Anthony William James Lundon (born 13 April 1979) is an Irish singer, producer and director, formerly a TV presenter with RTE (2007-2009), a vocalist and songwriter with chart act Liberty X (2001-2007), and lead dancer with Lord of the Dance (1996-1999). Since 2010, Lundon has focused on a producing and directing career having established his own film and TV production company, The Cell Productions.
Career
2001–2007: Liberty X
In 2001, Lundon auditioned for the ITV reality television music competition
Popstars, a show intended to form a new group from individual contestants, becoming one of the finalists. While the five winning contestants formed Hear'Say, the five runner-up contestants – Lundon,
Michelle Heaton,
Kevin Simm,
Jessica Taylor and
Kelli Young – formed the group Liberty and signed a multimillion-pound record contract with
Richard Branson and V2 Records. Liberty X released three studio albums and enjoyed eight Top 10 singles from 2001 to 2005: Their biggest hit, "Just a Little", reached number one in May 2002 and won them a BRIT Award for Best British Single, voted for by the public, and an Ivor Novello Award "Thinking It Over", "Got to Have Your Love", "Song 4 Lovers", and "Holding on for You" all reached the top 5 in the UK Singles Chart. They split up in 2007 after selling over 3 million records worldwide.
2008–present: Director and producer career
From 2008 to 2009, Lundon presented a quiz show called
Toast on Irish channel RTÉ Two on saturday mornings. In 2010 he moved to New York City to study film and returned to the UK in 2012 to establish a film and TV production company, The Cell Productions. From 2013 to 2014 he returned briefly with
Liberty X for a greatest hits tour.
Personal life
Tony married his long-term girlfriend Kellyann Leathem in December 2010 at Ballintubber Abbey in
County Mayo. They have three children – Leo, born in April 2012, and twins Rian and Max, born in February 2013.
He is the great grand nephew of
William Lundon and the grand nephew of
Thomas Lundon.
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