Joey Fatone

**Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr.** (born January 28, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, actor, and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband NSYNC, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reality show _Dancing with the Stars_. He was the host of the U.S. and Australian versions of _The Singing Bee_, which aired on NBC in the U.S. Fatone was also the announcer for the game show _Family Feud_ from 2010 to 2015. Fatone previously hosted on Food Network's _Rewrapped_, Live Well Network's _My Family Recipe Rocks_, and _The Price Is Right Live!_ at Bally's Las Vegas.

## Early life and education

Fatone was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Joe and Phyllis Fatone. He has a brother, Steven, and a sister, Janine, and was raised at 2140 84th Street in the Bensonhurst neighborhood, His father had sung in a doo-wop group called the Orions. At 13, he moved with his family to Orlando, Florida, where he attended a Dr. Phillips High School.

### NSYNC (1995-2002)

In the summer of 1995, after befriending Chris Kirkpatrick, a fellow Universal Studios stage performer who was singing in a doo-wop group, he became the fourth member of NSYNC, along with Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez. Then Lance Bass was added to the group that would become NSYNC. In 2001, Fatone co-starred with *NSYNC bandmate Lance Bass in the Miramax film _On the Line_, he guest starred with NSYNC on a 2001 episode of _The Simpsons_ episode New Kids on the Blecch, and also did voice work with Bass on the same episodes of Disney's _Kim Possible_ and Adult Swim's _Robot Chicken_.

### Post-NSYNC career (2002-present)

Fatone co-starred in the 2002 dramatic comedy motion picture _My Big Fat Greek Wedding_ as Toula's cousin Angelo, appeared in the show _My Big Fat Greek Life_, and reprised the role again in the 2016 sequel _My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2_.

Fatone hosted NBC's _The Singing Bee_ as well as the Australian version of the show on Nine Network. On August 21, 2007, it was announced that Fatone, along with Lisa Rinna, would replace Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers as hosts of TV Guide's red carpet pre-shows for the 2007–2008 season. His hosting duties with TV Guide continued for the 2008–2009 season.

In the twelfth season of _Family Feud_ in 2010, Fatone became the announcer with Steve Harvey as the host for that season.

In January 2012, he was one of eight celebrities participating in the Food Network reality series _Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off_. In 6 weeks he was eliminated, but he won $5,000 for his charity, the Fatone Family Foundation. He also hosted the Las Vegas show _The Price Is Right Live!_ at Bally's Las Vegas, as a celebrity guest host.

On August 25, 2013, the members of NSYNC regrouped for a one-off performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. They performed a medley of "Girlfriend" and "Bye Bye Bye." After the performance, Lance Bass said that the group does not have plans at the moment for a reunion tour or new music.

In February 2014, he made a guest appearance on the hidden camera show _Impractical Jokers_, standing in for one of the show's stars, Brian Quinn, during a challenge.

In April 2014, Fatone began hosting the Food Network cooking competition _Rewrapped_, where chefs must try to recreate classic snack foods, then create new dishes using said snack food.

In August 2014, Fatone hosted the family reality series _Parents Just Don't Understand_, seen on the Hub Network, which was later rebranded as Discovery Family.

In 2015, Fatone made a couple of appearances as himself in _The Jack and Triumph Show._

In November 2016, Fatone made another appearance on _Impractical Jokers_ for the Nitro Circus Spectacular episode.

Fatone is the host of _Common Knowledge_, a game show which premiered on January 14, 2019 on the Game Show Network. He also appeared as the Rabbit in the singing competition show _The Masked Singer_.

### _Dancing with the Stars_

On February 1, 2007, the ABC television network announced that Fatone would participate in season 4 of the American version of _Dancing with the Stars_, which debuted March 19, 2007. He ended up placing second, losing the mirror ball to Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough. He competed with professional partner Kym Johnson. Fatone participated in the 15th season of _Dancing with the Stars_ for a second chance to win a mirror ball trophy, again dancing with Kym Johnson. They were the second couple eliminated. He later returned in season 27 during Trio Week as a trio partner to John Schneider and Emma Slater.

## Personal life

On September 9, 2004, Fatone married his high-school sweetheart, Kelly Baldwin, at Oheka Castle on Long Island, New York, in a ceremony was attended by all his bandmates. They split in 2014 and divorced in 2019. He has been dating Brazilian born Izabel Araujo since 2014. Fatone and his ex-wife have two daughters: Briahna Joely, born March 21, 2001, and Kloey Alexandria,  born January 11, 2010. Fatone's best friend, Lance Bass, is their godfather.

### NSYNC

- _*NSYNC_ (1998)
- _No Strings Attached_ (2000)
- _Celebrity_ (2001)

## Stage work

- _Rent_ – Mark Cohen (2002)
- _Little Shop of Horrors_ – Seymour Krelborn (2004)
- _The Producers_ – Franz Liebkind (2010)
- _42nd Street_ – Bert Barry (2013)
- _Rock of Ages_ -The Palazzo, Las Vegas (2015)

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_Longshot_|Pizza Chef|
|2001|_On The Line_|Rod|
|2002|_My Big Fat Greek Wedding_|Angelo|
|2003|_The Cooler_|Johnny Cappella|
|2006|_Homie Spumoni_|Buddy|
|2016|_My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2_|Angelo|
|2016|_Dead 7_|Whiskey Joe|
|2016|_Izzie's Way Home_|Carl|

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2003|_My Big Fat Greek Life_|Angelo|Episode: "The Empire Strikes Back"|
|2006|_Shorty McShorts' Shorts_|Ricky|3 episodes|
|2008|_Hannah Montana_|Joey Vitolo|Episode: "Bye Bye Ball"|
|2014, 2016, 2017|_Impractical Jokers_|Himself|3 episodes|
|2017|_Celebrity Family Feud_|Himself|Episode: "Boy Band vs. Girl Group"|
|2017–present|_Impractical Jokers: After Party_|Himself (host)||
|2019|_The Masked Singer_|Rabbit/Himself||
|2019|_Common Knowledge_|Himself (host)||

## Other websites

- Joey Fatone at TVGuide.com
- Exclusive Radio Interview

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Joey Fatone
- **background**: solo_singer
- **image**: Raleigh Supercon 2018 Joey Fatone Q&A 06 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Fatone at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009
- **birth name**: Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr.
- **birth place**: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **origin**: Orlando, Florida, USA
- **genre**: Pop music, Pop
- **occupation**: Singer, Celebrity, Television Personality, Dancer
- **instrument**: Vocals, drum kit, drums, percussion
- **years active**: 1992–present
- **associated acts**: NSYNC
- **past member of**: NSYNC