[Romantic Old Bird]

Good for Will. When he gets a choice on the song he can record, that will be even better!

Now do you think all those frustrated and disappointed Gareth fans (who thought because they couldn't get through to vote that it was a fix, and failed to grasp that Will fans couldn't get through either!) will but multiple copies to ensure his first single outsells Will's?

I wouldn't be at all surprised! I'm sure Gareth will do very well indeed, and his music fits a different niche to Will's. Ironically he is much more' Westlife' and I would love to hear a few more Will covers of soul/jazz classics.

Time will tell. I think Rik's cover of 'I will always love you' is competant but uninspiring. It's a pity everyone copies the Whitney Houston 'blast it out' version, rather than the original, by it's writer Dolly Parton. I'm not a huge country and western fan, but I loved this record for years before Whitney pinched it. Dolly's version is sweet, simple and plaintive. Pity Rik didn't go for that!

Discolady, next time I'm up there, I'll have to have a go at that!

OMG thinks discolady! Time to move, find a new karaoke venue, change my email address, etc,etc,..............