As of the time of writing (October 2005), only Lemar has made a successful career from the show. (He was also the only one of the six acts that were given record contracts at the end of the series not to sign to Mercury - he signed for Sony). Of the others, David Sneddon, the winner, decided to concentrate on being a writer after realising that being a pop star wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Sinead and Malachi have, I believe, a decent following in Northern Ireland, and the undeniably talented Marli Buck, when I saw her last in early 2005 was still optimistic about her career. As for Ainslie Henderson - without doubt the most charismatic and gifted of all the "students"; I hope to hear something in the future, but I'm not holding my breath.

This was an arena tour encompassing the usual succession of characterless caverns - usually one night in each, although we managed to sell two nights at Wembley, all be it with the second night being substantially cut down. Socially the tour benefited massively from a lack of egos - no-one from the show (well, almost no-one) thought that being on a voyeuristic telly show for a few weeks automatically made them a star, nor were they the holders of the purse strings - when your employers are also the act it is rarely a recipe for stress-free man-management.



Technical Information
These pictures were taken with a Olympus CZ5050 - an excellent little 5MP consumer digital camera with professional features. Some editing on Photoshop.

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