Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne, Jr. (born 9 October 1978) is an Irish singer-songwriter, radio and TV presenter, dancer, and former semi-professional
footballer, best known for being a member of Irish music band
Westlife; he was the band's oldest member. Before his music career, he played professional football, representing
Republic of Ireland at several junior levels. Since then he has had a successful TV presenting career. His wife Georgina is the daughter of former
Taoiseach,
Bertie Ahern, and they have twin sons called Rocco Bertie Byrne and Jay Nicky Byrne and a daughter called Gia. On 7 September 2012, it was announced that Byrne would be a contestant for the
tenth series of
Strictly Come Dancing. He was the ninth contestant to be eliminated. He was ranked number two on
Ireland's Sexiest Man of 2014. He will represent
Ireland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in
Stockholm with the song, "
Sunlight" after RTÉ had internally chosen him.