Jason Donovan

Jason Donovan (2011)

Jason Donovan (born June 1, 1968 in Malvern , Melbourne ) is an Australian singer and actor .

biography

As Kylie Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia , he played in the late 1980s in the Australian soap opera Neighbors (Neighbors) and obtained by the attention of the successful producer trio Stock Aitken Waterman , which hired him and into a successful pop star made. Together with Minogue he recorded the world hit Especially for You . The subsequent Stock Aitken Waterman productions were all successful and achieved top positions , especially in Great Britain and Australia: Between mid-1988 and summer 1991 Donovan released 14 hit singles. Especially for You , Sealed with a Kiss and Too Many Broken Hearts from 1989 were particularly successful in Germany.

In the late 1980s Donovan was the most successful singer in Europe , landed several number one hits in the UK charts and five number one hits in a row in Ireland .

After leaving Stock Aitken Waterman, Donovan played the lead role in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and topped the UK charts for the last time with the resulting song Any Dream Will Do. In 1998 he played the role of Frank'n'Furter on the Rocky Horror Show , first in Perth and then in London . Musically it became quieter around him from 1993 onwards. Drug problems and a lawsuit against The Face magazine for alleged homosexuality made the headlines.

A film role in the British thriller Sorted followed. At the same time, the relationship with Angela Malloch, with whom he was already dating during the Rocky Horror Show , became public . She was expecting their baby together. Their daughter Jemma was born in 2000, and their son Zac a year later. The couple married in 2008 and their daughter Molly was born in 2011.

Other film roles followed, including a. in Ned and Loot . Back in Melbourne , he also played in the Australian ABC medical series MDA ("Medical Defense Australia"). In 2004 and 2005 Jason returned to the London Palladium after years . He played the lead role of Caractacus Pott in the family musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . In 2006 Jason toured the UK with the musical Sweeney Todd before appearing in Melbourne in the summer drama Festen ("Das Fest") by the English playwright David Eldridge . At the end of the year, he was one of the contestants on the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! , in which he took third place.

In May 2007 Donovan was successfully touring the UK with his All the Hits and More tour . The following month he released his new single Share My World . During the summer he was in Cornwall's Echo Beach series , which was shown on ITV in the spring of 2008 on British television . On October 1, 2007, he published his autobiography , in which he openly reported about his childhood love for Kylie Minogue, as well as his 1992 trial of Face magazine and his drug excesses in the 1990s.

Donovan appeared in the role of Daniel Marrack in the British soap opera Echo Beach on ITV in the spring of 2008 . Since April 6, 2008, he has hosted the weekly Sunday Nights radio program , which is broadcast on many local frequencies in Great Britain. Since March 2009 he has played the role of Tick in the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Palace Theater in London. The musical is based on the Australian film Priscilla - Queen of the Desert from 1994.

In 2011, Donovan toured England with Jeff Wayne and other cast members for the live show Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - Alive on Stage , where he played the role of the artilleryman. 2012-2013 he took part again in the musical performance in England and Europe, but this time played the role of Parson Nathaniel. In September 2018, Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan were back on stage together in London.

Donovan has been married to Angela Malloch since 2008 and has three children.

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	AU
1989	Ten Good Reasons PWL Records	DE3 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT20 (11 weeks) AT	CH20th gold (7 weeks)CH	UK1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (54 weeks)UK	AU5 (15 weeks) AU	First published: May 1, 1989 Producer: Stock Aitken Waterman
1990	Between the Lines PWL Records	DE52 (7 weeks) DE	AT18 (9 weeks) AT	CH37 (1 week) CH	UK2 platinum (26 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 28, 1990 Producer: Stock Aitken Waterman
1993	All Around the World Polydor	-	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 30, 1993 Producers: Paul Staveley O'Duffy, Phil Thornalley, Stock Aitken Waterman
2008	Let It Be Me Decca Records , Universal Music TV	-	-	-	UK28 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 10, 2008 Producers: Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan
2010	Soundtrack of the 80s Universal Music TV	-	-	-	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 11, 2010 Producers: Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan
2012	Sign of Your Love Polydor	-	-	-	UK36 (1 week) UK	-	First published: March 12, 2012

Musical album

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	AU
1991	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Polydor	-	-	-	UK1 platinum (18 weeks)UK	-	First published: Aug 19, 1991 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice starring Jason Donovan (The Original London Cast)

More musical albums

• 1998: The New Rocky Horror Show 25 Years Young (with Richard O'Brien and various artists; Damn It Janet Records)

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	AU
1991	Greatest Hits PWL Records	-	AT30 (10 weeks) AT	-	UK9 (17 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 16, 1991
2006	Greatest hits EMI	-	-	-	UK80 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 4, 2006

More compilations

• 1991: Jason Donovan
• 1999: The Very Best of Jason Donovan

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	AU
1988	Nothing Can Divide Us Ten Good Reasons	-	-	-	UK5 silver (12 weeks)UK	AU3 (15 weeks) AU	First published: August 29, 1988 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	Especially for You Ten Good Reasons	DE10 (16 weeks) DE	AT12 (10 weeks) AT	CH2 (15 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (14 weeks)UK	AU2 (16 weeks) AU	First published: November 28, 1988 with Kylie Minogue Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
1989	Too Many Broken Hearts Ten Good Reasons	DE16 (17 weeks) DE	-	CH27 (3 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (13 weeks)UK	AU7 (10 weeks) AU	First published: February 20, 1989 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	Sealed with a Kiss Ten Good Reasons	DE4 (18 weeks) DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH7 (11 weeks) CH	UK1 (10 weeks) UK	AU8 (9 weeks) AU	First published: May 29, 1989 Authors: Gary Geld, Peter Udell Original: The Four Voices, 1960
	Every Day (I Love You More) Ten Good Reasons	DE19 (21 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 (10 weeks) UK	AU43 (3 weeks) AU	First published: August 28, 1989 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	When You Come Back to Me Between the Lines	DE36 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 gold (11 weeks)UK	AU40 (5 weeks) AU	First published: November 27, 1989 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
1990	Hang On to Your Love Between the Lines	DE51 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK8 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 26, 1990 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	Another night between the lines	DE52 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK18 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 18, 1990 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	Rhythm of the Rain Between the Lines	DE38 (23 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 (6 weeks) UK	AU44 (1 week) AU	First published: August 20, 1990 Author: John Claude Gummoe Original: The Cascades , 1962
	I'm doing fine between the lines	DE60 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK22 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 15, 1990 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
1991	RSVP Greatest Hits	DE66 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK17 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 6, 1991 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	Any Dream Will Do Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	DE55 (9 weeks) DE	AT3 gold (27 weeks)AT	-	UK1 gold (12 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 10, 1991 Authors: Andrew Lloyd Webber , Tim Rice Original: Gary Bond, 1974
	Happy Together Greatest Hits	DE53 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 12, 1991 Authors: Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon Original: The Turtles , 1967
	The Joseph Mega Remix	-	-	-	UK13 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 25, 1991 with The Original London Cast of Joseph feat. David Easter, Johnny Amobi and Linzi Hateley
1992	Mission of Love All Around the World	-	-	-	UK26 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 6, 1992 Authors: George McFarlane, Jason Donovan, Peter Crosbie, Raymond St. John
	As Time Goes By All Around the World	-	-	-	UK26 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 16, 1992 Author: Herman Hupfeld Original: Frances Williams, 1931
1993	All Around the World All Around the World	-	-	-	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 26, 1993 Author: Nik Kershaw

More singles

• 1993: Angel
• 2008: Dreamboats and Petticoats
• 2012: Make Love

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1. ↑ Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan reunited. Retrieved September 10, 2018 . 
2. ↑ VIP.de: Would you have recognized him? 80s star Jason Donovan shows off his kids , April 2018
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK AU
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} gold / platinum databases: DE AT CH UK

Web links

• Literature by and about Jason Donovan in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jason Donovan at Allmusic (English)
• Jason Donovan at Discogs (English)
• Jason Donovan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• German fansite (German and English)
• Jason Donovan's profile at MySpace (English)