Pop Idol

The music industry has seen the likes of Will Young, Shane Ward, Leona Lewis and even Paul Potts shoot to stardom through talent shows. Now there is a new kid on the block and who is he........ Tim Sills!!!!!!!!!!. After taking victory in last seasons Karaoke, he went home with the 'mike'! 'Sillsy' gained a belief that he too could be the new singing sensation.
OK there's the build up, now for the facts. After sending in a demo Tim was accepted to the auditions for 'Don't forget the Lyrics', the Sky one show hosted by Shane Ritchie. Members of the public are invited to win up to £250,000 by simply remembering the lyrics to some of the best known songs ever written.
At the audition Tim had to sing a song of his choice. Then he was asked to speak about himself for a couple of minutes, he could have blown it here as their was a time limit. There is only so long you can talk about last seasons overhead kick!, great goal though. The song went well, Tim said he belted out a great rendition of Wham's Club Tropicana, then for the charm offensive and then the wait.
And yes I can report that out of thousands of applicants our Tim is down to the last 60, he is literally a cat's whisker away from appearing on the show.
On the show each player is given 9 categories, behind each is two songs. They pick a song and sing along with the band reading the lyrics from a screen. When the band stops and the words disappear you have to carry on filling in the lyrics. The first song is worth £500, the second £1000, the third £2500 and if you get the fourth a guaranteed £5000. Remember 5 more 'Timmy' baby and you are picking up a cool £250,000 and who knows maybe a visit from Simon Cowell!. So sometime soon you may recognise one of the contestants and lots of the audience( Dave start the coach!)on 'Don't Forget The Lyrics'.


CH