This is an accepted version of this page Daniel John Bedingfield (born 3 December 1979) is a New Zealand-British singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.

He then moved to the Universal Music subsidiary label Polydor Records to release his second album, Second First Impression, which reached number 8 in the UK.

In December 2010, Bedingfield spent a month in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he wrote and recorded a song with a local freak folk band, The Raw Men Empire.

He concluded his visit with a Tel Aviv gig, hosting Uzi Feinerman, The Raw Men Empire and a variety of other Israeli musicians.

The EP was followed by the release of "Secret Fear" as a single, the video features adult scenes and has gone on to win several awards.

On 21 December 2012, Bedingfield took up a role as a judge for the first New Zealand series of The X Factor joining Stan Walker, Melanie Blatt and Ruby Frost.

[12] In August 2013, Bedingfield was a judge on the one-off television special X Factor Around the World, alongside Paula Abdul, Louis Walsh, Anggun and Ahmad Dhani.

[14][15] Bedingfield co-wrote "I Wanna Feel" by SecondCity, which debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 1 June 2014 and stayed in the top 20 for the next six weeks.

He spent time working in the studio with K-pop group Spica,[17] including co-producing their first English language single "I Did It".

[18] In 2015, he co-wrote the song "Testify" which was included on The X Factor UK 2014 winner Ben Haenow's self-titled debut studio album.