We delve into Blue’s deepest, darkest secrets....
Think you know everything there is to know about Ant, Dunk, Lee and Sy? Well, think again. Here are 101 incredible Blue facts that we bet you haven’t heard...
1 DUNKS SCARED OF LOGS
Dunk had a recurring nightmare when he was a child. “I’d be walking towards a clearing in the woods which had logs all the way around, but I could never get to the middle and logs would roll towards me. It used to terrify me.”
2 SY’S A MUMMYS BOY
Simon last got shouted at by his mum for “spending too much money on Versace.”
3 ANT HAS A PET DOG
Ant didn’t have any pets as a kid, but now has a Shar Pei called Hector. “There are only 1,500 of them in the world,” he gloats.
4 LEE LOVES CLEANING
Lee is an expert in ironing and Hoovering which he sometimes does in his underwear.
5 SIMON FALLS IN LOVE EASILY
Simon falls in love every single day. “I look at girls and think, ‘You could be my wife’”. Sigh.
6 ANT’S VERY PHILOSOPHICAL
Ant’s motto for life? “If things don’t change, they stay as they are.” Er, really?
7 DUNKS A ROMANTIC
Dunk reckons romance isn’t all about hearts and flowers. “Having fun and getting on together is the most romantic thing.”
8 SIMON IS, ER, SPECIAL
Simon had a special table at school. “When we were in the fifth year, my friend Darren Archer and I had our own table that not even teachers would sit on.”
9 LEE PICKS HIS NOSE
Lee’s mum always used to tell him for picking his nose. “I don’t do it in company any more. I go into the corner of the room now.”
10 LEE LOVES BLUE’S MUSIC
Lee says the day he gets sick of singing Blue’s brilliant songs is “the day I quit.”
11 ANT CRIES AT CARTOONS
Ant cried while watching Disney film The Ice Age. “I had a lump in my throat.”
12 DUNKS WANTS TO GO TRAVELLING
When Blue break up (which won’t be anytime soon), Dunk is planning to take a year off and travel around the world.
13 SY DREAMS OF HIS WEDDING DAY
Simon wants his future wife to choose what kind of wedding they have. “I want it to be her day. I want her to decide everything because marriage is every girl’s dream.”
14 LEE HAS NICE WALLPAPER
Lee wasn’t allowed any posters when he was young because he had nice wallpaper
15 ANT’S CAREFREE
Ant says that he “lives with no regrets.”
16 LEE ONCE BROKE A STRANGE MAN’S NOSE
The last time Lee had a fight was outside the Pop Bar in central London. “I was having a row with my girlfriend of the time. Some bloke started telling me to leave her alone so I punched him. I think I broke his nose.”
17 SY LIKES VANILLA ICE
The first album Simon even bought was dodgy ‘80s pop star Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby
18 DUNK’S TEEN YEARS CHANGED HIM FOREVER
Dunk reckons on moment in his teens changed his life. “I was 13 and my mum moved me from Dorset to Devon. It was a new life for me. “It was very difficult but I think it made me stronger.”
19 SY MISSES SNOOPY
Simon was furious when one of his ex-girlfriends thew away a cuddly Snoopy he’d had since he was a baby.
20 ANT’S NOT A TECHY-WHIZZ
Ant can’t work his washing machine.
21 DUNK LIKES TO PARTY WITH HIS MUM
Duncan’s favourite party ever was Ant’s 21st birthday. “He had a marquee and my mate Rich DJ’d. My mum came too - it was wicked.”
22 ANT’S A BIT HAIRY
The thing Ant would like to change about himself is his hairy chest.
23 ANT LIKES KISSING IN THE RAIN
Ant’s best ever kiss took place when he was standing outside his girlfriends house in the rain. “It was proper passionate,” he smiles.
24 LEE’S VERY FIRST WORD WAS “YUK”
Lee’s first ever word was “yuk”. My mum gave me a cheese soufflé and I screwed my face up and went “yuk.”
25 DUNK GIVES HIS CLOTHES TO CHARITY
Dunk recently cleared out his wardrobe and gave lots of clothes to a charity shop.
26 SIMON WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN
Simon is a firm believer in life after death. “Ever since I was a kid I’ve believed in heaven and hell.”
27 LEE ASKED BILLIE OUT
Bille Evans (Piper) turned down Lee’s offer of a date when they were at Sylvia Young’s theatre school together.
28 ANT LIKES TO ROW WITH HIS BRO
Ant and his brother Louis argue most about what to watch on TV.
29 SIMON PRAYS EVERY DAY
Every night before he goes to sleep, Simon thanks God for “being alive, and for giving me what I’ve got.”
30 LEE HATES HIS OLD HAIR
Lee says, “The surfboard hairdo I had for the All Rise video looked terrible. Why else do you think I shaved my head?”
31 ANT CAN’T COOK
Ant is a rubbish cook but says, “I can do a good barbecue. I did one during the summer and it was wicked.”
32 DUNK USED TO SELL THINGS
Dunk’s least favourite job before getting famous was working in a call centre as a telesalesman.
33 ...AND HE WAS A RED COAT
Dunk also had a few other jobs... “I was a waiter, a barman, I worked in Woolworths, I’ve been a checkout operator in a supermarket, I was a Red Coat, and I was in two other bands.” Phew.
34 ANT USED TO BULLY HIS BABY SISTER
“I sellotaped a shoebox around my sister’s head when she was one. My mum found out and walloped me.”
35 LEE BELIEVES IN ALIENS
“I believe I’m an alien,” Lee admits. “When you think about it, we’re all aliens to aliens, aren’t we?”
36 SIMON ONCE GOT 67 PRESENTS
One Christmas Simon was given a whoppning 67 presents by his family. “I remember counting them one by one!” Must have taken a while.
37 SY LONGS FOR TIME OFF
If Simon could change anything about his life, he would like “three consecutive days off a month.”
38 DUNK LOVES HIS VITAMINS
“I’ve got these vitamins called Juice Plus and apparently Sting uses them.”
39 ANT GOT BARRED FROM A CLUB
Ant got thrown out of a club after a bloke slapped his female friend’s bum. “I was about to smack him when I got thrown out.”
40 DUNK’S AN AWARD WINNER
Duncan got two awards at school, an Outstanding Contribution to Drama award, and an Endeavour Trophy.
41 LEE PUNCHES WALLS
The last time Lee punched a wall was “when I saw an advert about starvation. All these kids are dying - it’s so wrong.”
42 LEE’S ACCIDENT PRONE
Simon says he worries about Lee having accidents, but insistss, “We don’t need to look after him, he’s his own man.”
43 LEE NAMES HIS BABIES
Lee’s already choosing baby names. “I want to name them something to do with the world. Something that’s quite strong.” Planet Earth?
44 ANT DOESN’T FANCY CELEBS
Ant says he would never fancy a girl just because she was famous. “At the end of the day, they’re normal people. Some are pretty, like Lisa Snowdon and Rachel S Club, but I don’t stand a chance.”
45 DUNK HAS BAD HAIR DAYS
“I had a flat-top once that was short at the sides and longer on top.”
46 SY DOESN’T LIKE RUDE GIRLS
Sy thinks Pink is the nastiest girl in pop. “She’s a great singer, but when we met her at the MTV Asia Awards she was so rude to us.”
47 LEES MAKES GIRLS SICK
Lee made the first girl he snogged sick. “I stuck my tongue down her throat too hard.”
48 ANT LIKES CRISPS
“My favourite flavour are smokey bacon.”
49 SY’S LIEK PETER STRINGFELLOW
“When I’m 60 I’ll be making babies.”
50 DUNK’S HAD RUN-INS WITH THE LAW
Duncan has been in trouble with the law twice, once for breaking a window aged 12 and once when he was 17. “This kid ran out into the road and clipped my mirrow. He was alright, but the police had to check I wasn’t drink-driving.”
51 THE BOYS LIKE CRAZY NIGHTS OUT
Sy say’s his craziest night out was with Ant in Tenerife. “Duncan and Lee were sick, so we were going back to look after them. But we went out clubbing instead. When we ame home we weren’t alone...”
52 ANT’S PHONE IN PRECIOUS
“In a fire, I’d save my family and my phone. Oh, and Hector, my dog.”
53 DUNK’S A DOG MAN
“I prefer dogs to cats.”
54 SY LOVES FRIENDS
Simon’s pet hate is missing Friends. “I always forget to watch it and turn the TV on just in time to see the credits. It’s so annoying.”
55 LEE WANTS TO FIND A BRIDE
In ten years time Lee would like to be married with kids. Any volunteers?
56 LEE USED TO BE POSH
“I spoke quite posh when I was growing up in Rainham, but when I went to drama school I started talking like a geezer.”
57 DUNK WANTS TO BE ON THE BIG SCREEN
Duncan’s dream for the future is “to be a a successful actor.”
58 LEE HATES TIES
Lee says he could never do a job where he has to wear a tie.
59 DUNK’S GOT A VERY SWEET TOOTH
Despite being a fully-grown man, Dunk still admits he “loves fizzy cola bottle sweets.”
60 SY LIKES TO SHOP
Shopaholic Sy bought a massive suitcase full of new clothes when he lads were filming in LA.
61 DUNK’S A HOMEOWNER
The most expensive thing Duncan’s ever bought is his brand spanking new house in Hertfordshire. “It cost me a lot of money, but it’s wicked.”
62 ANT MISSES SCHOOL
Ant would like to go back to school because he misses it so much. Er, are you all right Antony?
63 SIMON SPENT £600 ON A GIRL
Simon once bought a girl a watch that cost six hundred pounds
64 ANT’S HERO IS GEORGE MICHAEL
Ant says the one thing he wants to do before he dies is to meet George Michael.
65 DUNK GETS VERY EMBARASSING WHEN HE’S DRUNK
“The first time I got drunk, I really embarassed myself,” he admits. “My mum had to come and pick me up. I was sick and everything.”
66 LEE LOVES TO SING
“When I’m feeling down I sing,” smiles Lee. “It always cheers me up.”
67 DUNK LOVES KYLIE
The first single Dunk ever bought was Kylie Minogue’s I should Be So Lucky
68 DUNK WANTS SOME BROTHERS AND SISTSER
Dunk says, “I used to wish I had a brother or sister. I think all only children do at some point. But you can’t sit around and worry about it.”
69 LEE AND WILL YOUNG WERE IN A BAND TOGETHER
Lee says, “I used to be in a band with Will Young which was put together through a Pop Idol style competition. I haven’t seen him since.”
70 ANT’S NOT A BAD LAD
Ant hates the fact he’s been called “the new bad boy of pop” by the newspapers.
71 DUNK WAS AN ALTAR BOY
“I used to feel like I was acting,” he says. “The congregation were like my audience.”
72 LEE TALKS TO MARILYN MONROE
Lee says film legend Marilyn Monroe means everything to him. “I love her. She’s my girl. I’ve liked her ever since I was young and we talk regularyly.” Er, right.
73 SIMON IDOLISES BUSTA RHYMES
Simon is desperate to chat to Busta Rhymes. “I saw him in a club but I stayed away. I’d love to have a conversation with him.”
74 ANT LOVES BOYBANDS
Ant used to be a massive fan of Take That and East 17
75 DUNCAN WAS IN HIS SCHOOL PLAY
Duncan played Dr Watson in a theatre production of The Young Sherlock Holmes when he was at school.
76 ANT’S IDOL LET HIM DOWN
Ant felt let down when he met one of his musical heroes, Jay Kay from Jamiroquai. “He wasn’t how I expected him. He wasn’t rude, but he just said hello and walked off.”
77 DUNK CUT HIS LIP SNOGGING
Even Dunk has had snogging disasters. “I kissed this girl at school but she had a crooked tooth and it cut my lip. It started bleeding.”
78 LEE SPOILS HIS SISTER
Lee bought his sister a £20,000 car. “She was over the moon but she didn’t cry.” Bless!
79 ANT’S A SUN WORSHIPPER
According to Dunk, “Ant likes a sunbed every now and again.”
80 SY’S BEST FRIEND IS HIS MUM
Who does Sy turn to in times of need? “My mum, every time.”
81 ANT HANGS OUT WITH EASTENDERS
Ant’s best celebrity pals are “Natalie Cassidy and Charlie Brooks from Eastenders, Gary Lucy, and Simon Blue.”
82 DUNK’S NOSE DOESN’T WORK
Poor Dunk can’t breathe through his right nostril properly.
83 SY CRIES AT CHEESY MUSIC
Cheesy ‘80S hits Take My Breath Away by Berlin and The Final Countdown by Europe make Simon cry.
84 DUNK’S NO LADY-KILLER