Biography

BEN

Name: Ben Eskricke Francis Inman
Date of birth: 19/03/93
From: Yorkshire.
Height: 5’3”
Eyes: Blue
School: The Minster School, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Favourite shops: Quicksilver, Harrods (“because it’s very expensive”), O’Neill.
Favourite TV show: The Simpsons, Coronation Street, The Bill, Emmerdale.
Favourite film: Braveheart. “It’s quite a sad one.”
Spends money on: Clothes “and fashionable stuff”, portable PlayStations, skateboards and footballs.
Favourite book: David Copperfield. “I read that when I was in Year 5.”
First record: Red Hot Chili Peppers’, ‘By The Way’.
If you ruled the world…: “I’d try to send pigs to the moon. They’d probably eat it, though. And I’d get my own personal jet, and every hi-tech thing in the world. And I’d share all money out equally and create world peace.”
What makes you cry? “Sad movies make me cry – films where people get lost.”
Favourite breed of dog: Sausage dog.
Ideal breakfast: Full breakfast – sausage, egg, bacon, black pudding.
Ever won a competition? “I’m one of the most unlucky people on the planet! I’ve only ever won a raffle – but I won a Barbie doll!”
Favourite classical singer: Placido Domingo.
Favourite pop singer: 50 Cent.
Favourite sportsman: Christian Malcolm (Athletics)
What makes you laugh? “People doing silly things – like people diving into swimming pools where there are diving restrictions.”
Tell us a joke: “A thick person is told he can go down a slide and land in whatever he wants – he’s thinking of gold or jewels, but he enjoys himself going down the slide so much that he just yells ‘Weeeeeee!’.”
What food would you not eat for £1m: Courgettes.
Last ringtone: Carmen.
Last record: Green Day, ‘American Idiot’.
Where will you be in ten years? “I’d like to go to the Royal College Of Music and study music – if I’ve still got a good voice! If not, I’d like to study creative writing. But I’d also like to help my uncle on a farm.”


PATRICK

Full name: Patrick James Aspbury
Date of birth: 09/06/93
From: Chelmsford. (“I’m not sure where I was born - definitely in England.”)
Height: 4’11”
Eyes: Blue
School: The King’s School, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Favourite shops: JD Sports, and Game. “I just like buying computer games – I’ve got a PS2, a GameCube and an X-Box.”
Favourite TV show: Match Of The Day. (“I don’t watch much TV.”)
Favourite film: I, Robot. “Will Smith is cool.”
Spends money on: Footballs, clothes and shoes.
Favourite book: “I don’t read that much – I prefer football magazines.”
First record: Busted’s first album.
If you ruled the world…: “It would be difficult to know where to start! But I’d definitely buy a lot of cars.”
What makes you cry? “Not much – films don’t make me cry!”
Favourite breed of dog: Labrador
Ideal breakfast: Special K
Ever won a competition? “Yes – Best Striker on a football course I went on.”
Favourite classical singer: “I don’t have one yet.”
Favourite pop group: Green Day
Favourite sportsman: Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham Striker)
What makes you laugh? “Anything stupid.”
Tell us a joke: “I don’t have any good jokes so I won’t tell you any at all!”
What food would you not eat for £1m: Aubergine.
Last ringtone: “I just use the normal ring sound.”
Last record: Green Day, ‘American Idiot’
Where will you be in ten years? “I’d like to be a footballer or a lawyer – lawyers earn LOADS of money! But I’ve got no objections to singing all my life!”


CJ

Name: Charles John Hamish Porter-Thaw
Date of birth: 11/12/94
From: Sheffield
Height: 5’1”
Eyes: Brown
Favourite clothes: Football shirts
Favourite shops: Sports shops – JJB Sports, etc
Favourite TV show: Football and cricket, The Simpsons
Favourite film: I, Robot. “It’s got action, and robots! I like gadgets and things.”
Spends money on: Football shirts.
Favourite book: Mokey Joe. “It’s about these three kids who have to hide from a man who’s trying to destroy them!”
First record: Green Day, ‘American Idiot’. (“And my choir did a CD called ‘Gateway Of Heaven’ which I was on – so that’s probably cheating.”)
If you ruled the world…: “Make it a football world. There would be lots of football shops and stadiums all over the place, and you would also be able to get everything for free.”
What makes you cry? “Lots and lots of my rabbits have died, that’s quite sad.”
Favourite breed of dog: Gordon Setter
Ideal breakfast: “Coco Rocks – they’re like Coco Pops, but with harder bits in.”
Ever won a competition? “Not quite – I got to the final of a music competition at school, but didn’t win in the end!”
Favourite classical singer: Aled Jones
Favourite pop singer: Jamie Cullum
Favourite sportsman: Thierry Henry
What makes you laugh? “Some funny jokes.”
Tell us a joke: “Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman on a beach. They get one wish each – the Englishman chooses to be back at home with loads of beer, and so disappears. The Scotsman wishes to watch a plasma TV in his house, and he too disappears. The Irishman goes, ‘I’m lonely - I wish the other two were back here’.”
What food would you not eat for £1m: Mushy peas.
Last ringtone: “I haven’t even got a phone yet!”
Last record: “I listen to my dad’s iPod – it’s got everything from Robbie Williams to the James Bond theme.”
Where will you be in ten years? “I’d like to be either a football player or a musician – I don’t mind which!”