Tears For Fears

Tears For Fears

Information
Age	23
Sex	Male
Act	80's Duo
Seasons	BC
Position Reached	Preliminaries

Tears For Fears was an 80's Duo act from FantasyAGT: Battle of the Champions. They were eliminated in the Preliminaries.

Background[]

Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the new wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into mainstream rock and pop, which led to international chart success. They were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US.

Their debut album, The Hurting, released in 1983, reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, while their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, released in 1985, reached number one on the US Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the UK and the US. Their second album contained two Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"', the latter winning the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986.

Smith and Orzabal parted company in 1991, after the release of their third platinum-selling album The Seeds of Love (1989). Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name, essentially working as a solo artist under the band's trademark for the next several years. Tears for Fears released two charting albums and several singles during the period 1992–96, including three singles which made the UK top 40. By the end of the decade, Tears for Fears was no longer an active entity, and Orzabal soon after began releasing material under his own name.

The Orzabal/Smith duo re-formed as Tears for Fears in 2000 and eventually released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, in 2004. Since 2013, the duo have been working on their seventh album. Tears for Fears have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. [1]

Preliminary[]

Tears for Fears' preliminary performance in Episode BC04 consisted of singing their song "Shout." Mike, Saf and Pennies gave the duo standing ovations. Their performance was not strong enough for the judges to send them to Judge Cuts instead of Ndlovu Youth Choir.