Hi Lena, Harry, Paul and everyone,
Paul, I agree with you about Lemar. He is very good and long many he make good music. Fame Academy was actually quite good as the show tried to nurture the artists taking part and not put them down all the time!
Robert, Thank you for putting me right about Will Young!
I should have remembered that he took part in Pop Idol and not X Factor.
How could I have forgotten about that other quality talent show!
Last year, we saw a documentary type of show which showed everyone what went on behind the scenes of a cruise liner!
You should have seen the state of the kitchens

If I were to go on this ship then I think that I would probably take several packed lunches with me!
Cutting a very long story short, during the evening the passengers were filmed enjoying, (They didn't really look that happy!) a night of music in the main bar.
The singer entertaining everyone was Rik Waller!
I think that he took part in Pop Idol a few years ago. ( if I am wrong then I'm sure Robert will let us know!)
They filmed Rik before his show in the evening. He said that he did a lot
of the liners as that was where the money was and he admitted that taking part in Pop Idol didn't really help him as he wanted to be like Will Young, with a record contract and a UK fan base.
He did his set and then afterwards he left to sit in the bar by himself as the other passengers didn't really want to talk to him which seemed quite sad really. Even when he was on stage, I don't think that the audience really cared who he was or what he was singing as they were talking all the time!
Maybe this is where a lot of the other artists end up.
I think that those taking part in this years X Factor could go the same way and their dreams could be shattered as not all of them will have the record contract that they dreamed about!
On a much brighter note, Desmond Carrington played Matt last night on his Radio 2 show. We heard the Beatles classic, "All my lovin'" which was nice. Desmond went on to tell everyone about Matt's earlier recording career.
