Ronan parke biography

English singer

Musical artist

Ronan Parke (born 8 August 1998) is an English singer from Poringland, Norfolk, UK who came runner-up in the fifth series of ITV show Britain's Got Talent in 2011 when he was 12 despite being the bookies' favourite to win. Since appearing on the show, he had signed a joint record deal with Sony Music and released a charted self-titled debut album Ronan Parke on 24 October 2011 which reached 22 on the Official Chart. He has also released a number of singles, including a Christmas single in 2012 and a charity single "Defined" in 2013 with the anti bullying organisation Kidscape. In 2018 he released a single titled "No Love (Like First Love)" followed by an original album titled Found My Way and a Christmas single titled "Cheers".

Early and personal life

Ronan Parke was born to Maggie and Trevor Parke in Poringland, a village in Norfolk. He has an older brother, Declan. His family are close to the family of ex-Norwich City player Bryan Gunn, whose daughter helped Parke put in his application form for Britain's Got Talent. Parke had been taking singing lessons in his home town before getting the confidence to apply for the show.

Parke attended Framingham Earl High School, Norfolk. He is openly gay.

Career

2011: Britain's Got Talent

Parke auditioned for Britain's Got Talent in London in front of judges Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and Louis Walsh (who was filling in for David Hasselhoff.) He performed "Feeling Go

Ronan Parke is a singer who finished runner-up in Series 5 of Britain's Got Talent. He was 12 at the time of his audition.

Before the audition, he stated that in the future, he would like to make albums. In his audition, he performed 'Feeling Good' by Nina Simone. Michael joked 'you said you took a day off school; well I wouldn't bother going back', with Louis adding 'I'm going to predict really big things for you'.

In his Semi-Final, he performed 'Make You Feel My Love' by Adele. Michael described him as 'a total natural', with Amanda adding 'it was absolutely effortless'.

In the Final, he performed 'Because of You' by Kelly Clarkson. Simon remarked 'this is a big song, and you nailed it', with David describing the act as 'perfect'. Parke finished second in the series, behind singer Jai McDowall.

Malicious Blog[]

Prior to the final live Semi-Final being aired on television, an unknown individual, who said they were an executive at Cowell's company Syco, published a blog on the internet and ensured it looked as if it was an insider source, which claimed that the competition had been fixed so that singer Ronan Parke would win the fifth series which he did not he came in second place.

Amongst the blog were additional claims that Syco had been grooming the singer for two years before the show was aired in 2011, and that he had already been signed up to a record label. Although the blog received a sizeable number of views and interest, it was quickly removed at the request of Syco, which refuted the claims along with Parke's family, the show's producers and Cowell, stating that they had been unfounded and that the blog had been created as a form of online bullying against Parke, dubbing it a form of "malicious communications".

The blog's creation became a serious matter for Cowell and the producers, both

Is Ronan Parke gay?

Ronan has spoken openly about being gay, telling Attitude: "I remember trying to come out to my parents: I was young - I can’t remember how old I was, around 7 or 8 - and I went downstairs to the lounge and stood in front of the TV and got the remote and went ‘Mummy, daddy, I have something to tell you!’

"And they just went ‘Yeah, yeah, we know, you’re gay’, and they just got the remote and unmuted the TV!

"I was like [dramatic gasp], ‘What?! But they just always knew. And after that, I just never had to [come out] to my friends. But I’ve always identified as a gay man and I’ve always been very proud to say it."

When asked if he's ever been in a serious relationship, he added: "Not really. Maybe like dating things, but not proper relationships.

"I think it would take a very strong man to put up with me [laughs]. It isn’t something I’m interested in right now. If I meet someone and we get on that’s one thing, but it’s not a priority."

Ronan David Parke (8 de agosto de 1998) é um cantor Inglês de Poringland, Norfolk, Inglaterra que ficou em segundo lugar na 5.ª temporada do programa de revelação de talentos da ITV Britain's Got Talent, apesar de ter sido dado como favorito pela comunicação social. Após o show, foi relatado que Parke tinha assinado um contrato de gravação conjunta com a Sony Music. Ronan Parke lançou o seu álbum de estreia Ronan Parke em 24 de outubro de 2011.

Biografia

Primeiros anos

Ronan Parke é filho de Maggie e Trevor Parke e nasceu em Poringland, uma aldeia em Norfolk na Inglaterra. Ronan Parke tem um irmão mais velho Declan, de 15 anos. Sua família é próxima à família do jogador de Norwich City, Bryan Gunn, cuja filha ajudou Parke colocar no seu formulário de pedido do Britain's Got Talent. Parke estava tendo aulas de canto em sua cidade natal antes de ter confiança para se candidatar ao show.

Parke frequentou a Framingham Earl High School.

Carreira

2011: Britain's Got Talent

Parke fez teste para o Britain's Got Talent em Londres em frente aos jurados Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre e Louis Walsh (que estava no lugar do David Hasselhoff.) Ele cantou "Feeling Good" e antes da música terminar, o público e os três jurados aplaudiram de pé. Ele recebeu elogios depois de sua performance e recebeu três votos "sim" e foi até a próxima rodada, com Walsh declarando que Parke "é o único a bater". Depois de sua audição no terceiro dia de audições em 30 de abril de 2011, Parke rapidamente se tornou o favorito para ganhar o programa. Parke foi, então seguindo até às semi-finais, algumas semanas depois.

Parke se apresentou pela segunda vez durante as semi-finais em 30 de maio de 2011, cantando "Make You Feel My Love" de Bob Dylan. depois de sua performance, ele recebeu elogios de todos os quatro juíz