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	Joey Fatone on NBC's "The Singing Bee"

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America's dancing dynamo and former *NSYNC star Joey Fatone ("Dancing with the Stars") hosts NBC's ultimate sing-along, variety game show "The Singing Bee."

Most recently,

Joey Fatone

was seen competing on Season 4 of the hit series "Dancing with the Stars," in which he and his professional partner Kym Johnson placed second.

Joey Fatone

is also currently participating in the national "Dancing with the Stars" tour.

Joey Fatone

grew up in a family of performers. Born Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr., his father Joe Sr., sang in the Brooklyn doo-wop group, the Orions.

Joey Fatone

was always performing and in his first acting gig at age seven he starred with Robert De Niro in the feature film "Once Upon a Time in America."

Joey Fatone

recently completed the feature film "Homie Spumoni" with Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Faison (NBC's "Scrubs") and Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

Joey Fatone

's other film credits include "The Cooler," alongside Alec Baldwin (NBC's "30 Rock") and William H. Macy, and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which became the fifth-highest grossing film of 2002 in North America.

In 2005,

Joey Fatone

's pilot of the Cartoon Networks' "Robot Chicken" aired and has since become a top-rated show on that channel.

Joey Fatone

has also recorded a number of character voices on hit Disney Channel shows such as "Jo Jo's Circus" and "Higgly Town Heroes."

In 2004,

Joey Fatone

starred as Seymour in the Broadway musical "Little Shop of Horrors."

Joey Fatone

's other Broadway credits include the role of Mark Cohen in the hit Broadway musical "Rent."

When

Joey Fatone

was 17, he got a job as the Wolfman at Universal Studios in the Beetlejuice Graveyard Revue. While there,

Joey Fatone

met another theme park performer, Chris Kirkpatrick, who led to his joining the group *NSYNC. Before long, *NSYNC was the hottest act in Europe and the U.S.

In 1998, *NSYNC released their self-titled debut album. The album went on to sell over 10 million copies, and they won an American Music Award for favorite new artist (pop/rock). Next, they released a seasonal album called "Home for Christmas," which also went multi-platinum. In 1999, the band signed a new record deal with Jive records. Their album "No Strings Attached" sold 1 million copies in its first day of sales and 2.4 million for the first week (a record that still stands today).

Joey Fatone

and his wife, Kelly, currently reside in Orlando with their daughter, Brianna.

Joey Fatone

remains actively involved with his charity, The Family Fatone Foundation, and works on different movie and television projects.

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JOEY FATONE: NEWS

	4/23/08	NBC's "Celebrity Circus" Hits the High Wire with All-Star Cast to Compete in Death Defying Circus Acts Hosted by Joey Fatone to Premiere on Wednesday, June 11 (9:30-11 p.m. Et) — Antonio Sabato Jr., Blu Cantrell, Christopher Knight, Janet Evans, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna and Rachel Hunter are named the show's participants. Read more...

	8/21/07	TV Guide Network Signs Joey Fatone to Co-host Its Signature Red Carpet Specials — Fatone will share hosting duties with TV actress and fashion entrepreneur, Lisa Rinna, who signed an exclusive deal with TV Guide Network in April. Read more...