Danyl Johnson's 100% gay

SUPER crooner Danyl Johnson isn't bisexual - he's totally GAY, according to his former boss.

Paige Bond, who managed his old band, said he was NEVER interested in women but was terrified that admitting he was gay would wreck his shot at stardom.

She said: "He was so nervous the day he came out the closet to me. I thought he was going to quit the band. Then he said, 'I'm gay.'

"He was very specific. He didn't say anything about being bisexual. I didn't care if he was gay, but I got the sense Danyl was well aware of how being open about it could damage his career."

The singer previously admitted to the News of the World that he's dated men and women.

Pal Stephen Blackie recalled how he pulled a straight bloke at his 21st birthday party. "He strolled off the dancefloor with this guy and they started snogging."

But Paige - who managed Danyl during his stint in now defunct boyband NV - said: "I never got the impression he fancied women. But then I never saw him date anyone because he was so focused on his career."

She added: "I would never have guessed he was gay. But if the band had gone on to have success, let's just say Danyl wouldn't have been broadcasting his sexuality."

Paige, 39, first got to know Danyl when he auditioned for NV in 2003. The year before he had appeared in a regional production of Oliver in his quest for fame. Like X Factor mentor Simon Cowell, who reckons he is one of the show's most talented singers ever, Paige knew he was a star the moment she saw him.

Stunning

She recalled: "He looked stunning. He was wearing a weird jumper, a cap and had bright blue contact lenses which really stood out from his dark skin.

"I think he performed the song he did for his first X Factor audition, With A Little Help From My Friends by the Beatles.

"We wanted him from the first moment. He had that special something, just like Simon saw."

Within weeks Danyl and bandmates Sean Pugh and Steve Giles were recording their first single - with NV set to rival boyband Blue.

Paige said: "Danyl was over the moon and the single sounded incredible."

But jealousy set in among the boys over vocals, accoPublish Postrding to Paige, and the band fell apart. In 2004 Paige tried to get Danyl back to relaunch it with another singer but she said: "Danyl fell apart. He could barely speak to us after the band split up, other than to say he'd had a nervous breakdown and been to the doctor.

"He wasn't sure he could carry on being a singer because he was so fed up with being let down by people. He was broken.

"Success as a singer means everything to Danyl. Coming in the bottom two in the X Factor last week will have been shattering. He isn't the cocky, over-confident person he has been portrayed as.

"The truth is he is extremely loving, caring and sensitive, and all he wants is to be a star."

News of the World 2009

Danni's stupid remark about Danyl Johnson

Dannii Minogue has gone completely insane? On X-Factor last night in the UK, she judged performer Danyl Johnson for his alleged sexuality instead of his performance.

Danyl sang the Jennifer Hudson ‘Dreamgirls’ show tune ‘And I Am Telling You’. Dannii’s completely inappropriate comment referred to the gender change to the lyric. “Changing a girls song into a guys song but if we are to believe everything we read in the paper maybe you didn’t need to change the gender reference in it,” she said.

Simon Cowell was gobsmacked. “What did you say? What did you say? What did you say’, he fumed to which Dannii then foolishly repeated her out of place statement.

The audience went quiet, she turned to them and said, “no, don’t believe it”.

Is this the same Dannii Minogue, sister to superstar gay icon Kylie Minogue or some mutant that stole her image and took her place on the show?

Dannii Minogue’s comment was disgraceful and below the belt. She is an embarrassment to the Minogue family name. She should be dropped from the show.

She is yet to apologize for his medieval remark.

X factor Danyl has already won a National Singing Competition

No wonder X Factor favourite Danyl Johnson blew the judges away in Saturday night's auditions - he's had plenty of practice.

The 27-year-old singer wowed the audience with his version of The Beatles' hit, A Little Help from My Friends. But as these photos show, the Reading sensation has already starred in three bands and even won a national karaoke competition.

Danyl, a graduate of Reading stage summer-school Starmaker, has long held dreams of becoming a singer. When his first boyband, Upfrunt, broke up the teacher joined his second, Streetlevel, with Dean Brindley, Adam Harris and Steven Blackie.

Former bandmate Dean told the Mirror yesterday: "We had an amazing time. Dan's goodlooking and will do wel

Danyl Johnson X Factor

X Factor favourite Danyl Johnson has revealed he not only fancies Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole... but also has the hots for Simon Cowell.

The 27-year-old dance and drama teacher gave the two girl judges a cheeky wink during his mind-blowing performance in last night’s live show.

But he said he’s a “free spirit” who dates women AND men, admitting that he thinks all the judges are good-looking...even Louis Walsh.

He said: “I don’t like to conform or be put into one box or another and if I’m honest all the judges are good-looking. If I like someone’s personality it doesn’t really matter what they look like or what sex they are.

“Dannii and Cheryl are both beautiful and I’m a bit cheeky, so I played up to them a bit during the performance to get them on my side.

“I suppose if I had to choose, I’d prefer Dannii because she’s got a great personality. I reckon you could have a good night out with her – she’d be up for dancing and a laugh. I would love to have her as my mentor so I could get to know her a bit better.”

Bisexual Danyl’s stunning rendition of Joe Cocker’s version of With A Little Help From My Friends wowed an estimated 10million viewers last night – making him an early favourite to win the show.

Simon, 49, described it as the best audition he’d ever seen. He added: “I think he could be one of the best contestants we have ever had.”

Louis, 57, was equally impressed, saying: “The kids at your school will be very proud. Thank God you came in.” And Cheryl told him: “You’re a natural performer. I’d take you in my category any day.”

Amazingly, Danyl didn’t even plan his show-stopping audition in front of 2,000 screaming fans at London’s O2 arena. He said: “I just couldn’t believe the reaction I got from the judges. I didn’t know whether they were going to let me do that song, it could have been one of three.

“I decided to jump around a bit and got carried away because the audience got carried away, I was just feeding off them. I’m glad they liked me because if they hadn’t it would have been horrible.”

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After Simon’s glowing comments, Danyl, of Reading, Berks, seems a shoe-in for the finals. But he said he refuses to take anything for granted.

He has already made out all his timetables for the new term, assuming he will be going back to work after the summer holidays. Danyl said: “Of course, I believe I can win the show, but I just want to take it one stage at a time and not get ahead of myself.”

He is currently single, describing himself as “a rubbish boyfriend”, and is determined not to let anything distract him from the competition... including love.

“I haven’t been in a relationship for about a year, but if I was I’m sure the pressure of all this would be enough to end it because it’s so daunting,” he said. “I have to concentrate 100 per cent on this, especially after what Simon said.

“I’m 27 so it’s not like this is my last chance, but at the same time it’s pretty close to it. I don’t want anything to get in the way and there is plenty of time to meet the person of my dreams.

“If I’m being honest I’m a pretty rubbish boyfriend anyway. What with teaching and playing gigs, I’m so busy.”

He didn’t tell anyone he had gone for an X Factor audition – but had to let his mum know after thieves broke into his car while he was singing and he was forced to ring her for a lift home from London.

He said: “I’d parked in South London and got the Tube up to the auditions. I was up there for about 14 hours and when I got back to the car someone had smashed the window and stolen my sat nav. They had also flicked the headlights on and the battery had run flat.”

Danyl has appeared in two boy bands during his teenage years and currently sings with a friend who plays guitar.

He said: “We play in a lot of pubs and bars on open mic nights and things like that. You usually get to play only two songs and then go home. We’ve gone as far as Liverpool to play just two songs.”

Daily Mirror 2009