The Pop Idol comes out. (the Buzz).Cross Survivor with Popstars and you've got Pop Idol This article is about the British television series. For general popular culture icons, see pop icon. Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on October 5 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer, , the latest British pop cultural phenomenon (coming soon to Fox). The ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). reality series winnowed down 10,000 hopefuls belting out tunes to one lucky singer voted on by viewers. The winner? Will Young, a 23-year-old arts student who said his idol is George Michael
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: and that his idea of the perfect date would be "tea with the queen." No one seemed to blink an eye when Young came out--making him the latest teen idol ? Who are "teen idols?" Teen idols are usually actors or pop singers, but some sports figures have had an appeal to teenagers. The term encapsulates both some of the greatest performers of all time and some of the most inconsequential. after Boyzone's Stephen Gately to say he's gay. "I'm sure this will not come as a surprise to many people, although I've always been discreet and I'm not a campaigner when it comes to my sexuality," Young told the News of the World. "For me, it's normal and nothing to be ashamed about." Released February 25, Young's debut single "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen" (not the Barbra Streisand song) became the fastest-selling U.K. single of all time--hitting number 1 and moving 1.1 million copies its first week, beating the old record of 750,000 copies set by Band Aid's all-star charity single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Young performed his hit on the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. chart show Top of the Pops soon after his coming-out, with plenty of adoring female fans screaming along. |
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