Jude Bellingham Follows Cristiano Ronaldo in Launching YouTube Channel, Announces ‘Out of the Floodlights’ Show

Jude Bellingham took to social media to announce that he has joined YouTube and will be relasing a documentary series title ‘Out of the Floodlights’.

The show will have behind-the-scenes footage from his life from the past year since joining Real Madrid as well as his stint with the England Lions at EURO. The series will premiere on September 12th, with new episodes released weekly.

“Hi everyone, I’ve been recording behind the scenes footage of my journey throughout the last year. Now, I’m finally ready to share my life ‘Out of the Floodlights’ with you all. Starting 12th September, I’ll post four weekly episodes on my new YouTube channel: ‘JudeBellingham’,” Bellingham posted on X.

Adding: “They’re accessible anytime and free to watch.I hope you enjoy them and don’t forget to subscribe. Link is in my Bio! Jude.”

The Englishman also posted a trailer of the show on his YoTube channel.

Bellingham follows in the footsteps of Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who recently launched his own YouTube channel and shatterd mutlitple records in due coruse as he had hundreds of thousands of subscribers signed up within a couple of hours.

The 39-year-old five-times Ballon D’Or winner plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.

“The wait is over. My @YouTube channel is finally here! SIUUUbscribe and join me on this new journey,” Ronaldo had posted on his social media accounts.

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Bellingham gets Ballon d’Or nomination, but no Messi or Ronaldo

For the first time since 2003 neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi have been included in the nominees for the men’s Ballon d’Or award, which were announced on Wednesday, with England’s Jude Bellingham among the 30 players named.

Portugal’s Ronaldo, who has won the award five times, also failed to receive a nomination last year, while Messi, who won for a record eighth time in 2023 and has been nominated 16 times, misses out despite Argentina’s Copa America win this year.

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Spain, winners of Euro 2024, have six players nominated including 17-year-old Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal, along with Nico Williams, Alejandro Grimaldo, Dani Olmo, Rodri and Dani Carvajal who also won the Champions League with Real Madrid.

Real have a total of seven players nominated, including Kylian Mbappe who recently signed from Paris St Germain, with Bellingham and Brazil’s Vinicius Junior among the Spanish club’s other nominees.

England, runners-up to Spain at Euro 2024 have five other nominees apart from Bellingham: Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden.

(With inputs from Agencies)