British boy band Blue are on course for their fourth Number 1 album, and first in almost 23 years, with Reflections.

The group’s seventh LP would be Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Simon Webbe and Antony Costa’s first chart-topper success since 2003’s Guilty. Can they hit those heights again over two decades on from their last?

Blue on course for first Number 1 since 2003 with Reflections

Costa was a contestant on the 2005 series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and was evicted from the programme on 3 December 2005 after fourteen days.

He released his debut solo single, “Do You Ever Think of Me”, in February 2006. The single made its debut and peaked at #19 on the UK Singles Chart. Costa worked on the song with songwriter John McLaughlin and performed live with Scottish session musician Paul Boyd.

He went on to compete in the 2006 Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up programme to find a competitor to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, but did not win the honour, with “It’s a Beautiful Thing”.

In June 2006, Costa posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine’s “10 Years of Naked Male Centrefolds”, alongside other stars including singer Ronan Keating, actor Danny Dyer, Labour MP Jim Devine, and TV presenter Craig Doyle.

Costa’s debut album, Heart Full of Soul, was released on 3 July 2006, only in Japan, by his record label, Globe Records.

From 10 April 2006, Costa played the lead role of Mickey Johnstone in the London production of the long-running musical Blood Brothers, directed and produced by Bill Kenwright; his contract ran to February 2007. From March, Costa toured the UK in the tenth anniversary tour of Boogie Nights.

Costa had his first solo UK tour in February and March 2008, performing songs from his debut album. His UK tour had eighteen dates, which started on 16 February 2008 at The Brindley in Runcorn, and finished on 26 March 2008 in Barrow in Furness.

He modelled for Giorgio Armani in late 2008.

Costa has appeared twice on the BBC pop quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2006 and 2008.

He played Jack in the 2009/2010 pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, in Ipswich. He toured with the production Popstar: The Musical, playing the part of Cal between April and July 2010, at a series of theatres across the UK.

Costa took part in a celebrity version of the TV show Total Wipeout which aired on 18 September 2010.

Anthony appeared as Niko in Mamma Mia, the party.