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Duncan James (born Duncan Inglis, 7 April 1978) is an English singer and actor. He became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band
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and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap opera ''
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''.


Early life

James grew up an only child in
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and was raised primarily by his mother Fiona Inglis and grandparents after his father abandoned his mother before he was born. He was raised a "strict Catholic" and educated at Dumpton School (where his grandfather worked as a music teacher), Milldown School (
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), Corfe Hills School ( Broadstone), and Sidmouth College (East Devon). At the age of 15 he played Puck in ''
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''. He played
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in ''
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'' for Sidmouth Youth Theatre.


Career


2000–2005: Career with Blue

James, along with
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, convinced
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and Simon Webbe in early 2000 to form the group Blue. Blue's R&B-influenced pop allowed the group to achieve commercial success in the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, France, Australia and New Zealand. The band released their debut single " All Rise" in May 2001 and it reached No. 4 on the
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. Their follow up single, " Too Close", was released in August 2001 peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. They went on to achieve a second number one in November with the ballad "
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". The album '' All Rise'' was released in time for Christmas and reached number one on the
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, eventually selling in excess of 1.8 million albums in the UK. The final single from the album, "
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", reached No. 6 in March 2002. Their second studio album, ''
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'', was released in October 2002; it entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1 and sold more than 150,000 copies. Three singles were released from the album: "
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", which peaked at No. 3, "
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", featuring vocals from
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, which peaked at No. 1, and " U Make Me Wanna", which peaked at No. 4. Their third studio album, ''
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'', was released in autumn 2003; it too entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1, and sold 100,000 copies in the week of release. The album spawned four singles, including "Guilty", which peaked at No. 2, "
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", featuring vocals from
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and
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, which peaked at No. 11, "Breathe Easy", which peaked at No. 4, and "Bubblin'", which peaked at No. 9. Two compilation albums, Best of Blue and ''4ever Blue,'' were released in 2004 and 2005 respectively. ''4ever Blue'' included three tracks only previously performed in Japan: "The Gift", "It's Alright" and "Elements". By the indication of the album booklet, a live version of "Lonely This Christmas" from CD:UK was intended to be track seven on the album; however, this was removed from the track listing for unknown reasons. The album was available in several European countries, as well as Japan, Thailand and China; however, it was a commercial failure, and failed to chart anywhere. The album was not released in the UK, despite copies being widely available.


2006–2010: ''Future Past'', stage and television

James returned to the music scene in May 2006 with his solo single "Sooner or Later", releasing the video in early May and planning to release the single commercially on 5 June 2006. The video reached No. 2 on The Box and No. 5 on
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. However, the single was no commercial success and entered the British charts at No. 35, before slipping down to No. 72 in its second week. "Can't Stop a River" was James's next single. Released on 21 August 2006, the track only reached No. 59 in the UK and No. 97 in Ireland. In continental Europe, where "Can't Stop a River" was released a day earlier than in the UK, it similarly proved unpopular, dropping out of the singles charts in many countries such as France, Turkey, Germany, and Belgium. James' album also fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in the UK in its first week (and failing to reach the Top 50). The album sold a total of 412,350 copies around the world. Although his debut album '' Future Past'' did not do as well as hoped (except in Italy, where it reached No. 2 on the chart and was certified platinum for shipments of 80,000 copies), on 2 February 2007, music channel B4 premièred the video for "Amazed", his new single which was scheduled to be released 12 March 2007. However, there was once again a lack of interest. The release was cancelled and James was dropped from his recording contract. He has since announced he has quit his solo career. In 2007 he appeared in the West End production of ''
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''. He completed ten more weeks in ''Chicago'' from 10 December 2007 until 9 February 2008. He appeared in an episode of ''
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'' entitled "The Morning After", which aired on 1 January 2009. It was confirmed in February 2009 that James had been selected to replace Denise Van Outen as presenter of '' Grease: The School Musical'', the sequel to '' Hairspray: The School Musical''. Filming commenced in early 2009. In May 2009, James announced the UK's voting in the
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. He presented '' Hannah-Oke'' on
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, a singing and dancing contest based on the popular
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TV series ''
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''. He also appeared on ''Celebrity Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old?'' and raised £10,000 for his charities. In 2006, James appeared with the other members of the boyband
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on 26 June episode of ''
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'', where James and the other band members were all hypnotised by UK stage hypnotist David Days. James has worked occasionally as a television presenter, having presented the 95.8 Capital FM's ''
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'' for the
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(2003 and 2004), and
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's coverage of the TV series ''
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'', along with
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. His other presenting work includes ''Pop City Live'', ''Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004'', '' T4 Movie Special: Spider-Man 2'', ''
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: Downloaded'' and
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's ''Entertainment Today''. He took part on ITV1's ''
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'' in 2007, when he made it to the grand final alongside rugby player
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and actress
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. He came third in the contest, although was unable to perform his
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performance. In 2007, James played himself in the pilot episode of '' Plus One'', which was part of
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's ''
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''. A full series was broadcast in 2009, in which he played a broad
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of himself called "Duncan From Blue". He made an appearance on a new show for
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, ''
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'', performing with Festival4Stars contestants. It aired in November 2008. In 2008 he became an Ambassador of Festival4Stars talent competition after he judged a national final. James was cast as one of the leads in the musical ''
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'' (adapted from the film ''
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'') as it transferred from Broadway to London's West End in December 2009. He played opposite
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as Elle, and
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as Brooke. In December 2009, James appeared as Warner Huntington III in the West End production of ''Legally Blonde''. He appeared as a celebrity guest on 14 August 2009 on ''
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''. In 2010, James presented the quiz show ''
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'' where the contestants have to answer questions whilst on rollercoasters. In July 2010 he was a judge on ''
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'', a talent show for choirs. He has his own radio show on
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, every Sunday from 7–10 pm.


2011–present: Return with Blue

The band represented the UK at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in
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with the song " I Can" coming in 11th place with 100 points. Blue released their fourth studio album, ''
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'' on 25 January 2013 with "
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" as the lead single. On 21 February 2013, it was confirmed that the group would be joining ''
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'', a TV series in which six groups from the past, including
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,
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and 5ive, reform for a one-off gig. Beginning in May 2013, the group were to tour Great Britain and Ireland with the other groups in
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concert series. On 27 March 2013 the group announced they would embark on their first headlining tour later on in the year, their first tour in nearly ten years. On Sunday 29 May 2022 James performed at Durham Pride 2022 as the headline act.


Personal life

According to an interview he gave to
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on
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on 28 July 2007, he is a great-grandson of
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, who managed the
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football team during the inter-war years. He defined himself as
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in an interview with the ''
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'' on 12 July 2009. James
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privately as
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to fellow band member Simon Webbe in 2012. In an interview in 2014, James specified that he still has sex with women but identifies as a gay man, clarifying: "Regardless of whether I sleep with women or not, I'm still sleeping with men so I'm gay. So I'm still attracted to women, I could still easily sleep with a woman". In July 2017, as he appeared in public for the first time with his new boyfriend at that time, James said that coming out was the "best thing he ever did" after years of "living a lie". In May 2019, in response to a question about what being gay meant to him now, James stated, "It shouldn't really mean anything to people these days. You are who you are. We should lose the labelling, really. Being who you are is good enough, and whatever you are, people should be fine with that. Let's just all get along and let's all be happy." In July 2019, James publicly released pictures of him with his current boyfriend, Rodrigo Reis, adding that he is "proud to be gay". In October 2019, James featured in two episodes of ''First Dates Hotel'' in which he had his first public date while openly gay, with 38-year-old Portuguese native, Joao. James has a daughter, Tianie Finn, who was born in February 2005, with former girlfriend Claire Grainger whom he dated from 2002 to 2005. From 2008 to 2009, James dated
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. In 2013, James stated that he would like to have another child with Grainger.


Filmography


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


Promotional singles


References


Bibliography

* AllMusic's description of Blue
"Life of Ryan"
"The Guardian", 3 July 2005, retrieved 17 May 2006
"Duncan James slams ex-bandmates
"ContactMusic", 1 May 2006, retrieved 17 May 2006
Everyhit.com
Lists chart ranks for UK singles
"James vows to be a good dad"
"ContactMusic", 1 December 2004, retrieved 17 May 2006

by Zoe Williams, ''The Guardian'', 4 October 2003, retrieved 17 May 2006


External links

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