About Darius Campbell Danesh
Darius Campbell Danesh (19 August 1980 – 11 August 2022) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, actor and movie producer. He first came to prominence known as Darius Danesh when he appeared in the first series of Popstars in 2001, and the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol. Under the name Darius, he released two studio albums, Dive In (2002) and Live Twice (2004), with both reaching the top 10 on the albums charts in his native Scotland, and the top 40 in the UK Albums Chart. His debut single, "Colourblind", reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 2002. His next singles, "Rushes" and "Incredible (What I Meant to Say)", reached the top ten in Scotland and the United Kingdom in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Danesh performed the role of Billy Flynn in the West End production of Chicago in two runs of the musical. He played the lead role of Sky Masterson in the Olivier Award-winning Guys and Dolls, and the role of Rhett Butler in Trevor Nunn's theatrical adaptation of Gone with the Wind. In 2010, he trained with tenor Rolando Villazón, won the ITV competition Popstar to Operastar and performed a duet with Villazón on The Impossible Dream. He made his operatic début at the age of 29, in the lead role of Escamillo, Carmen's lover in Carmen, at the O2 Arena with the Royal Philharmonic. The same year, he also starred in The History of the Big Bands tour, a show about the big band and swing era. He returned to the West End playing the lead roles of Warden in From Here to Eternity The Musical in 2013, NIck Arnstein in Funny Girl 2015-2016, and Billy Flynn in the touring production of Chicago 2017. He produced several films, including Imperium starring Daniel Radcliffe, Tomorrow, the documentary Fountain of Youth, and House Red starring Natasha Henstridge. He first came to prominence as Darius Danesh when he appeared in the first series of Popstars in 2001, and the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol. As Darius Danesh, he first gained fame in 2001 after appearing on the British talent competition Popstars. In an interview to Daily Record, he said that he had not decided to drop the Campbell from his name, and that all was decided for him and that he should go by the name Darius Danesh.
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