Corby



Corby, (born on March 2nd 1988) is best known for his continued efforts to find musical stardom. Corby appeared on URAPS Idol 8 and IDOL in 2007 finishing a lowly tenth place in both competitions. Following the talent show exposure, Corby briefly hosted his own celebrity gossip segment on Season one of the award winning television series POP BOX.

In 2008, Corby represented Ireland and took first place in Uravision with his first ever recording '' 'DJ! (Don’t Don’t Don’t)' ''

REALITY TV & POP BOX...
In early 2006 Corby was working in central London as a nightclub barman when he stumbled upon an advert for auditions for Uraps Idol 8. Taking his chances, Corby was successful in the audition stages and made it through to the show. Sadly, a lack of natural singing ability and wooden stage presence hindered his chances and after just two weeks, Corby was voted off the show. Believing his one shot at fame to be over, Corby returned to Bar work, before auditioning for IDOL months later. Coasting along on his good looks and charm, Corby was once again able to make it through to the show rounds but once again was swiftly voted off when his flaws were all to apparent.

Corby gave up his singing career and decided to focus on TV. Following his reality show exposure, bosses at the much hyped new music show POP BOX asked Corby to act as a co-host with pop legend Carl Reeves. Each week Corby would deliver his take on the weekly goings on in the world of Urapopstar as well as all the latest news and gossip. However, executives believed the format was becoming stale and by Season 2 of the show Corby had been axed.

URAVISION...


Having failed to gain any recognition as either a singer or a television personality Corby decided to give it another shot and and was selected to represent Ireland in the 2008 Uravision Song Contest held in Skopje, Macedonia. Delivering a shaky vocal and an awkward dance routine, Corby performed his first ever recording 'DJ! (Don’t Don’t Don’t)'.

Thankfully, the song was strong enough to stand alone and Corby romped to victory and took first place in the global event, Seeing off stiff competition from Georgia and The Netherlands. As a result, the following years Uravision Song Contest was held in Ireland.

Despite victory, the performance was widely panned by critics as wooden and lacking in any real charisma. The poor publicity and negative response prevented Corby from being offered any form of recording contract and left him unable to release his winning Uravision single. Three months later and Corby was approached by independent label Smooch Records, with whom he signed a one album contract. Corby is believed to be currently recording tracks for his debut release, the lead single 'Videotheque' is expected to be released this summer.

T.V. CAREER
As well as appearing on the original series of POP BOX, Corby was approached by ITV in December 2007 to host a brand new music show titled The Intune. The series was due to begin in early July 2008 on ITV2. After filming a pilot episode the show was shelved and eventually cancelled before a single season had been filmed. Corby is continuing to look for more TV presenting roles.