He became a teenage heartthrob overnight when he auditioned for the X Factor in 2008.
Eoghan Quigg, 30, from Dungiven, was just a fresh-faced schoolboy when he first wowed the judges with his vocals and marketable look with his cheeky grin and trademark spiky hairstyle.
The Northern Irish singer, aged just 16 at the time, was catapulted to fame on the talent show in the same year that Alexandra Burke won and boyband JLS finished second.