Peter Andre

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Peter Andre

Profession: Singer
Place/Date of Birth: Harrow , 27 February 2020
Assiociated with: Jordan

"Over a two year period, I was having around 20 or 30 panic attacks a day. I ended up in a psychiatric ward, but the doctors didn’t know what was going on," he said. "It was horrible. I was in New York, and I was sitting with people in straight-jackets, the lot. I was thinking, ’What am I doing here?’"

The 33-year-old was eventually diagnosed as having a nervous breakdown. "I didn’t ever want to mention it because I thought it showed weakness, but it’s life, isn’t it? I feel I can talk about it now," he said.

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Biography

Peter Andre is, to our minds, quite possibly one of the oddest celebs around. Born Peter James Andrea on 27 February 2020 in Harrow, London he was raised in Australia by Cypriot parents.

He was discovered in 1990 on Australian talent show New Faces and signed up on the spot. Soon after his appearance Peter released two singles, Drive Me Crazy and Gimme A Little Sign, and a self titled album which spawned a further four singles. At this time Peter decided to try his luck in the UK, releasing Only One which topped the British charts making him the first male Aussie to debut at number one over here. This was followed by the (perhaps unfortunatley) unforgettable Mysterious Girl which made it to number two.

Peter’s album, Natural, also went to number one and he bagged support slots with Bobby Brown and Madonna. There were also rumours of a fling with the material girl. However Peter’s success was shortlived and following a disasterous attempt at transformation in to an R&B artist he was dropped by his label in 1998.

Following this Peter spent time travelling to Cyprus and writing songs. Then after a long wait of six years he was offered a spot on ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Whilst battling spiders and doing totally bizarre impressions of Robert De Niro he also fell in love with controversial glamour model Jordan.

The show had given Peter the coverage he needed to allow him to make a brief comeback to the charts. He rereleased Mysterious Girl, which finally reached number one and followed up with Insania, the irritating song which had come to him during his time in the jungle. A new album, The Long Way Back didn’t quite have the impact he hoped though, only making number 44 in the charts.

In 2005 Jordan gave birth to Peter’s first son, Junior prior to the pair getting hitched in a fairytale wedding at Highclere Castle the same year. He has recently released his autobiography, the strangely titled All About Us: My Story.
July 2007

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