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Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne Jr. (born 9 October 1978) is an Irish pop singer, songwriter and radio and television presenter, best known for being a member of the pop group Westlife ,  before he joined Westlife he was a professional footballer , he also did dancing with the stars and he also released a song called sunlight and performed it at Eurovision song contest , he also was a dancer on strictly come dancing.  Byrne was a footballer and played for and St. Kevins Boys in North Dublin. He became a professional player, and joined as a goalkeeper in 1995, and was a squad member of the winning team of 1997. He played for Leeds for two years, leaving when his contract expired in June 1997. He played in a reserve game for and in a trial game with , before returning to join Dublin club . He then signed for playing 15 games in all competitions, then , all in Ireland's .

Shane Steven Filan (born 5 July 1979) is an Irish singer. He is one of the two lead singers of pop vocal group , which was formed in 1998, disbanded in 2012, and regrouped in 2018. Westlife have released thirteen albums, embarked on twelve world tours, and won several awards, becoming one of the most successful musical groups of all time. Filan has released three solo albums: (2013), (2015) and (2017). He has appeared fourteen times in the with number-one hits, making him one of the most-appeared Irish music artists in history. 

Kian John Francis Egan (born 29 April 1980) is an Irish singer, songwriter and musician, best known as a member of pop group . Westlife has released twelve albums, embarked on thirteen world tours, and won numerous awards, becoming one of the most successful musical groups of all time. Egan was a judge and coach on and won the thirteenth series of in 2013.    

Markus "Mark" Michael Patrick Feehily (born 28 May 1980) is an Irish singer and one of the two lead vocalists of the pop vocal group . Westlife has released twelve albums, embarked on thirteen world tours and won several awards, becoming one of the most successful musical groups of all time. With 15 number one appearances, he is also the highest-charting performer on the .  Feehily rose to fame as one of the two lead vocalists of the boy band , the other being . Before Westlife, Feehily, Filan and were members of the self-formed, six-piece, Sligo-based boy band IOYOU, previously named Six As One, which released the single "Together Girl Forever" and songs "Everlasting Love" and "Good Thing". , the manager of , was contacted by Filan's mother and learned of the group. The final line-up, established on 3 July 1998, consisted of Feehily, Filan and Egan from the original line-up, and and Bryan McFadden, new members who auditioned from. 


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