Who is Ronan Keating?
Ronan Keating, born 1977, is a singer and TV judge from Dublin, Ireland. He is best known as the lead singer of Boyzone.
The youngest of five children to lorry driver Gerry and hairdresser Marie, Ronan grew up loving to sing and perform, which eventually led him to trying out for the band.
Prior to his time in the band, he showed promise as a track star.
Once in the band, Ronan became a prominent face in the industry, moving on to a solo career which continues to this day.
He also later became a regular judge on talent competitions in both the UK, Ireland and Australia – appearing on The X Factor: Australia from 2010 to 2014, All Together Now in 2018, and The Voice Australia, initially appearing in 2016 before returning for 2025.
He was also a mentor on The Voice Kids UK in 2022 and 2023, before appearing on The Voice of Germany in 2023 as well.
In 2017, he started hosting the Breakfast show on UK radio station, Magic FM. He left the position in July 2024 after seven years at the station.
He continues to perform around the world as a solo artist.
Ronan has been married twice – first to Yvonne Connelly from 1998 to 2010, with whom he has three children, and to Storm Uechtritz from 2015 to present day, with whom he has two children.
He is also a grandfather of one, following the birth of his eldest son Jack’s first child.
He currently lives between Australia and the UK with Storm and their family.
How did Ronan Keating get involved with Boyzone?
Ronan was just 16 years old when he took his shot and auditioned for Boyzone in Dublin, Ireland, and was the youngest member of the group.
Ronan said he was inspired to audition because his family didn’t have much money and the band sounded ‘right up his street’.
For his audition, he performed James Taylor’s Fire and Rain, which caught the interest of Louis Walsh, the talent manager and future X Factor judge setting out to form an “Irish version of Take That”.
After being recruited to the band, Ronan admits he knew that he was under threat of losing his position within the group, after overhearing music producer Ian Levine telling Walsh he “couldn’t sing”.
Despite this, to Walsh, Ronan became the jewel in the crown of the group, noting that he was “always trying to prove himself and had ambition”. Ronan and Stephen Gately would later front the band as the lead singers.
Walsh would continue to work with Keating when he pursued a solo career in 1999.
What songs did Ronan Keating release after Boyzone?
In 1999, Ronan opted to focus on his solo career, quickly landing his first UK number one single with When You Say Nothing at All, the lead song on the soundtrack of blockbuster rom-com, Notting Hill.
Band manager Louis Walsh continued to work with him. They would part ways a year later, with both making public jabs suggesting a backstage feud, however they would make amends by 2008.
To date, Ronan Keating has released 12 albums, several of which have gone multi-platinum.
These albums are:
- Ronan (2000)
- Destination (2002)
- Turn It On (2003)
- Bring You Home (2006)
- Songs for My Mother (2009)
- Winter Songs (2009)
- Duet (2010)
- When Ronan Met Burt (2011)
- Fires (2012)
- Time of My Life (2016)
- Twenty Twenty (2020)
- Songs from Home (2021)
Ronan has had three number one singles and 14 Top 10 hits, including:
- When You Say Nothing At All (from the Notting Hill soundtrack)
- Life Is A Rollercoaster
- Lovin’ Each Day
- If Tomorrow Never Comes
Last Thing On My Mind (feat. LeAnn Rimes)
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