Frankie Cocozza

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Frankie Cocozza

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|01|17}}

| origin = Brighton, England

| genre = Pop

| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 2011–2014

| spouse = {{marriage|Bianca Murphy|2018}}

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Frankie Cocozza (born 17 January 1993) is a British singer from Brighton who was a former contestant on The X Factor (UK). [http://www.pledgemusic.com/artists/thetelescreen Profile], pledgeMusic.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

Life and career

Cocozza auditioned for and appeared on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011. He was put through to the live shows by Gary Barlow in his Boys category (solo males aged 16–24) alongside Marcus Collins, Craig Colton and James Michael. However, on 8 November 2011, Cocozza left the show after breaking competition rules, admitting his life had "gone out of control" while taking part in the show.{{cite news|title=Frankie Cocozza axed from X Factor over unacceptable behaviour – Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/x-factor/8876777/Frankie-Cocozza-axed-from-X-Factor-over-unacceptable-behaviour.html|access-date=18 September 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 November 2011}} He was replaced by Amelia Lily, who was eliminated in the first live show by her mentor Kelly Rowland.

In January 2012, months after leaving The X Factor, Cocozza became a housemate on the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother. He finished in second place losing out to actress and television presenter Denise Welch.

On 5 November 2012, Cocozza released his debut EP online, which reached No. 19 on iTunes.{{cite news|last=Kitchener|first=Shaun|title=Look Out JLS! Frankie Cocozza EP Soars Up iTunes Charts|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/93392/Look-Out-JLS-Frankie-Cocozza-EP-Soars-Up-iTunes-Charts|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=Entertainmentwise.com|date=5 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105172208/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/93392/Look-Out-JLS-Frankie-Cocozza-EP-Soars-Up-iTunes-Charts|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead}} "She's Got a Motorcycle" was released as a single, with an accompanying video posted to YouTube. The music video shows Cocozza riding a motorcycle towards a wall of fire. The single reached number 89 in the UK chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7734/frankie-cocozza/|title=FRANKIE COCOZZA|publisher=The Official Charts Company|access-date=2 July 2018}}

On 21 April 2013, Cocozza released his second EP to iTunes, titled Embrace which failed to chart[https://web.archive.org/web/20140225024628/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/embrace-ep/id632708969 iTunes – Music – Embrace – EP by Frankie Cocozza], iTunes Store. Retrieved 6 April 2018. Five months later, on 13 September 2013, Cocozza and his band The Telescreen announced through their official PledgeMusic site that they were planning to release a debut studio album set to launch early 2014 if funding succeeded. On 26 February 2014, Cocozza released his band's debut single "Kids" online.[http://thetelescreen.bandcamp.com/ Official Bandcamp site]

Personal life

Cocozza married Bianca Murphy in 2018.{{cite web|title=Frankie Cocozza wife: Who is Bianca Murphy? Everything you need to know about Celebs Go Dating star's wife as they announce pregnancy|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-feature/1502148/who-is-bianca-murphy-frankie-cocozza-wife-pregnant-instagram-wedding|year=2018|publisher=OK!}} The couple live in Sydney, Australia.{{cite web|title=Frankie Cocozza reveals he's a dad and shares first adorable picture of son|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/frankie-cocozza-reveals-hes-dad-15209254|year=2019|work=Daily Mirror}} Their son was born in May 2019.

Discography

=Extended plays/EPs=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:;"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:;"\| Album details
scope="row"\| The Motorcycle \| Released: 5 November 2012 (iTunes) Formats: Digital download
scope="row"\| Embrace \| Released: 21 April 2013 (iTunes) Formats: Digital download

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:;"| Album details

scope="row"| The Motorcycle

Released: 5 November 2012 (iTunes)
Formats: Digital download

scope="row"| Embrace

Released: 21 April 2013 (iTunes)
Formats: Digital download

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:"\| Title ! scope="col" colspan="2"\| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:"\| Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| UK Indie Breakers
2012 ! scope="row"\| "She's Got a Motorcycle" \| 89 \| 17 \| rowspan="2" \| The Motorcycle
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| 2013 ! scope="row"\| "Catastrophic Casanova" \| — \| —
scope="row"\| "Embrace" \| — \| — \| Embrace

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:"| Title

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Indie Breakers

2012

! scope="row"| "She's Got a Motorcycle"

| 89

| 17

| rowspan="2" | The Motorcycle