Will Young, Pop Idol winner UK

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Will Young

Profession: Singer and Actor
Place/Date of Birth: Reading, 20 January 2021

Will Young teams up with Baby Spice - 17/12/02
Will Young and Emma Bunton have taken part in a special edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

The celebrity-pairing edition of the show will be broadcast on ITV1 at Christmas, with all the winnings going to charity.

’Don’t Let Me Down’ is a let down- 27/11/02
Exeter University graduate Will Young is going through a rough patch. First his new single ’Don’t Let Me Down’ has failed to get the number one position (Christina Aguilera got the top spot by playing ’Diirty’). Second...

...his duet with Gareth Gates was named ’Musical Collaboration That Should Never Have Happened’ by a magazine poll, which is a bit harsh maybe. They say troubles come in threes as...

...he also didn’t do as well as expected at The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party - only getting an award for Best Video (to his cover of The Doors - Light My Fire). However the Pop Idol ’loser’ Gareth walked away with four awards on the night - including Most Fanciable Male.

Is Will Top of the Pops?- 20/11/02
Exeter University graduate Will Young looks set to have his third number one when the chart is announced on Sunday. But will Christina Aguilera play ’Dirtty’ to get to the top spot before him?

Luckily for Will his double A-side offering ’Don’t Let Me Down/You And I’ is just ahead of Christina’s ’Dirrty’ according to figures from Virgin Megastores. C’mon Will!

Will Young Lights up West End - 13/11/02
Will Young will turn on the Christmas Lights for Regent Street in London tomorrow evening.

Fans will get to hear Will perform his new double A-side single ’You and I’ and ’Don’t Let Me Down’ as well as getting everyone into the festive mood by singing ’Walking in a Winter Wonderland’.

see the photographs of Will turning on the Xmas lights in London

Did you know that Will Young has connections with Devon...well he does. The gorgeous, talented Will studied politics right here at Exeter University.

It was here, in Devon that he started to sing in University productions as well as appearing on the catwalk in fashion shows and he did occasional photographic work too.

What else do we know about him?

Well, he has green eyes, he’s an Aquarian; his own pop idol is George Michael. He almost got run over by Cilla Black once. He can’t stand cotton wool or ice - lolly sticks...he likes taking a sleeper train at King’s Cross on Friday night and waking up in Inverness on Saturday morning.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, he got a 2:2.