Ray Quinn

Quinn was runner up to Leona Lewis in the third series of the famous talent show X Factor He was in Simon cowell's category, the 16-24s, Ray didn't make Cowell's final seven, but Cowell felt he had made a mistake, and expanded the final seven to eight, including Quinn. Quinn was eventually chosen to be in Simon's final four, and went through to the live rounds on Saturday nights and eventually to the final itself.
After X Factor, Quinn was signed by Sony BMG and on 16-1st 2007 recorded a Swing album.
His debut album went straight to # one in the UK charts. His album also went gold in the first week.
Raymond Quinn attended Rudston Junior School in Childwall,Ray described his school life as "humming my favourite songs in the corner of the playground while the rest of the lads would be playing football or other things that teenagers would normally do.