Jacob Carter (born 11 August 1998) is a singer and the winner of
series 2 of the Irish television dance competition ''Dancing with the Stars''. He is the younger brother of country music singer
Nathan Carter.
Career
In 2017, Carter burst on to the Irish music scene after a performance on ''
The Late Late Show'' with
Ryan Tubridy
Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973) is an Irish broadcaster. He currently presents the weekday mid-morning programme ''The Ryan Tubridy Show'' on Virgin Radio UK, as well as a weekend programme on Sundays.
His broadcasting career with RTÉ spanned ...
, performing his first single, "Trouble". The single accompanied with a music video received a lot of air play on Irish country music radio stations and reached number one on the Irish Country Music iTunes chart.
He followed up "Trouble" with an EP titled ''Three Things''.
Jake has starred in a number of stage productions over the years including pantomimes at the
SSE Arena, Belfast, The
Olympia Theatre, Dublin and
The National Stadium Dublin. He has also toured in the hit comedy play
Dirty Dusting in 2023 alongside ''X Factor'' contestant
Mary Byrne
Appearances
''Aladdin''
In December 2017, Carter appeared as the title character Aladdin in the Belfast
SSE Arena pantomime production of ''
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...
''.
''Dancing with the Stars''
In December 2017, Carter was confirmed as one of the eleven celebrities taking part in the
second series of the Irish version of
''Dancing with the Stars''.
Carter was paired with Irish professional dancer,
Karen Byrne
Karen Byrne (born 30 May 1992) is an Irish dancer and choreographer. She is known as being a judge and, previously, a professional dancer on the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars.
Early life
Byrne was born in Ballyfermot in Dublin. She ...
for the series. They won the competition on 25 March 2018.
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Personal life
Carter was born to Ian and Noreen In 1998.
He is the younger brother of Irish country singer
Nathan Carter. Carter has toured extensively with his brother, most recently supporting him on Irish arena tour in March 2018. He also has a sister, Kiara Carter.
[ Since 2018, Carter has been in a relationship with his ''Dancing with the Stars'' professional partner, ]Karen Byrne
Karen Byrne (born 30 May 1992) is an Irish dancer and choreographer. She is known as being a judge and, previously, a professional dancer on the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars.
Early life
Byrne was born in Ballyfermot in Dublin. She ...
.
Discography
EPs
*2017: ''Three Things''
**1. "Just Wanna Kiss You" (3:02) - 2. "Wild and Free" (3:22) 3. "Havin' a Party" (3:04) 4. "I Ain't Ever Coming Down" (3:05) 5. "Fallin' for You" (2:57)
*2024: "Point of You"
**1. "Milk and Honey" - 2. "Loved Me Like You Do" 3. "Don't Forget" 4. "What Is Love" 5. "Jessica"
Singles / videography
*2016: "Trouble"
*2017: "Wild and Free"
*2017: "Havin' a Party"
*2017: "I Just Wanna Kiss You"
*2018: "Fallin' for You"
*2018: "The Little Things You Do"
*2018: "2018"
*2018: "Take Me Dancing" (feat. Una Healy
Una Theresa Imogene Healy (born 10 October 1981) is an Irish singer. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of five-piece girl group The Saturdays, who are signed to Fascination and Polydor Records.
The group later gained another record deal wi ...
)
*2019: “Supernatural”
*2019: "I Won't be Leaving"
*2020 "Loving In Darkness"
*2021 "Sink or Swim"
*2022 "I Just Gotta Take Yo Home"
*2022 "Who We Are"
*2023 "Milk and Honey"
*2024 "Loved Me Like You Do"
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Country singers from Northern Ireland
Male singers from Northern Ireland
Singers from Liverpool
Dancing with the Stars winners