Jake Quickenden
{{Short description|English singer, footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jake Quickenden
| image = Jake Quickenden 2014.jpg
| caption = Quickenden in 2014
| imagesize =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|9|3|df=y}}
| birth_name = Jacob Quickenden
| birth_place = Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England
| occupation = Singer, television personality, footballer, influencer
| yearsactive = 2012–present
| television = The X Factor (2012 & 2014)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014)
Dancing on Ice (2018)
Hollyoaks (2019)
The Real Full Monty On Ice (2020)
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (2021)
| spouse = {{marriage|Sophie Church|September 4, 2022}}
| children = 2
}}
Jacob Quickenden (born 3 September 1988){{cite tweet |first=Joseph |last=Neal |user= JosephNeal23|number= 507060453995208704 |date= 3 September 2014 |title= Happy birthday to @JakeQuickenden my winner for this years X-Factor no doubt |access-date= 6 October 2014 }}{{dead link|date=December 2015}} is an English singer, ex-footballer and reality television personality. He was a contestant on the ninth and eleventh series of The X Factor in 2012 and 2014, before being runner-up in series 14 of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in December 2014.
Football career
{{Infobox football biography
|nocat_wdimage=yes
| fullname = Jacob Quickenden
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=y|1988|9|3}}
| birth_place =Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Scunthorpe United
| years1 =
| years2 = 2012–2013
| years3 = 2013–2015
| years4 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Sunshine George Cross
| clubs2 = Frickley Athletic
| clubs3 = Bottesford Town
| clubs4 = Ossett Town
| caps1 =
| caps2 = 128
| caps3 = 466
| caps4 =
| goals1 =
| goals2 = -13
| goals3 = -14
| goals4 =
}}
Quickenden played football, mainly as a winger or forward. He began his football career as a youth player for Scunthorpe United but suffered a broken leg, ending his chances with his hometown club. Following recovery he was offered trials in Australia with Bentleigh Greens and Sunshine George Cross, eventually playing professionally in Australia for two years.{{cite web|url=http://www.kimgloverentertainment.co.uk/roster/present/jake-quickenden/|title=Kim Glover Entertainment|website=Kimgloverentertainment.co.uk|access-date=19 January 2015|archive-date=27 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127054143/http://www.kimgloverentertainment.co.uk/roster/present/jake-quickenden/|url-status=dead}} He then returned to England and went on to play for Frickley Athletic in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League, Premier Division.{{cite web|url=http://www.evostikleague.co.uk/blues-sign-x-factors-jake-10807/|title=Blues sign X-Factor's Jake|website=Evostkleague.co.uk|date=19 April 2023 }} Most recently he played for Lincolnshire club Bottesford Town in the Northern Counties East Football League.{{cite web|url=http://www.biogs.com/imacelebrity/quickenden.html|title=Jake Quickenden - Biogs.com|publisher=Biogs.com|access-date=21 November 2014}} In 2015, he was rumoured to have been offered the opportunity to play for Gainsborough Trinity, but denied it.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-33034472|title=Jake Quickenden denies Gainsborough Trinity signing claims|date=6 June 2015|access-date=14 December 2020|website=Bbc.co.uk}} He joined Ossett Town in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40897418|title=FA Cup: Singer Jake Quickenden looking to hit the right notes for Ossett Town|last=Johnston|first=Neil|date=17 August 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=17 August 2017}}
Media career
Quickenden began his media career by appearing on the talent show The X Factor. After his 2012 departure, he has made a number of other media appearances since, including working as a presenter on the Chart Show TV channel.{{cite news|url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/X-Factor-s-Jake-TV-presenter/story-19578521-detail/story.html|title=X Factor's Jake now TV presenter|date=27 July 2013|work=Scunthorpe Telegraph|publisher=Local World|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009043421/http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/X-Factor-s-Jake-TV-presenter/story-19578521-detail/story.html#|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
His current work includes advertising products on social media as an influencer. Between May and July 2022 the Advertising Standards Agency reprimanded Quickenden for failing to disclose commercial relationships with advertisers on his channels, including his Instagram account.{{cite web |title=Non-compliant social media influencers |url=https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601001444/https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |archive-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.asa.org.uk |publisher=Advertising Standards Authority}}{{cite news |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/jake-quickenden-rapped-not-making-23906742 |title=Jake Quickenden rapped for not making clear Snuggy blankets Instagram post was an ad |first=Kelley |last=Price |date=10 May 2022 |publisher=Gazette Live |access-date=10 September 2022}}
=''The X Factor''=
{{main|The X Factor (British series 9)|The X Factor (British series 11)}}
In 2012, Quickenden auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor, where he sang "Use Somebody" and received four yesses from the judges. At bootcamp, along with fellow contestants Adam Burridge and Robbie Hance, he sang "How to Save a Life". The judges decided to put him through to judges' houses where he was in the Boys category along with Burridge, Nathan Fagan-Gayle, Rylan Clark, Jahméne Douglas, and the series' eventual winner James Arthur and their mentor was Nicole Scherzinger. Quickenden sang "Back for Good" in front of Scherzinger and her guest, Ne-Yo. The next day, Scherzinger decided not to put Quickenden through to the live shows, choosing Clark, Douglas, and Arthur instead.{{cite web|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-2012-next-weeks-show-will-feature-nicole-scherzinger-naked-in-bid-to-boost-ratings-but-will-she-be-forgiven-for-ditching-adam-burridge-jake-quickenden/|title=X Factor 2012: Next week's show will feature Nicole Scherzinger NAKED in bid to boost ratings but will she be forgiven for ditching Adam Burridge & Jake Quickenden?|last=Connolly|first=Lynn|date=1 October 2012|publisher=Unreality TV|access-date=5 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074526/http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-2012-next-weeks-show-will-feature-nicole-scherzinger-naked-in-bid-to-boost-ratings-but-will-she-be-forgiven-for-ditching-adam-burridge-jake-quickenden/#|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:centr;" |
| colspan="4"| The X Factor performances and results (2012) |
|---|
| scope="col"| Episode
! scope="col"| Theme ! scope="col"| Song ! scope="col"| Result |
| scope="row"| First audition
| Free choice | "Use Somebody" | Through to bootcamp |
| scope="row"| Bootcamp – Stage 1
| Free choice | "How to Save a Life" | Through to stage 2 |
| scope="row"| Bootcamp – Stage 2
| Free choice | Unknown | Through to judges' houses |
| scope="row"| Judges' houses
| Free choice | "Back for Good" | Eliminated |
In 2014, Quickenden once again auditioned for the eleventh series of The X Factor, where he sang "All of Me", but was stopped and asked to perform his second song, "Say Something". Quickenden received positive comments from the judges for his second song and gave him four yeses to proceed to the next round. In the arena audition, he performed "Who You Are" by Jessie J. Quickenden received good comments from the judges. Head judge Simon Cowell commented that he was not a big fan of previous contestants returning since there was usually a reason for them being sent home, but said that he was not judging in the 2012 series and that Quickenden should not have been eliminated.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} The judges decided to put Quickenden through to bootcamp. He was again in the "Boys" category with Mel B as his mentor. In the six-chair challenge of bootcamp, Quickenden sang "A Thousand Years" and his mentor gave him a chair and proceeded to the next round. At judges' houses, he sang "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" and was put through to the live shows along with Andrea Faustini and Paul Akister.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
On 27 October, Quickenden landed in the bottom two in week 3 against Only the Young and was eliminated, with only his mentor Mel B voting to save him.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:centr;" |
| colspan="4"| The X Factor performances and results (2014) |
|---|
| scope="col"| Episode
! scope="col"| Theme ! scope="col"| Song ! scope="col"| Result |
| scope="row"| Room Audition
| Free choice | "All of Me" / "Say Something" | Through to bootcamp |
| scope="row"| Arena Audition
| Free choice | "Who You Are" | Through to stage 2 |
| scope="row"| Bootcamp – Six Chair Challenge
| Free choice | "A Thousand Years" | Through to judges' houses |
| scope="row"| Judges Houses
| Free choice | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | Through to live shows |
| scope="row"| Live Show 1
| Number ones | "She's the One" | Safe (8th) |
| scope="row"| Live Show 2
| "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Safe (11th) |
| style="background:lightblue"
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Live Show 3 | Songs from films | Bottom two (12th) |
| style="background:pink"
| Final showdown | "Red" | Eliminated |
=''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''=
{{Main|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 14)}}
Beginning on 20 November 2014, Quickenden took part in 14th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, entering the jungle on Day 5 of the competition with former politician Edwina Currie.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/jake-quickenden-and-edwina-currie-join-im-celebrityget-me-out-here|title=Jake Quickenden and Edwina Currie to join I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!|work=presscentre}} Jake finished the show as runner-up to World Superbike racer Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/im-celebrity-2014-carl-foggy-4766354|title=I'm a Celebrity 2014: Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty is crowned King of the Jungle, Jake Quickenden comes second|last=Jefferies|first=Mark|date=7 December 2014|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|access-date=12 December 2014}}
=''Dancing on Ice''=
{{Main|Dancing on Ice (series 10)}}
Quickenden was a contestant in the 10th series of Dancing on Ice, where he was partnered with professional German figure skater Vanessa Bauer. On 11 March 2018, he and Bauer won the competition over Brooke Vincent and Max Evans.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2012, 2014
|rowspan=5| Himself |Contestant |
| 2014
|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! |Contestant |
| 2015
|Dish Up: An Easier Way to Cook |Guest, 4 episodes |
| 2018
|Contestant |
| 2019
|Contestant |
| 2019
| Woody | Guest- 3 episodes |
| 2020
|Himself |Contestant |
| 2021
| Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins | Himself | Contestant |
| 2022
| Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted |Himself |Homeowner |
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Show |
| 2018
|Dreamboys[https://closeronline.co.uk/celebrity/news/jake-quickenden-dreamboys/ "Ladies! Dancing On Ice hottie Jake Quickenden's joining The Dreamboys!"] Closer (9 February 2018) |
| 2019 |
| 2022 |
| 2023 |
2024 The Full Monty
Discography
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of EPs ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Details |
| scope="row" | I Want You
|
|
|---|
| scope="row" | New Chapter
|
|
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart position ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Indie Breakers |
|---|
| scope="row"| "I Want You"
|2015 | 10 | I Want You EP |
| scope="row"| "Blindfold"
| rowspan="4"| 2016 | — | rowspan="2"| New Chapter |
| scope="row"| "Can't Stand the Rain"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Feel My Love"
| — | rowspan="13" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Get Away with Me" (featuring Bailey McConnell) | — |
| scope="row"| "Black Mirror"
| rowspan="2"| 2017 | — |
| scope="row"| "Ineffable"
| — |
| scope="row"| "When You Kissed Him"
| 2018 | — |
| scope="row"| "Afraid to Be Lonely"
| rowspan="2"| 2019 | — |
| scope="row"| "Tearing Me Apart"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Quarantine Song"
| rowspan="4"| 2020 | 8 |
| scope="row"| "Where I'll Wait"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Drunk on You"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" {{small|(live charity single)}}
| — |
| scope="row"| "When I'm Gone"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/when-im-gone-single/1560382970|title=When I'm Gone – Single by Jake Quickenden|website=Apple Music|access-date=13 April 2021}}
| rowspan="2"| 2021 | 7 |
| scope="row"| "Love Don't Feel the Same"
| — |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|5247452}}
{{The X Factor contestants}}
{{Dancing on Ice}}
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