The BoyzLife star and his actor son Jay signed up for Uncharted with Ray Goggins, and Keith says it will be entertaining television for RTÉ viewers as they nearly died while filming
Keith Duffy and Jay Duffy at the Keith Duffy Foundation annual charity Golf Classic(Image: Brian McEvoy)
Keith Duffy has revealed he and son Jay “nearly died” more than once while filming a new show for RTÉ.
The Boyzone singer and his actor son were two of the celebrities who took part in the latest series of Uncharted with Ray Goggins.
The show sees the former special forces soldier take well-known Irish faces on extreme outdoor expeditions through some of the most remote and unforgiving environments on Earth, to push their limits and spark real personal growth.
Keith and Jay will feature on an upcoming episode, which the ex Coronation Street star described as “nail biting” TV.
The father and son travelled to Uganda to climb Mount Stanley, which turned out to be a frightening experience.
Speaking on behalf of Zingo Bingo, Keith told RSVP Live: “Myself and Jay are part of a show called Uncharted on RTÉ, and I think our episode is coming out in the next few weeks.
“That’s going to be entertaining television, let me tell you, because we nearly died on a couple of occasions on that mountain.
“We climbed Mount Stanley in Uganda, and got hit by a very bad snowstorm when we were at 4800 metres.
“It was desperate; a very tough challenge and a very tough experience.
“It’ll be nail biting television and that’ll be out in a few weeks. I think it will be something very interesting for the Irish audience.”
Keith will reunite with Boyzone bandmates Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham for two final shows together at the Emirates Stadium in London next month.
And while Boyzone as we know it will be calling it a day this summer, Keith feels very lucky to continue the band’s legacy with ex Westlife star Brian McFadden for pop supergroup BoyzLife.
“I’m very, very lucky that the shows I do day-to-day with Brian McFadden in BoyzLife keep me extremely busy,” he said.
“We do between 130 and 160 shows a year and we have been doing that now for ten years, apart from Covid, which was a bit of a disaster.
“The brand of BoyzLife has just grown so big now, unfortunately not as much in Ireland, but such is life.”
But the Dubliner concedes he wouldn’t be where he is without the chart-topping ‘90s boyband.
He said: “What I’m doing now is very fulfilling for me, but at the same time, I started off in a band called Boyzone.
“I spent my whole career with these guys – they’re great friends of mine, they are brothers.
“We are getting the opportunity to come back together for two nights on a massive stage in London and it’s just going to be a massive celebration.”
Keith is feeling some nerves but is confident he and his bandmates will slip back into the old days of Boyzone in no time, while remembering their late friend Stephen Gately.
He said: “I’m not going to lie, I’m a little bit apprehensive. I’m a little bit nervous.
“We haven’t been together on stage in I think 8 or 9 years, so it’ll be a little bit strange.
“But all of that will subside once we have two or three days in rehearsals, which we start next week, and once we get into rehearsals we’ll fit back into where we belong.
“We’ll reminisce with each other and have a laugh. There might be a couple of tears, a couple of emotions – we’ll talk about Stephen no doubt.
“We’ll put a great show together and hopefully everybody will love what we do.”
Keith was speaking to RSVP Live on behalf of Zingo Bingo, who offer several retro, nostalgic and music-themed bingo rooms.
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