Biography
Van Day was born David Paul Day. In 1974, he successfully auditioned for the then-new vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls. The group had some successful hits, and Van Day began a romantic relationship with bandmate Thereza Bazar. In 1977, as a result of lackluster sales, Van Day decided to quit the group. Bazar was fired from the group shortly afterward, to preserve gender balance.
Van Day and Bazar then decided to perform together, and formed a new band, Dollar. The band recorded and toured from 1978 to 1983, then again from 1986 to 1988. They had several top ten hits in the UK, including "Give Me Back My Heart" in 1982. After Dollar split up again in 1988, Bazar left the music industry and moved to Australia.
In the early 1990s, Van Day toured as Dollar with a succession of female singers.
In the late 1990s he joined one incarnation of the pop group Bucks Fizz, with original Bucks Fizz member Mike Nolan.
In 2003 Van Day competed in the ITV1 reality show Reborn in the USA; he was the first act voted off. He caused controversy during the show, accusing producers of biased editing, and arguing with singer and fellow contestant Sonia Evans, accusing her of "being crafty and cunning to try to save her own skin".
In 2008, Van Day was a semi-finalist on the eighth series of British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! (Series 8 UK), finishing in fourth place. During his time in the jungle he clashed with glamour model Nicola McLean. Before going into I'm a Celebrity Van Day underwent plastic surgery in a Living TV documentary called Pop Goes The Band, in which he featured with Thereza Bazar.
Van Day hosted the eleven-part reality series Brides on a Bus on Wedding TV. He also briefly appeared in the series Celebrity Coach Trip on Channel 4.
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