David Van Day is a singer and television personality from Brighton, England, born in 1957. He starts out as a child performer, appearing on stage and screen from the age of ten, including work in Oliver, television commercials for Coca-Cola and Clarks shoes, and the horror film Do You Believe in Fairies. He later wins a scholarship to Italia Conti, where he initially focuses more on acting than singing.

Music career

Van Day first finds success with the pop group Guys ’n’ Dolls, who achieve chart success in the UK and Europe. While in that group, he meets singer Thereza Bazar, and the pair leave to form Dollar in 1978.

Dollar becomes one of the best-known pop duos of the late 1970s and 1980s. Their hit singles include Shooting Star, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Hand Held in Black and White, Mirror Mirror, Give Me Back My Heart, Videotheque and O L'Amour, which is their last UK Top 10 hit in 1988. In a Channel 4 television ranking of best duets, Dollar place fifth, ahead of acts such as Ike & Tina Turner and Donny & Marie Osmond.

After Dollar split in 1988, Van Day takes part in several reunions, including Reborn in the USA, the eighties revival tour Hear & Now, a tribute concert for producer Trevor Horn at Wembley Arena, and Pop Goes The Band on Living TV.

Later work and television

In the 1990s, Van Day joins Bucks Fizz. He also stands as a Conservative candidate for Brighton.

He later appears on I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, where he reaches fourth place, and then makes numerous television appearances, including GMTV, The Wright Stuff, Richard and Judy, Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Big Brothers Big Mouth, The Podge and Rodge Show, The Sunday Night Project and Celebrity Juice. He also guest presents on The Wright Stuff and fronts an MTV programme, Official All Time Top 40 80s Bestsellers with David Van Day.

Further credits include BBC comedy Pull the Other One, the film Bite!, pantomime as Abanazar in Aladdin in Arbroath, Scotland, Celebrity Four Weddings for Living TV, and Brides On A Bus on Wedding TV. He also works as a roving reporter for The Brit Awards.