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FACT FILE
Full Name
Jacob Quickenden
Date of birth
3rd September 1988 (age 28)
Place of birth
Scunthorpe, North
Lincolnshire
Occupation
Television Personality,
Footballer, Singer
Television
The X Factor (2012, 2014)
I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out
Of Here! (2014)
playing football abroad in
Australia at the age of 20
years he started to teach
himself how to play the guitar and
not long after was entertaining
doing pub gigs to get recognised. 
When Jake was asked when did
you realise you were
better at
singing than
football he
responded
cheekily
“when I kept
missing one
on ones”.  
! By now
Jake was
living in
Manchester
with girlfriend
Danielle
Fogarty the
daughter of
Carl Fogarty
the former
motorcycle
racer who was
the winner of
the same
series “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out
of Here” in which Jake competed.
Due to work commitments and
working a lot of weekends Jake
doesn’t get time to
travel back to play
for Bottesford
Town FC every
week, “I would get
down every week
if I could. The
main reason I do
get down is to be
involved with the
lads and to see
my mates- the
club means a lot
to me” .
! He also
appears for a
team in
Manchester who
play matches
for charities to
raise money for
good causes.
Jake is a big
football fan and follows
Manchester United but is also
keen to watch any football team
because of his passion for the
game.
! When Jake was asked what he
thinks of non-league football he
replied, “It’s getting better due to
Bootiful Game doing magazines
and it should get more recognition.
It’s a good standard of football, a
good group of lads and everyone
wants to win”.
! Jakes home town team
Bottesford Town FC were
promoted last season to the NCEL
Premier Division, with a helping
hand from Jake with the one goal
he scored all season, “It’s good for
Bottesford Town FC. They have
being trying for a long time to get
out of this league and it’s just nice
for them and the manager - he is a
great guy, the club just needs the
people of Scunthorpe to get
behind us and come and support
the lads this season”. 
Below: Jake’s X Factor performances and results from 2014
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