album has not been released as of December 2015. In March 2016, Patrick teased a snippet of an upcoming single titled "Judge My Love" via Snapchat. The song was released for digital download on 8 April 2016. It was written and co-produced by ''The Voice'' coach

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and promoted with a performance on ''The Voice of Ireland''. In July 2016, Irish group ''KBM'' confirmed that James would feature on an upcoming song of theirs. The song, titled "Come to Me" was released on 15 August. In 2018, he auditioned for

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but got eliminated in the first round.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Facebook''The Voice of Ireland'': Patrick Donoghue
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