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X Factor star Frankie Cocozza unrecognisable as he moves to Australia and becomes a dad
X FACTOR wild child Frankie Cocozza delivered a rare dose of scandal to the squeaky-clean show when he appeared more than a decade ago.
But now the 29-year-old singer - who claimed to have slept with hundreds of women and was kicked off for discussing cocaine - is all but unrecognisable.
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He's chopped back his famously shaggy hair, become a dad and settled down in Australia.
Frankie, who had the names of no fewer than seven former conquests tattooed on his bum, is even now a doting husband.
He and stunning Bianca, who married in 2018, often post pictures of their life in Sydney or on the beaches of Australia's Sunshine Coast.
The star posted a shot of them together on New Year's Day this year as he posed in a Burberry shirt holding a cigarette.
He wrote: "Happy New year from the Cocozza’s to you. Have a blinder, it won’t get worse xxxxx."
In 2019 the couple welcomed a son, also called Frankie Cocozza, who has the same long haircut that became his dad's signature look.
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The singer heralded the lad's birth saying: "You're in for one hell of a ride son. You'll be absolutely fine because you're half your mother."
However, one thing that hasn't changed is Frankie's love of music, with the star fronting pop-rock band The Telescreen after The X Factor.
He also formed a band in Australia called Monday Moon and began performing with them.
Back in the UK, Frankie, who comes from Brighton, had a brief but lucrative career in reality TV.
He was booted off X Factor for breaking competition rules and was replaced by Amelia Lily who went on to be eliminated in the first live shows.
In 2012, he came second in Celebrity Big Brother, losing to Denise Welch, and would rack up around £4,000 per club appearance, along with money from magazine deals.
But despite getting a reported £30,000 to star on CBB, his £200,000 fortune quickly diminished and at one stage he was left with just £5 in the bank.
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