Gareth Gates
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Bradford, England, 13 July 2020
Gareth Paul Gates captured the hearts nation with his singing voice, well actually it was mainly because he had a really bad stammer. He is the the other Pop Idol finalist.
It was widely believed throughout the whole Pop Idol programme that he’d win but Will did. However the show already is in the past and whether he won on the night or not doesn’t really seem to matter now.
Gareth’s version of ’Unchained Melody’ had more pre-release copies ordered than Will’s record breaking debut had. What followed was a media frenzy complete with campaign buses and both Will and Gareth having a fun with it all challenging each other to collect the best souvenirs on their campaign tour.
Then the big final arrived and in a record breaking phone vote in the UK, Gareth was pipped at the finish line by Will with each of them receiving over 4 million votes each! The nation was truly divided and had the phone lines been open another 5 minutes the vote could’ve swung again.
Born in Bradford 12th July 1984 he has now gone on to a lucrative record deal and major mainstream success.
read more on his official website
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