Russ Spencer
| Russ Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Russell Spencer |
| Born |
1 March 1969 Bournemouth, England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Television presenter |
| Years active | 1998- |
| Labels | EMI, Warner Bros. Records |
| Associated acts | Scooch, The Honeytraps |
Russell Spencer (born 1 March 1969) is an English television presenter and singer. He was born in Bournemouth.
Originally formed in 1998, Spencer first gained prominence as a member of manufactured pop group Scooch who signed to EMI and gained four top twenty hits including their top five single More Than I Needed to Know, as well as the album Four Sure. Worldwide, Scooch scored number one singles in Japan and Australia, although were dropped by EMI and disbanded after the disappointing sales of Four Sure in 2000.
In 2007, Scooch reformed after seven years to participate on Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up, a BBC television contest to determine the United Kingdom's entry in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Finland. They were chosen as the UK's entry, beating, amongst others, Justin Hawkins and Brian Harvey. Russ co-wrote the song "Flying the Flag (For You)", signed to Warner Bros. Records and released the song to the UK chart. The UK Eurovision entry automatically goes to the final, where the song received only 19 votes, coming joint 22nd out of 24 entries. However, the single was the highest charting Eurovision song in the UK since 1997 when Katrina and the Waves last won the contest for the country, reaching the number five position.
Spencer has hosted shows such as the ITV1 game show Make Your Play, and presenting three nights a week for The Great Big British Quiz on Channel 5. Other presenting credits include MTV, Disney Channel, Quiz Call, Quiz TV and Glitterball for ITV. He has also appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, The Most Annoying Pop Moments... We Hate to Love and Generation X for the BBC. For VH1 he has appeared in Wannabe and Radio Ga Ga. Television acting work includes guest roles in series six of Shameless on Channel 4 and Footballers' Wives on ITV1.
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