Kavana (born Anthony Kavanagh, 4 November 1977) is an English singer and actor who scored a number of hit singles in the late 90s also winning Smash Hits ‘Best male artist’ His second album ‘Instinct’ went platinum in Asia followed by a tour of Australia and Japan. Kavana moved to Los Angeles in 2001 where he appeared in cult MTV soap opera ‘Undressed’ In 2014, he became part of the supergroup

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, who took part in the

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of '' The Big Reunion'' followed by a major arena tour in the U.K.In 2015, he took part in the fifteenth series of the Channel 5 reality series '' Celebrity Big Brother'' making the final week.

Career

He released two albums ''Kavana'' (1997) and ''Instinct'' (1999) and enjoyed a number of chart singles including "I Can Make You Feel Good" (his debut UK Top 10 hit, reaching #8), "MFEO" (another No.8 hit) and " Will You Wait for Me?". Other songs included "Crazy Chance", "Thank You" and "Special Kind of Something". He resided in Los Angeles, California for several years where he appeared in commercials, the MTV series '' Undressed'', and had a publishing deal as a songwriter. In 2005, he appeared in the music video for '' Today'' , by his friend Melanie Brown, before returning to the United Kingdom. In 2006, Kavana played a recurring role in a number of episodes of E4's '' Hollyoaks: In the City''. He also began working with

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as a

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and backing vocalist. He appeared as a contestant on '' Grease Is the Word'' in April 2007 and got put through to 'boot camp', where he was paired with Alison Crawford. Although Crawford was eliminated, Kavana booked a place in the final of the competition, where he was declared runner-up on 9 June 2007. In 2008, he appeared in the theatre production ''The Extra Factor'', a fictional on-stage musical based on the '' X Factor''. In 2011 he toured with G*Mania, a musical show inspired by the TV series ''

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''. The cast then recorded a Christmas single, a cover of "

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" by Journey. Kavana appeared in the music video for the song. He appeared on the 2013 series of BBC Saturday night singing show '' The Voice UK'' where he failed to progress past the audition stage. In December 2013, it was announced that Kavana,

Dane Bowers Dane Leon Bowers is a British singer, songwriter, DJ and producer. He was a part of pop boy band Another Level between 1997 and 2000 when he performed on seven Top 10 singles, before taking up solo projects with True Steppers and Victoria Beckh ...

Gareth Gates Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show ''Pop Idol'' in 2002. As of 2008, Gates had sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is ...

, Kenzie and

Adam Rickitt Adam Peter Rickitt (born 29 May 1978) is an English actor, singer and model. He portrayed the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 1997 to 1999, and again from 2002 to 2004. He later joined the pop group 5th Sto ...

would join together to form a supergroup called

for series 2 of '' The Big Reunion''. In January 2015, he took part in the Channel 5 reality series Celebrity Big Brother where he came 7th. Later that year he released a new single "Deja Vu"—his first for many years.

Personal life

In February 2014, Kavana came out publicly as being gay and said his biggest regret was never telling his parents.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

References

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