Lee Otway (born in Barnsley, West Yorkshire, England) is best known for playing the role of David "Bombhead" Burke in the British soap opera Hollyoaks, from 2001 until 2005. He has also appeared in Stars in Their Eyes, Abbamania 2 and was a contestant in the ITV reality singing competition Soapstar Superstar. Barnsley is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, lying on the River Dearne, approximately twenty kilometres north of Sheffield. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Hollyoaks is a British soap opera set in and around the fictional Chester suburb of the same name and filmed mainly at the Mersey Television studios in nearby Liverpool. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars. ... ITV (Independent Television) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the channel has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of the... Soapstar Superstar was a 2006 reality singing comeptition which aired on British television station ITV. In the competition, ten soap opera actors performed in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey. ...

In Hollyoaks, which is set in Chester, but filmed in Liverpool, Lee played Bombhead. He searched high and low for his dad and finally left in 2005 after finding his clown dad and deciding to join the circus with him. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006, The Sun reported that he appeared in various sex videos with models. The tapes have emerged on numerous sites on the internet. ^{[citation needed]} 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up sun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Singing career

Lee has said himself he sees him as a singer rather than an actor. He won as Richard Marx on Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes, and did extremely well in Soapstar Superstar due to his large fanbase with £45,000 being made from his votelines. Lee has said he wouldn't mind having a career as a professional singer, and is considering it, and he has just recently signed a recording deal with Soapstar Superstar judge Billy Sammeth. Richard Marx on the cover of his 1994 album Paid Vacation Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is an adult contemporary singer, songwriter and producer. ... Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars. ... Soapstar Superstar was a 2006 reality singing comeptition which aired on British television station ITV. In the competition, ten soap opera actors performed in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey. ... Soapstar Superstar was a 2006 reality singing comeptition which aired on British television station ITV. In the competition, ten soap opera actors performed in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey. ...

Lee has recently appeared on ITV's Love Island, pursuing a romance with DJ Colleen Shannon, although she did not feel the same way about him. After learning Colleen didn't feel the same way, an angry Lee smashed up a £3,000 microphone and threatened to leave the Island. He was also punched in the ear by Brendon after a difference of opinion whilst travelling in the back of a limousine.