Russ and his pop group Scooch represented the UK at the 2007 Eurovision Song
Contest in Finland. He wrote the song ‘Flying The Flag (For You)’, signed to Warner Bros and stormed the UK charts reaching number five.
Originally formed in 1999, Scooch signed to EMI and gained four top twenty hits including their other top five single ‘More Than I Needed to Know’ all culminating in the album ‘Four Sure’. Worldwide Scooch scored number one singles in Japan and Australia.
Russ is a successful television presenter, most recently as host of the popular
gameshow Make Your Play on ITV1. Other presenting credits include Generation X
for the BBC, Glitterball for ITV1, The Disney Channel, MTV Select, The Sci-Fi
Channel and The Great Big British Quiz on Five. Russ also starred in the
cult-hit Channel 4 and E4 series Boys Will Be Girls trying to pass himself off
as a woman! The series has now been shown worldwide and is currently airing in
Holland.
Trained at Laine Theatre Arts, recent theatre work includes the UK National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang playing ‘The Child Catcher’. He created the role of ‘Ricky St Clair’ in the UK Tour of Dave Simpson’s The eXtra Factor, Santa Claus The Musical playing ‘Joe’ at The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham, Principal Singer in The Heat Is On! Live In Concert - Bournemouth, Wayne Sleep’s Explosive Dance and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Birthday Celebration both at The Royal Albert Hall, and a World Tour as Lead
Vocalist with The New Zealand & Hawaii Symphony Orchestras. Numerous pantomime appearances include ‘Prince Charming’ in Cinderella at Poole and Stoke on Trent, Puss in Boots at Windsor and most
recently ‘Prince Richard’ in Snow White at Catford.
2009 has begun with a guest role in the new series of Channel 4’s award winning drama Shameless and continued presenting duties on Five.
