Colin Heywood

Colin Heywood
Birth nameColin Heywood
Also known asDaniel James

Colin Heywood, also known as Daniel James, is a singer, actor and television presenter.[1] He competed in A Song For Europe 1986 with "No Easy Way to Love" to represent the United Kingdom in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest,[1] but lost to Ryder with "Runner in the Night". He appeared in the 1987 horror film Bloody New Year,[1] hosted "But First This"[1] and was, under the alias of "Daniel James", one half of Yell!.[1] Daniel has recently appeared in an Age U.K. advertisement.

Daniel recently released a podcast for the Stock Aitken Waterman Show, where he talks about music and being part of Yell!, his first meeting with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and releasing Safety In Numbers, as well as being signed by Simon Cowell.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e "United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986". English.turkcebilgi.com. Retrieved 8 October 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ @danieljames1925 (2 December 2020). "Fantastic news my Cheer Up Chat @CheerUpPopParty about #Chartlife @bbceurovision @TopOfThePops_ #Crackerjack…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ @CheerUpPopParty (27 November 2020). "This week we have another Cheer Up Chats exclusive as we chat to @danieljames1925 who talks music, being part of Ye…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.