He is best known for being the former fiancé of Vanessa Feltz and for his media appearances arising from this – although he had some success as a vocalist, having sung on ten UK Singles Chart entries as part of Benz, Phats & Small, and Intenso Project; a solo single, "Your Love", charted at No.
Benedict Spencer Ofoedu[1] (/oʊfeɪduː/)[2] was born in Hong Kong and moved to the United Kingdom with his family when he was two years old.
[6] In 1999 he became the singer of Phats & Small[7] after they found they needed a frontman for their hit single Turn Around,[8] which peaked at No.
[11] In 2001, he joined REDhill, whose other members were Mark Brightman, Rodney Williams, and Shane Lynch; they were never signed, and disbanded in 2002.
Ofoedu, Brightman, Williams, and Tony Thompson would later form Four Story in late 2003,[12] who with "Hand on My Heart" appeared on Making Your Mind Up with the intention of representing the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest; they came fifth.
[15] On 13 April 2018, he featured on the Power of Muzik's "Bruised",[16] a charity single which raised money for Barnardo's[17] and which also featured All Together Now winner Michael Rice,[18] Asher Knight, Angels N Bandits, and Luena Martinez,[16] who would later win The X Factor: The Band as part of RLY.
[33] They also appeared on All Star Mr & Mrs in July 2014,[34] and on Celebrity Big Brother's "Bit On the Side" as panel members on 1 September 2014.
[37] He was engaged to television and radio presenter Vanessa Feltz between 2006[38] and 2023;[39] the pair did not marry due to Feltz's previous bad experiences with marriage (her previous husband had cheated on her),[40] and they split up due to Ofoedu also cheating on her.