[Feefs]

If Zoe gets the support of Britney then she'll probably be OK, but she' was also something of a child star, so had a chance to get used to being a megastar.

Billie on the other hand was taken advantage of IMHO. They saw someone with a look they wanted and it was a fluke that she was actually a good singer. Her rubbish early songs were given loads of support, but in spite of her 3 number ones and several other top 5 hits, she was dropped when she had a single outside the top ten. I remember thinking it was a cracking tune that would see her gain a whole load of new fans (including me), but instead the record company complained that she should have stuck to what she was popular for. Hardly a healthy approach to career development.

Now she's 19 and doesn't seem to be in a rush to get back into showbusiness. I'll admit the death threats and the court case didn't help much. Then there's the whole Chris Evans thing, which isn't worth going into. She's hardly badly off, but she seems to have gone straight from child to full adult bypassing the fun and lack of responsibility that most of us enjoy our teens and early 20s. It just seems a shame that someone who was considered to be one of the most talented at her stage school (Sylvia thingy) for more than singing seems to have lost her enthusiasm before the age of 20.

I'm maybe being melodramatic, Zoe is already older than Billie, and the friends she's made and whole experience of Pop Idol will help her adjust to her new lifestyle without loosing site of herself.

Mark, I heard Pete hadn't offered Rosie and actual contract. Just that he'd like to work with her, and presumably do some recording. Any contracts would be based on if they came up with anything decent I'm assuming. Still a very good offer!