Saturday, 10 September 2011

1997: Ronan Keating & Carrrie Crowley

Ronan Patrick John Keating[1] (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and resulted in 9 studio albums. Keating gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing at All" was featured in the film Notting Hill and peaked at number one in several countries. As a solo artist, Keating has sold over 22 million records worldwide. Along with Boyzone, Keating has sold over 40 million records worldwide,[2] and in Australia he is best known as a judge on The X Factor.[3]
Keating has worked as a charity campaigner most notably for the Marie Keating Foundation, a foundation that raises awareness for breast cancer. It is named after his mother, who died of the disease. Keating's fortune is around £12 million.

On 3 May 1997, Keating presented the Eurovision Song Contest along with Carrie Crowley.[34] He presented the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1997 and 1999, and co-presented the MTV Asia Awards in 2002 with Mandy Moore. He also hosted Miss World 1998.[35]
On 20 April 2009, Keating guest co-hosted The Morning Show in Australia alongside Kylie Gillies, while the show's regular male co-host Larry Emdur was on holiday.[36] In addition, he has stood in for Steve Wright on his Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2.[37] He currently presents a Sunday request show on Magic 105.4 FM.[38]
In a section for the Jeremy Clarkson 2009 DVD Duel, Keating was invited to take part in an off-road race to find "the fastest off-road celebrity", along with newsreader Kate Silverton, Rugby player Matt Dawson, and Clarkson.[39] He came third overall, after being forced to abandon the car with only 20 seconds left to complete the course to disarm the on-board time bomb.
Keating is a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor on the Seven Network in 2010. Season one has him mentoring the over 25's category. His fellow Boyzone bandmembers helped him in the judges' house selection of the contest. He was the winning mentor for the 2010 Season; his over 25 artist Altiyan Childs won the show.
He appeared as a guest on episode 7, series 5 of Celebrity Juice along with Kimberley Walsh and Chipmunk.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Keating

In Dublin, 1997.

Carrie Crowley (born 23 May 1964 in Waterford) is an Irish actress and television presenter, appearing on shows such as The Morbegs and Echo Island for Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). She is a fluent Irish speaker.

She began her broadcasting career on local Radio in her home city of Waterford on WLR FM and presented several different shows between 1991 and 1996 before moving to RTÉ.[2] She started out in children's programming co-presented the Irish Language versions of Echo Island with comedian Dara Ó Briain, and starring the pre-school series The Morbegs.
In 1997 Crowley was offered the role as presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 (hosted by RTÉ) with Ronan Keating. In 1998 she appeared again in the Eurovsion Song Contest before it began, speaking to Terry Wogan and wishing him and Ulrika Jonson well before they started presenting the show.[2]
After presenting the Eurovision, Crowley became one of the biggest stars on RTÉ's in the 1990s. According to her this was a major problem at the time, she was working on several shows on RTÉ. She presented Potluck Mondays to Fridays at 5:30, on a Thursday night she had her own health show called Pulse and on Sundays she had her own prime-time chat show called Limelight.[2]
She later left television presenting to return radio presenting, co-presenting Fandango with Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1. She appears on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday night.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Crowley

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