Fran Cosgrave (born 30 December 1977) is an Irish

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owner, known for appearing on reality television programmes and being a former

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Biography

Cosgrave won the first season of ITV's '' Celebrity Love Island'' reality show in 2005. In September 2006, the ITV2 series ''Calum, Fran and Dangerous Danan'', in which Cosgrove was seen traveling with Paul Danan and Calum Best from Texas to

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on U.S. Route 66 was aired. ''Reality Check'', his autobiography was published in 2006. Must end soon!
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, published January 20, 2007, accessed September 24, 2007. On 7 August 2006 Cosgrave released his first single "Jetsetter" as Fran Cosgrave & the Inner City Playboys with

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. He has appeared on

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'' and ''

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'' and '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' among other programmes. He was a guest on RTÉ's '' Would You Believe'' in October 2008, discussing his faith. He also took part in a reality show special edition '' Fool around with Fran Cosgrave'', where he discovered who out of four girls was a true single and he won this show. Cosgrave also co-founded the DJ/Producing trio ' Futuristic Polar Bears'. They are currently collaborating with several established names in the house music scene.

Family

He has a son, Josh, with ex-

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singer Natasha Hamilton.Agencies.
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, published January 23, 2003, accessed September 24, 2007.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cosgrave, Fran 1977 births Living people Irish male singers Irish television personalities Reality show winners Nightclub owners Place of birth missing (living people) I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants