- Presenters & Awards Hosts
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David Grant
David Grant is probably most widely known through the series of “Comic Relief Does Fame Academy”, “Fame Academy 2” and “Pop Idol”, in his roles as vocal coach and/or judge. Along with his wife Carrie, they are now seen as the most successful vocal coaches in the UK. David and Carrie's experiences of encouraging people to maximize their skills mean they are ideally suited for presenting awards and giving motivational speeches. However David’s career started much earlier, as a performer in his own right.
In The Beginning, David Grant, The Pop Idol
The story started in the early eighties with Linx. Primarily a partnership between vocalist David and bassist Sketch. Between 1980 and 1983 the band had four top twenty singles , “You’re lying” “Intuition” “Throw away the key” “So this is Romance” and coupled with two very successful albums, “Intuition” and “Go Ahead”, which earned them a nomination as Best Newcomer in the Brit awards The band split in 1983 and David re-emerged as a solo artist with a string of hit singles including a Top 5 duet with Jaki Graham with “COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE”. In all David had some 14 hit singles in the UK charts. Throughout this period David also found time to present tv shows such as “Riverside” “CDQ” as well as being virtually a resident on Mike Read’s “Pop Quiz” and presenting various soul shows, including the Robbie Vincent Show on BBC Radio London.
In the mid 90’s David and his partner Carrie made their highly acclaimed album “Watching and Waiting” which went on to win them a prestigious MOBO Award for Best Gospel Album in 1998. David also found time to develop an acting career, performing at the National Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic as well as for Channel 4 films.
Vocal Coach to the Stars
Having performed as a vocalist, and also recorded on countless sessions as a session vocalist, David has put his very considerable experience into practice as a vocal coach, and has worked with numerous of the UK top artists including Will Young, Take That and The Spice Girls.
David is in the invaluable position of having seen the music industry from the “inside” as an artist , and being able to pass on his experiences to new artists and talent. Along with his wife Carrie, they are the foremost vocal coaches in the UK, they have a passion for singing, that is second to none, and they are seeking to help improve the talents of as many vocalists as possible.
TV appearances and pop pundit
Beyond his tv appearances as a vocal coach/judge, David is often featured as a “pop” pundit on various music programmes. He has recently been a guest on “Celebrity Mastermind”(specialist subject The Works of Stevie Wonder) and extending his role into current affairs and politics, appearing regularly on “The Wright Stuff” and frequently on “The Daily Politics” and also on “Newsnight”. Both David, and Carrie, are very supportive of young talent, in the arts generally, and they presented awards at the Teaching Awards, and are becoming increasingly involved in this area. David has recently taken on the role of ambassador for UK Skills, supporting young people in developing their talents in a wide range of skills, where he makes motivational speeches and he is looking in 2007 to take on expanding roles in these areas.
David and Carrie also featured as vocal judges in the BBC 1 Saturday night series “Can’t Sing Singers” as well as David having a leading role in the groundbreaking, award winning “Flashmob-The Opera”. They continued their work in vocal coaching on television with their own highly emotive series “Facing The Music”, which aired on BBC 2 last year, and was nominated for an RTA award. They also appeared as vocal coaches in all the series of “Comic Relief Does Fame Academy”.
David has appeared in “Test the Nation”, “Starspell”, “Children In Need” BBC 2’s “Stars in Fast Cars” and “Never Mind The Buzzcocks” as well as, with Carrie, in the BBC1 Saturday night series “The Sound of Musicals”.
Awards Host and motivational speaker
David has a broad range of talents, as a vocal coach and producer, soul singer, songwriter, artist mentor and “pop pundit”. But he is now increasingly becoming involved in presenting of awards and giving motivational speeches, and encouraging people to maximize their skills and talents.
For more information or to book David Grant, call us on 020 8365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
