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Colin Heywood

Daniel James, formally known under his birth name of Colin Heywood, is a singer, actor and presenter of shows on television and radio.

In 1986, he competed in the BBC's ''A Song For Europe'' contest under the name Colin Heywood with "No Easy Way to Love", a song co-written by Tony Hiller, the producer known for many of the songs by Brotherhood of Man. ''A Song For Europe'' was a contest was to represent the United Kingdom in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest, but he came in sixth place, losing out to the band Ryder, with the song "Runner in the Night".

Under his birth name, he appeared in the 1987 horror film ''Bloody New Year'' and hosted the BBC childrens programme ''But First This'' with Sue Devaney, Siobhan Maher Kennedy and Andy Crane before adopting the alias of "Daniel James", the stage name he continues to use in 2025. Provided by Wikipedia